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...that urged the inclusion of “under God” in 1954—he has opted out of the case’s hearing. His recent recusal raises the possibility of a 4-4 split, which would uphold the current ruling. We hope the ruling is upheld and the 9.6 million students within the court’s jurisdiction will no longer be subject to this daily ritual...
...West, or at least help them to reconcile themselves with their opposition to Church edicts on issues such as birth control and divorce. To them, John Paul II has been a great disappointment as a custodian of the Church, adopting a narrow and literal interpretation of Vatican II that upheld traditional strictures on issues such as birth control and divorce, ruled even discussion over the ordination of women priests as impermissible, and failed, they thought, to rise adequately to the challenge of AIDS...
...June 23, the Supreme Court handed down two important decisions on affirmative action policies at the University of Michigan. We applaud the court for upholding the constitutionality of affirmative action, which is an important tool used by universities to seek greater diversity. However, we believe that it should have upheld the systems at both the law school and the undergraduate program, rather than upholding only the former...
After an unexpectedly long eight-month delay, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts reversed the lower court’s decision and upheld Harvard’s stance that Berkowitz’s grievance was without merit. Berkowitz appealed once more, several weeks later—and on Sept. 9, the SJC dismissed the case for good...
...showed that the court agrees that we upheld, or followed, our own rules,” said Wrinn. “The court agreed that we had followed the contract we had with Professor Berkowitz...