Word: ruling
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...weekend, Harvard (16-18, 9-0 Ivy) twice forced the invocation of the eight-run mercy rule, winning 9-1against Penn (13-28-1, 2-8) and in the second Princeton (19-25, 6-6) game. Yale (19-23-1, 5-7) was no match either, as the Crimson won convincingly 9-3. The only reasonable challenge came in the first Princeton game, when Harvard overcame an early deficit...
Just as in the first game, McKendry hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth. This time her shot put Harvard up 9-1, and ended the game due to the mercy rule...
...partisanship of Jeffrey Toobin's A Vast Conspiracy--are markedly one-sided in recounting the struggle between Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr. The accepted narrative, in brief: an insensitive but all too human Chief Executive is beset by a sex-obsessed religious zealot masquerading as an upholder of the rule of law. To judge by sales, this version of events has many adherents among book buyers, which means it's good marketing. But it's also bad history, ripe for revisionism...
Furthermore, it's disgraceful that The Crimson characterizes the resistance of Cuban-Americans to the will of the Justice Department and the INS as "the rule of the mob" and "irresponsible behavior." The editors dismiss concerns for the boy's future in Cuba as part of a "political agenda" because they don't have the faintest notion what it's like to grow up in a country with no freedom of speech, religion or the press...
...Miranda warnings have come to embody the rule of law that distinguishes America from so many other nations, where coercion of confessions is commonplace. They provide assurance that only truly voluntary confessions, made after individuals knowingly waive their rights, can be admissible in court. The Miranda ruling unequivocally ensures that all suspects are aware of their right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution...