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...determine how constitutional language was understood by the framers who proposed it. When it came time for Souter's name to go before the U.S. Senate, the first part of Bush's gamble paid off - there was no bruising confirmation fight. He won Senate approval by a vote of 90-9. But once Souter was on the court, it wasn't long before it became obvious that he couldn't be counted on to solidify an ever emerging but never quite stable conservative majority anchored at the time by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia, and often supported...
...speech, Yoon yielded the floor to Harvard students representing an initiative to bring a temporary storefront library to Chinatown, a neighborhood which has lacked a library since 1956. Weijie Huang ’09, at the Kong to promote the library project, said that although Cambridge residents cannot vote in Boston elections, he thought last night’s event was important because it reached a student population that sends many volunteers to Boston through the Phillips Brooks House Association. Yoon, who moved to Boston in the 1990s, served as housing director for the nonprofit Asian Community Development Corporation before...
...approving the tax hike by a 108-51 vote, House lawmakers defied objections by Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 to first consider ethics, pension and transportation reform bills...
...newly branded HUTV (Harvard Undergrad TV) challenged students to create a video that answers the question "What's Harvard Really Like?" Four videos have been posted from what was originally a larger field, according to Derek Flanzraich, the organization's co-president. To vote on the best video go here. Voting closes tomorrow at midnight. The winner will receive free food from b.good for a month...
...Riding on outrage, Modi won re-election in Gujarat for a third term as Chief Minister. "Gujarat is one state that has been very touchy about Modi and anything written or spoken about him," says Mumbai-based poll analyst Jai Mrug, adding that Gandhi's remark rejuvenated the Hindu vote in the state in favor of the BJP. "The [electorate] will see the present court ruling as an attempt by the central government to malign Modi and reduce his chances of being Prime Minister in the next general elections...