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...Forty years ago, though, when praise from respected quarters could have done Ginzburg some good, The Times swatted him with its august contempt. In an editorial of March 24, 1966, the day after the Supreme Court upheld Ginzburg's conviction, the paper harrumphed: "Ginzburg was clearly publishing pornography... The Court inescapably concluded that Ginzburg had no scholarly, literary or scientific interests; he was strictly an entrepreneur in a disreputable business who took his chances on the borderline of the law and lost... The pornographic racketeers have cause to worry, and their defeat is society's gain...
...parents put up thousands of pounds before the boys were born to reserve a place at Eton, where students learn they are superior to the plebian proletarians in nearby downtown Slough. Kenneth Carman Basildon, England The story on Eton College was very revealing about the high standard of education upheld by a dedicated team of teachers. However, you helped fuel the unfair impression that Eton is very exclusive. Every year Eton awards scholarships to poor children from state schools in England, and has instituted other programs to make the school available to the underprivileged. Eton's reputation as an enclave...
...Texas redistricting, it all comes down to a brawl on the streets of Laredo. It is there, in the rough and tumble of South Texas politics, that Democrats may have a chance to gain a congressional seat following Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court decision that, for the most part, upheld the controversial redistricting orchestrated three years ago by former Congressman Tom DeLay. But the fight over the seat currently held by Republican Henry Bonilla also could reopen old wounds between the Democratic Hispanic base and liberal Anglo leadership...
...Scherer, told The Crimson last summer. But Roberts’ amorous attitude toward his alma mater did not overpower his legal judgment in a high-profile case on campus military recruitment this past year.Roberts’ opinion in Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR) upheld the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment, which forces universities to give military recruiters equal access to campuses or give up grants from several federal agencies. Harvard would lose more than $400 million a year.The HLS nondiscrimination policy—adopted in 1979, the same year Roberts received his JD?...
...emporium on Sundays, one of its most heavily trafficked days. Although much Sunday trading is banned in France, Louis Vuitton had received an exemption from the Paris prefect by arguing that the store was a cultural landmark, not just a commercial one. But the tribunal upheld a complaint brought by a national federation representing small clothing retailers and a French Christian labor union. The federation took issue with what it sees as unfair competition, while the CFTC union - which doesn't represent any workers at the Louis Vuitton store - insists that Sunday should be a day of rest. "The little...