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Kagan Fundraising At Harvard Could Create Unique Ethics Questions On Supreme Court

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — One talent Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan displayed in her career climb could create unique ethics questions for her as a justic...

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Supreme Court Helps Out Kagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The Supreme Court has yanked the rug out from under the argument that Kagan shouldn't have had the option to bar military recruiters from campus while dean of Harvard law school. Today's ruling affirms that right for universities.

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Eric Shneiderman, State Senator In Charge Of Monserrate Panel

The New York Observer | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, Schneiderman was announced as leader of a panel charged deciding the fate of Senator Hiram Monserrate, a Queens Democrat who had just been ...

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Harvard Stops Free-Tuition Program For Students Pledging To Go Into Public Law

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University's law school will stop offering a year of free tuition to students who go into public service law after gr...

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What We're Not Saying: Why I Miss Eliot Spitzer

Will Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Schwartz

We were perversely short-sighted with the way we handled Eliot Spitzer. We prioritized our blood lust for personal justice over our desire for effective public policy.

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Killing People vs Aborting Fetuses: An Open Letter to Harvard Law Professor Mary Ann Glendon

Myriam Miedzian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Myriam Miedzian

Like you, the church seems much more concerned with the survival of fetuses and "possible fetuses" than with human beings.

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