Word: argument
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this argument, such characteristics as personal disposition--whether one is amiable, witty, etc--the quality by which clubs presumably choose their members are not valid criteria for selection...
...This argument fails to consider that intelligence, the primary characteristic by which Harvard judges its applicants, is probably more arbitrary, more innate and less under our control than personality traits. Yet the staff does not call for the dissolution of selective educational institutions in favor of an egalitarian public system. Morever, most Americans don't find the existence of such elitist associations as country clubs especially objectionable...
...while this accusation represents no legal breakthrough, several of the affidavits and citations filed to date reveal in more concrete terms how Schkolnick and her lawyers hope to force the Fly Club to admit women. The main document that lays out this legal argument is mostly a 29-page compilation of state and federal anti-discrimination precedents--but legal experts say the issues it raises will be around for a long time...
...while the circumstances surrounding the complaint's origins are clear, its current legal status is more ambiguous. Essentially, Baker has divided his legal argument into four major components, although it is impossible to tell which will be the most compelling until MCAD issues its decision...
...Supreme Court case New York State Club Association v. City of New York, New York City successfully contended that private all-male clubs served as places of business and should therefore be opened to women. This argument may provide another legal avenue for Schkolnick. But while it could be the foundation of a strong case, experts say it may well be more difficult to prove than assertions of the Fly Club's public nature...