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Three weeks ago, in one of the largest claims ever against a mutual fund operator, officials in New York and Massachusetts filed fraud charges against First Investors (assets: $3.5 billion) and a total of seven of its top executives. At least five other states may follow suit. "These were the junkiest of the junk bonds, yet investors who asked specific questions about them were lied to," says New York Attorney General Robert Abrams. "We've handled many fraud cases before, but nothing approaches the scale of what we see here. This is heartrending...
...polls were published showing increasing doubts in the U.S. about gulf policy and Bush's leadership. Members of Congress and other self-acclaimed authorities on war and foreign policy tuned up once the President's plane crossed the continental shelf. Forty-five House Democrats filed a court suit challenging Bush's authority to wage war against Iraq without congressional approval. The Washington Post sought out the opinions of eight presidential scholars, and all but one were worried about Bush's softening hold on the American mind; their dour musings were syndicated across the country. This week the Senate's Armed...
Bonifaz says that precedent favoring employers should not hinder the students excessively, because the CCR members purposely filed suit under state law to avoid the federal precedent...
Before the students' suit is even heard by a judge and jury, the court must recognize that the students have been harmed by the alleged discriminatory hiring practices. It is possible that Harvard will file for a motion to dismiss the case, although both Gould and Bonifaz agree that precedent does exist for hearing similar suits...
...even if the suit is unsuccessful within the courtroom, students believe it will at least complement other longstanding efforts to increase pressure on the Law School administration to diversify its faculty. Thus far, such initiatives have included holding numerous rallies on campus, as well as staging two sit-ins last spring outside the office of Dean Robert C. Clark...