O’Bannon is positively giddy with excitement and with good reason: he has just led the UCLA Bruins Men’s Basketball team to a championship in 1995 – the first in twenty years. Yet the lasting memory of O’Bannon in the minds of college basketball fans may prove to be quite different. For there is a very chance that history will remember him not as the man who helped make the NCAA, but the one who helped bring it crumbling down…
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Supreme Court
For this week’s FYI list we bring you some shocking statistics on the global water crisis, real-world arguments on DOMA, some tidbits from around the web on Sheryl Sandberg’s new book “Lean In”, and more.…
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FYIs: World Water Day, DOMA and ‘Leaning In’
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Pride Cometh Before The Fall: The NCAA vs. Ed O’Bannon
Roe v. Wade is 40 – What’s Changed?
Forty years ago, pregnant mother “Jane Roe” brought her landmark suit on behalf of all women “similarly situated” challenging a Texas statute that made abortions criminal except when medically advised to save the life of the mother. Charging that the statute violated her First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights to personal liberty, due process, and privacy, the case made its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, culminating in one of the country’s most well-known court decisions, Roe v. Wade…
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Justice Thomas — In His Own Words
As with all Supreme Court Justices, Justice Clarence Thomas reads the summaries of his judicial opinions when the court hands down rulings. He writes, and travels the country lecturing on law and social issues. He appeared on CBS’ 60 Minutes in 2007. But when it comes to the oral argument before the Supreme Court, the most visible portion of a Justice’s job, Justice Thomas has no comment... until today…
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FYIs: The 2nd Amendment, Hollywood’s Ideology and Google’s FTC Victory
Our FYIs this week carry on from last week’s gun control discussion and also dive into some new topics -- including Hollywood’s conservative ideology and Google’s FTC ruling.…
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