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...have a fire extinguisher, you need to have it pressurized, and you need to know how to use it,” she added. When Law School student James B. Tarter asked Fromar if she was concerned that the courts would ask her to define what the Second Amendment??s reference to “arms” meant, Fromar responded, “Those are the questions that are less fundamental than whether you or I can possess weapons.” —Staff writer Kevin Zhou can be reached at kzhou@fas.harvard.edu...
...military recruiters from using the school’s career services office, but the school decided to reverse course when the Pentagon threatened to cut off more than $400 million in federal funds to the University in 2005. Last March, the Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Solomon Amendment??a law which permits the secretary of defense to cut off funding to schools that do not allow recruiters on campus—clearing the way for military recruiters to continue using the Law School’s facilities. If Meehan’s legislation passes, the president...
...think this is something that could easily descend into something where 100 dollars is being spent to buy Hershey Kisses and Tostitos, of which 30 dollars are being eaten by the people there,” said Geoffrey D. Kearney ’07, one of the amendment??s more vocal defendants. Despite such testimony, the amendment was declined and the proposed act passed, leaving freshmen with $100 party grants for the next couple of weeks. The meeting was then allowed to proceed to the more ceremonial business of recognizing various representatives for a term well-spent. Following...
...March decision upholding the Solomon Amendment??a law mandating that universities receiving federal funds allow military recruiters on their campuses—Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. ’76 wrote that “the Solomon Amendment regulates conduct, not speech. It affects what law schools must do—afford equal access to military recruiters—not what they...
...taskforce singled out one of Bush’s more famous signing statements, one appended to the so-called “McCain amendment?? forbidding torture...