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...infuses the narrative with dialogue and glimpses into the minds of the lawyers and students. These insights are built upon interviews with nearly all of the key participants—Goldstein notes that he formally sat down with Koh 27 times and Pascal 34 times. The character-centered thrust of the book and the easy language makes the complex story accessible to everyone...
...very institution that has welcomed them over the past three months would be unnecessarily harsh. Either way, the shortcomings of a special admissions cycle for the Tulane freshmen render such a scheme impractical. To be sure, we are mindful of the difficult situation that these eight Tulane freshmen were thrust into during this dark summer. It’s true that Harvard is the only college they have ever known; it’s equally true that having to undergo the college acclimation process a second time is not an appealing prospect. Nevertheless, these concerns are the products of Hurricane...
That opened up the outside, and the team’s perimeter players stepped up. Goffredo scored 15 points, and freshman guard Drew Housman contributed 13. Thrust into the starting role at point guard, Housman ran the offense with poise in his first collegiate game, and was able to penetrate the Vermont defense to reach the basket. He hit all eight of his free throw attempts, including four in the game’s final forty seconds that clinched the victory...
...confident,” Cusworth said. “But Vermont went to their zone defense and really collapsed inside.” That opened up the outside, and the team’s perimeter players stepped up. Goffredo scored 15 points, and freshman guard Drew Housman contributed 13. Thrust into the starting role at point guard, Housman ran the offense with poise in his first collegiate game, and was able to penetrate the Vermont defense to reach the basket. He hit all eight of his free throw attempts, including four in the game’s final 40 seconds...
Judge Richard A. Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals criticized the use of foreign precedents in American jurisprudence—an issue that has been thrust into the spotlight by a recent court decision on juvenile execution—at the Harvard Law Review’s (HLR) annual Supreme Court Forum yesterday evening. In the case, Roper v. Simmons, the justices decided that the execution of juveniles violates the Eighth Amendment, relying in part on foreign law to justify their decision. Vicki C. Jackson of Georgetown University and Ernest A Young of the University of Texas also...