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Something you highlighted in your testimony about them acting recently to recognize that lgbt rights are human rights. A first in that forum. You highlighted it and it is very important in moving forward. I guess i want to ask in terms of your po posals and recommendations to others, how important it is for governments and authorities and regimes to say lgbt rights are human rights and how dangerous is the absence of that, the silence to that. Thank you for this important question. From my own e...

Translating the values of the fifth amendment to the modern age. The fifth amendment, concerned about thought crimes, not exerting psychological pressure. He ended by quoting my hero about how government is the omnipotent teacher and you can see that in his letter he thought the court has to be a shining emblem for what Human Dignity needs. We heard the chief justice you can do the best job you could in the context of the law. Time will affect decisions. Youre suggesting its time for us to rethi...

We see Going Forward that theres not going to be much change at all, you know, at least for us as a service. Can i ask a quick followon to that one about what at least superficially may seem to be a bit of a contradiction. If the marine corps remains focused primarily on the pacific, but i think at present most people would conceive of most crises not initiating in the pacific. Certainly, there are other places in the world that seem more likely to erupt and require rapid crisis response. So is ...

We had a vote several months ago on putting minimal things about gun control in, and it got voted against it. We had congressmen that had 85 of their district that were for this. And you sound like youre hopeful that we can do something about this . [laughter] i mean, i just dont see that this could happen. How do we do this . How can you be hopeful . Okay, you discouraged me, i quit. [laughter] i guess its part of, you know, you gotta have hope, you gotta keep trying. Things take time, and, you...

At the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows Of Harvard College, Nos. 20-1199 & 21-707, 2023 WL 4239254 (U.S. June...

On June 29, 2023, in a 6-3 decision authored by Chief Justice Roberts, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, the U.S. Supreme Court (“Court” or...

In a much-anticipated decision, the Supreme Court last week ended the use of race as a factor in college admissions, effectively overturning its precedent in Grutter v. Bollinger.

In a much-anticipated decision, the Supreme Court last week ended the use of race as a factor in college admissions, effectively overturning its precedent in Grutter v. Bollinger. In a...

Kavanaugh bends over backward to pass the buck on his affirmative action vote.

With the U.S. Supreme Court seemingly poised to end affirmative action for college admission programs, many U.S. employers are wondering whether or to what extent they can continue their diversity...