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...hope and expect that Harvard Law School students, who will one day be working to uphold the Constitutional freedoms of this country’s legal system, will vigorously resist this potentially disastrous infringement on students’ rights to free speech...
Paragraph eight of the resolution prohibits Iraqi forces from perpetrating “hostile acts” against U.N. personnel or member states who are acting to “uphold any Council resolution.” It has not taken long for Iraq to breach the resolution, but this can hardly be described as a material breach—and it is certainly not enough justification for a war against Iraq. Though the White House has promised to “assess and review” whether these attacks violate its zero tolerance policy, it can only come...
...attorneys we swore to uphold each law in the United States whether we agree or not,” said Sareer A. Fazili, a member of the board of directors of MLDEF. “Dershowitz called for collective punishment. I find it amazing—a whole village cannot be considered a co-conspirator. Simple due process is violated when you attempt to punish more people than are allegedly guilty...
...those who can be revered by the University community—or at least those who would not violate the campus’ regulations against racial or ethnic bias. The decision to reinvite Paulin as a distinguished lecturers belies a confusion of what standards the Harvard community should uphold...
...planes by Iraqi air defenses - which were then bombed - a violation of Clause 8 of the resolution, which states that "Iraq shall not take or threaten hostile acts directed against any representative or personnel of the United Nations or the IAEA or of any Member State taking action to uphold any Council resolution." The problem is, the flyers aren't enforcing a Council resolution. The U.S., Britain and France began in 1991 denying Iraq the right to fly in parts of its own airspace as a way of implementing UN resolutions urging protection for the Kurds in northern Iraq...