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Scalia was referring to evidence that in the early 20th century, Harvard used a quota system to restrict the admission of Jewish students, according to Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree, who attended the oral arguments. But Ogletree said in April that Scalia??s comment had little relevance to arguments today...
...Scalia??s quick remark—“Sure, they’re already in!”—evoked laughter from the courtroom audience, but also underlined that the Harvard brand played differently with different audiences...
Today, former FBI Director Louis Freeh is known to be close to Opus Dei. According to Bucciarelli, Freeh’s children attend Opus Dei schools and Freeh knows Opus Dei members. Bucciarelli also says that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia knows members of the Work, and Scalia??s wife is reported to be an Opus Dei member...
...Orfield, who participated in yesterday’s rallies in D.C., said the comment was “one of Scalia??s many cheap shots...
...dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia called the IOLTA program a “Robin Hood taking”—“taking from the rich to give to indigent defendants.” But since the “rich” experience no loss, Scalia??s accusation is baseless. What Fried proposed the court do—take from the poor to protect an overly-narrow definition of property—would be far worse...