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Last year, HRL’s “Natalie” posters—which illustrated the developmental stages of a fetus—were similarly defaced, sparking a school-wide controversy on whether to uphold the categorical protection of the right to free expression...
While that may seem like a substantial victory, to the government, it is a comedown. In December the Fourth Circuit will hear its appeal. If the appellate judges uphold Brinkema's ruling, the government could end up with exactly what it does not want: a precedent requiring it to provide access to captured terrorists being held overseas. This would surely lead to a greater use of military tribunals or the designation of defendants like Moussaoui as "enemy combatants," a label the government has given three men being held without recourse to lawyers or judicial review. Whichever way the ruling goes...
...Catholic organization, and, notably, one of the groups 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...
...fight the policy even in ways that would not threaten its funding,” said first-year law student Matthew D. Muller, who is a former Marine and a member of Lambda. “I’m disturbed by Harvard’s failure to uphold its stated principles and protect its students...
...President went in swinging, citing alleged links to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction as the reasons for the invasion of Iraq, which he proclaimed among other things, was intended to uphold the credibility of the United Nations. Overthrowing the tyrant has freed the Iraqi people and the left the Middle East safer, he insisted. But the absence of evidence showing that Iraq maintained weapons of mass destruction or al-Qaeda links, and the ongoing security crisis in post-Saddam Iraq has, if anything, amplified criticism over Washington's decision to launch a war without Security Council authorization...