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...There is nothing in the Constitution to tell you how to read the Constitution,” Tribe said, expounding on his well-known criticism of “strict constructionists,” or those who say the Constitution should be interpreted literally...
With two weeks until the presidential election and the composition of the Supreme Court potentially hanging in the balance, Harvard Law School professor Laurence H. Tribe ’62 spoke last night about the need to reevaluate how we interpret the Constitution...
...Tribe developed his argument from the Ninth Amendment, which reserves rights for “the people.” Many legal experts argue that a host of rights—such as the right to privacy, which underpins Supreme Court decisions including Roe v. Wade—emanate from the amendment...
...covered with a white sheet in a room that is—of course—completely white. Then we see shadows of people with elaborate headdresses behind the blinds (also white—whaddya know!). For the rest of the video, the shots cut between large groups of tribe members—with face paint, wooden weapons, and instruments—and Kanye, looking miserable in his white apartment. From there, it goes just about nowhere. The number of painted primitive dancers and drummers seems to increase tenfold. Two glowing alien women appear toward the end and begin...
Courses at Chief Dull Knife are similar to those at any community college--English, history, math--but with a unique Northern Cheyenne flavor. Reading includes books like Cheyenne Autumn, a highly praised 1953 novel about the tribe's 1878-79 return to Montana after exile in Oklahoma. History classes teach America as experienced by both whites and Native Americans. Part of the curriculum is devoted to Northern Cheyenne culture and its complex language, which is still spoken by a few elders but almost no students. For decades, reservation schools were strictly English-only. The chairman of the Dull Knife board...