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...There was also much scrutinizing of jargon. Justice Antonin Scalia questioned the districts' use of the terms "segregation" and "racial isolation." "If you belong to a country club that has 15% black members, I would not consider that a segregated country club," he said. "You're complaining about a lack of racial balance...
...Scalia pointed to the problem in both districts of dividing students into only two categories, with no distinction made for Latino, Asian-American or multi-racial students. "What if a particular child's grandfather was white?" he asked. "There are many people of mixed blood." When told parents are allowed to self-identify with a particular racial group, Scalia said that that "seems like a big loophole...
...also home to the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, one of the world’s premiere venues for public servants to speak. Hundreds of heads of state, legislators, social entrepreneurs, and thinkers have addressed the forum, from Senator Hillary R. Clinton to Archbishop Desmund Tutu to Justice Antonin Scalia. These study groups and speakers encourage students to become active participants in the political process by giving students the option to question the powers that...
...voice may wear you out almost as much as that last sentence did, lectures on the Supreme Court and insights on individual judges are intriguing. Many students will agree with Horwitz’s slight political biases (left-leaning, where else?) and enjoy his jabs at justices Scalia and Thomas. Past students recall Horwitz asking them to “be like Princeton students and actually do the reading”—there’s a lot of it but it is very useful, and will enable you to chime into abortion debates with enlightened comments like...
...Gore initially refused to accept the disinvitation and demanded a reestimate of gas prices and the Texas forecast. But after Bush conference-called the Supreme Court and the justices supported his decision by a 5-4 margin, with Justice Scalia citing the precedent of Richie v. Hilton (2005), the former presidential hopeful meekly conceded...