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...disregarding the court order to remove the monument. The U.S. was built upon the premise of separation of church and state in order to preserve freedom of religion. It is ludicrous that someone like Moore, who is assigned to be a protector of the Constitution, does not uphold it. If he does not comply with it, why should anyone else? Moore has the right to live in this country, whatever his personal beliefs, but he does not have the right to undermine the government from within. ROBERTA SEIDMAN Stony Brook...
...second case, which challenged Michigan Law School’s use of affirmative action to pursue a “critical mass” of minority students, we applaud the Court’s decision to uphold the admission policy. Diversity is a very important goal for all universities, and critical mass is a bedrock of achieving it. Universities should reflect the makeup of the larger community as a whole, and this is important for two reasons: to build a coherent minority community within the university, and to attract more minority students to that community...
Summers cited challenges in achieving racial equity in higher education and society at large, but said he thought important progress had been made on both fronts. He particularly lauded the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold affirmative action at the University of Michigan. Harvard and six other top universities submitted a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Michigan’s consideration of race in admissions decisions...
...have already decided the issue of the Ten Commandments, being that we do have separation of church and state. Judge Roy Moore, under the cover of night, placing the granite monument in the courthouse, is showing a disregard for the very laws that he has taken an oath to uphold. He should be punished and removed not because of his beliefs, but for the total disregard for the laws and courts that this country was founded on. Desmond Flanigan Atlanta...
...We’ve noted throughout this case that the Chinese need to uphold standards of human rights, due process and rule of law,” he said. “We’re still waiting to see signs that they might actually do that in this case...