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Obstruction Of Justice: Does The Justice Dept Have To Respond To A Congressional Subpoena?
Obstruction Of Justice: Does The Justice Dept Have To Respond To A Congressional Subpoena?

Obstruction Of Justice: Does The Justice Dept Have To Respond To A Congressional Subpoena?

Obstruction Of Justice: Does The Justice Dept Have To Respond To A Congressional Subpoena? - House Oversight Committee - 2011-06-13 - House ... Rated: 5     Duration: 6201 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:54:19 PDT

Justice: Whats The Right Thing To Do? Episode 09: "ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION"
Justice: Whats The Right Thing To Do? Episode 09: "ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION"

Justice: Whats The Right Thing To Do? Episode 09: "ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION"

PART ONE: ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PART TWO: WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? Part 1 Sandel describes the 1996 court case of a white woman named Cheryl ... Rated: 4.8895025     Duration: 3301 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:45:01 PDT

Harvard:Justice Whats the Right Thing to Do 09
Harvard:Justice Whats the Right Thing to Do 09

Harvard:Justice Whats the Right Thing to Do 09

PART ONE: ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PART TWO: WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? Part 1 Sandel describes the 1996 court case of a white woman named Cheryl ... Rated: 4.8895025     Duration: 3301 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:45:01 PDT Rated: 5     Duration: 2611 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:56:01 PST

Justice and Journalism Forum: Affirmative Action: Dead or Alive?
Justice and Journalism Forum: Affirmative Action: Dead or Alive?

Justice and Journalism Forum: Affirmative Action: Dead or Alive?

USC Annenberg's Institute for Justice and Journalism (IJJ) presented a discussion exploring the future of civil rights and equity in America ... Rated: 5     Duration: 8190 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:05:01 PDT

Justice Whats The Right Thing To Do Episode 09 ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Michael Sandel- Harvard
Justice Whats The Right Thing To Do Episode 09 ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Michael Sandel- Harvard

Justice Whats The Right Thing To Do Episode 09 ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Michael Sandel- Harvard

www.episteme.pro.br Rated: 5     Duration: 3301 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:44:48 PST

Thomas Sowell - The Quest For Cosmic Justice
Thomas Sowell - The Quest For Cosmic Justice

Thomas Sowell - The Quest For Cosmic Justice

There are two conflicting concepts of justice. One is unattainable. (1999 - Harvard Club, NY) www.LibertyPen.com SOURCE CSPAN, "The Quest For ... Rated: 4.9838057     Duration: 859 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:23:20 PDT

CAA 2008 Celebration of Justice - Frank H. Wu - Part 2
CAA 2008 Celebration of Justice - Frank H. Wu - Part 2

CAA 2008 Celebration of Justice - Frank H. Wu - Part 2

Speech by Frank H. Wu - Part 2/3 Chinese for Affirmative Action 2008 Celebration of Justice June 11, 2008 The Westin St. Francis Hotel San ... Rated: 5     Duration: 399 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:50:11 PDT

Eyes on Justice Kennedy in Affirmative-Action Case
Eyes on Justice Kennedy in Affirmative-Action Case

Eyes on Justice Kennedy in Affirmative-Action Case

WSJ Supreme Court Reporter Jess Bravin joins the News Hub to discuss the Supreme Courts review of the controversial Affirmative Action practice ... Rated: -1     Duration: 209 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:59:53 PDT

Eyes on Justice Kennedy in Affirmative-Action Case
Eyes on Justice Kennedy in Affirmative-Action Case

Eyes on Justice Kennedy in Affirmative-Action Case

WSJ Supreme Court Reporter Jess Bravin joins the News Hub to discuss the Supreme Courts review of the controversial Affirmative Action practice ... Rated: -1     Duration: 209 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:59:53 PDT

Citizens Speak Out and Clash with a Titan
Citizens Speak Out and Clash with a Titan

Citizens Speak Out and Clash with a Titan

Almost every film we work with tells a unique story of people fighting for social or environmental justice in their communities. Our job is to ... Rated: 4.7894735     Duration: 205 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:25:05 PDT

The Future of Racial Justice - Part 2
The Future of Racial Justice - Part 2

The Future of Racial Justice - Part 2

In this clip from the FACING RACE 2007 conference, Rinku Sen, Angela Glover Blackwell, Juan Gonzales and Winona La Duke chart a course through the ... Rated: 5     Duration: 536 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:21:25 PDT

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: What is the bearing of the McKenna action on the question presented here? >> John E. Wall, Jr.: Mr. Chief Justice, the McKenna case, as ... Rated: -1     Duration: 3547 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:49:08 PDT

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... >> John Paul Stevens: But that's why affirmative action by the President... I asked your opponent. He thinks affirmative action by ... Rated: -1     Duration: 3666 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:59:03 PDT

House Session 2011-10-11 (14:00:03-15:00:26)
House Session 2011-10-11 (14:00:03-15:00:26)

House Session 2011-10-11 (14:00:03-15:00:26)

REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE THE FOLLOWING ... Rated: -1     Duration: 3623 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:38:13 PDT

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the Federal Government creates a cause of action that preempts State causes of action, it attaches an element to that cause of action that does ... Rated: -1     Duration: 3259 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:33:37 PDT

House Session 2011-12-16 (09:01:33-10:08:26)
House Session 2011-12-16 (09:01:33-10:08:26)

House Session 2011-12-16 (09:01:33-10:08:26)

IN COMMITTEE SINCE FEBRUARY WITH NO REPUBLICAN ACTION. A DISCHARGE PETITION HAS SAT AT THIS DESK FOR THE LAST FIVE ACTION. MONTHS WITH NO ... Rated: 5     Duration: 4013 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:52:06 PST

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from this case. I would point out too that Justice Stewart wrote a dissenting opinion in that case in which Justices Brennan and White concurred ... Rated: -1     Duration: 3523 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:47:20 PDT

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to be a violation of the Section 7 but how about your action for damages? >> Malcolm A. Hoffmann: My action for damages I would be able to ... Rated: -1     Duration: 3988 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:50:16 PDT

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. The -- Buckman said: We're not talking about traditional causes of action, State law causes of action like in Lohr, or like in -- or as this ... Rated: -1     Duration: 3710 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:19:27 PDT

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receives are not income. >> Unidentified Justice: And suppose that he also knows that the position of the IRS and of the Justice Department ... Rated: 1     Duration: 3515 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:08:34 PDT

Pakistani Elections
Pakistani Elections

Pakistani Elections

road.'' Many more times our lack of words or lack of actions, for example, with respect to President Musharraf's purging of judges ... Rated: 3     Duration: 4911 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:30:30 PST

Part 8 - A Tale of Two Cities Audiobook by Charles Dickens (Book 03, Chs 12-15)
Part 8 - A Tale of Two Cities Audiobook by Charles Dickens (Book 03, Chs 12-15)

Part 8 - A Tale of Two Cities Audiobook by Charles Dickens (Book 03, Chs 12-15)

Part 8. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of ... Rated: 3.5454545     Duration: 5879 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:30:05 PDT

The Call of the Wild Audiobook by Jack London
The Call of the Wild Audiobook by Jack London

The Call of the Wild Audiobook by Jack London

Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox ... Rated: 2.5712821     Duration: 12744 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:06:21 PDT

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As high court hears affirmative-action case, student voices differ ...

As high court hears affirmative-action case, student voices differ ...

As high court hears affirmative-action case, student voices differ ...

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Affirmative action, drug-sniffing dogs, maybe gay marriage loom as ...
Affirmative action, drug-sniffing dogs, maybe gay marriage loom as ...

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WASHINGTON: Federal judges uphold South Carolina voter ID law ...
WASHINGTON: Federal judges uphold South Carolina voter ID law ...

WASHINGTON: Federal judges uphold South Carolina voter ID law ...

WASHINGTON: Federal judges uphold South Carolina voter ID law ...

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Home - The Chronicle of Higher Education
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The End of Affirmative Action?

Education News - The New York Times
Education News - The New York Times

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University of Texas, an affirmative-action case.

Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Affirmative action again on trial - UPI.
Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Affirmative action again on trial - UPI.

Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Affirmative action again on trial - UPI.

Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Affirmative action again on trial - UPI.

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JUSTICES CLASH ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
JUSTICES CLASH ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

JUSTICES CLASH ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

JUSTICES CLASH ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered the only one of the court's five conservatives open to arguments for affirmative action, damped university administrators' hopes of retaining largely unfettered discretion over race's role in admissions. When UT's ...

Supreme Court and colleges will clash over affirmative action
Supreme Court and colleges will clash over affirmative action

Supreme Court and colleges will clash over affirmative action

Supreme Court and colleges will clash over affirmative action

Clemson and other colleges and universities across the country will be closely watching the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday when it takes up the issue of racial preferences in admissions with an affirmative action case involving the University of Texas ...

Supreme Court Faces Affirmative Action and Gay Marriage
Supreme Court Faces Affirmative Action and Gay Marriage

Supreme Court Faces Affirmative Action and Gay Marriage

Supreme Court Faces Affirmative Action and Gay Marriage

On Monday, for the first time since delivering the explosive health care decision last spring, the justices will take the bench and officially begin a new term. On the docket is a major case regarding affirmative action to be argued in early October ...

"Critical mass" key to affirmative action case
"Critical mass" key to affirmative action case

"Critical mass" key to affirmative action case

"Critical mass" key to affirmative action case

Syrian state TV says soldiers have clashed with two armed groups that infiltrated from Lebanon, killing several of them. A car bomb exploded Sunday near the police headquarters in .... For all the wrenching debates about opportunity and fairness the ...

Brown and Warren Clash in Spirited Massachusetts Senate Debate
Brown and Warren Clash in Spirited Massachusetts Senate Debate

Brown and Warren Clash in Spirited Massachusetts Senate Debate

Brown and Warren Clash in Spirited Massachusetts Senate Debate

Brown and Warren Clash in Spirited Massachusetts Senate Debate. By KATHARINE ... After naming Justice Scalia, Mr. Brown then tossed out the names of several other justices, including that of Sonia Sotomayor, which seemed such an obvious pander to women ...

Study: Race-neutral admissions can work
Study: Race-neutral admissions can work

Study: Race-neutral admissions can work

Study: Race-neutral admissions can work

Rebels clashed with Syrian government troops in the border area, activists said, as...More >> .... As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back the ...

Islamist-secular struggle over Egypt constitution
Islamist-secular struggle over Egypt constitution

Islamist-secular struggle over Egypt constitution

Islamist-secular struggle over Egypt constitution

... action are hopeful the justices will roll back the practice....More >>. By JUSTIN POPE AP Education Writer As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will ...

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events
The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

First, no matter who wins the White House, Chief Justice Roberts remains in office, for life, and he has no boss. On the docket are important cases involving same-sex marriage, affirmative action and college admissions, and whether the Southern states ...

Madrid anti-austerity protests turn violent again
Madrid anti-austerity protests turn violent again

Madrid anti-austerity protests turn violent again

Madrid anti-austerity protests turn violent again

By JUSTIN POPE AP Education Writer As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back the practice. .... in the streets of their countries' capitals ...

ABC5 News Des Moines, IARights group: Egypt must tackle legacy of abuse
ABC5 News Des Moines, IARights group: Egypt must tackle legacy of abuse

ABC5 News Des Moines, IARights group: Egypt must tackle legacy of abuse

ABC5 News Des Moines, IARights group: Egypt must tackle legacy of abuse

Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 4:55 PM EST. In this Friday, May 4, 2012 file photo, a protester, right, waves a stick at Egyptian soldiers during clashes outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File) .... of ...

US warns against travel to Pakistan
US warns against travel to Pakistan

US warns against travel to Pakistan

US warns against travel to Pakistan

... next week, critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back the practice....More >>. By JUSTIN POPE AP Education Writer As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative ...

Jeffrey Toobin: Drama in the court
Jeffrey Toobin: Drama in the court

Jeffrey Toobin: Drama in the court

Jeffrey Toobin: Drama in the court

In his second book about the inner workings of the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin sheds light on high-stakes legal battles between the White House and Chief Justice John Roberts. hide. The O.J. Simpson trial gave Jeffrey Toobin his TV career breakthrough.

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... critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back the practice....More >>. By JUSTIN POPE AP Education Writer As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action are ...

Libya orders 'illegitimate' militias to disband
Libya orders 'illegitimate' militias to disband

Libya orders 'illegitimate' militias to disband

Libya orders 'illegitimate' militias to disband

He said the militias also handed over three main prisons in the city to the Ministry of Justice to run. Since Gadhafi's capture and killing, the government has brought some militias nominally under the authority of the military or Interior Ministry ...

Why Obama?
Why Obama?

Why Obama?

Why Obama?

This discussion of mounting debts and deficits will take place as the Bush tax cuts are scheduled to expire, setting the stage for a clash of ideologies from which the victor will enjoy the spoils for years to come. Winning the ... This is especially ...

10 Things to Know for Monday
10 Things to Know for Monday

10 Things to Know for Monday

10 Things to Know for Monday

The justices return Monday with rulings ahead on affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights. 2. AP ANALYSIS SHOWS NARROW WIN FOR OBAMA IF ELECTION WERE TODAY. The review says that to win, Romney would need to quickly gain the ...

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NEWS ANALYSIS; A Significant Term, With Bigger Cases Ahead

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court term that ended Monday was marked by accomplishment and anticipation. The court continued its work on two signature projects of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.: defending free speech and curbing big lawsuits. And it dropped occasional hints about the blockbusters on the horizon. The First Amendment dominated the - By ADAM LIPTAK

Supreme Court and colleges will clash over affirmative action | Black ...

Overall, African-Americans account for 28 percent of the state's population. Clemson and other colleges and universities across the country will be closely watching the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday when it takes up the issue of racial preferences in admissions with an affirmative action case involving the University of Texas. Higher education officials around the country fear that the justices are on the cusp of complicating their efforts to increase campus diversity.

EDITORIAL; Questioning Judge Sotomayor

When Judge Sonia Sotomayors confirmation hearings began on Monday, even Senator Lindsey Graham, a hard-line Republican from South Carolina, conceded that the Senate seems all but certain to approve her nomination to the Supreme Court. But that does not mean the questioning should be routine or easy. The senators should bore in on Judge Sotomayors

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13 hours ago ... Supreme Court justices clashed over affirmative action in higher education, with liberals on the court suggesting they didn't see problems with a ...

NEWS ANALYSIS; Liberal, in Moderation

WASHINGTON -- The selection of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the nations 112th justice extends a quarter-century pattern in which Republican presidents generally install strong conservatives on the Supreme Court while Democratic presidents pick candidates who often disappoint their liberal base. Ms. Kagan is certainly too liberal for - News analysis of Pres Obamas selection of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be nations 112th Supreme Court Justice; maintains Kagan, while too liberal for conservatives, also does not fit profile sought by left, which hungers for counterweight to conservative leader Justice Antonin Scalia; says conservatives have played powerful role in influencing Republican nominations but liberals have not been as potent in Democratic selections; cites analysts who say this is so because right remains aggrieved about Democratic rulings that have brought about social change, dating back from 1960s, and has waged campaign to make court agent of change to reverse those rulings; contends left remains focused on less animated mission of guarding status quo; photos; chart (M) - By PETER BAKER

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Justice Elena Kagan -- who actually knows the inner workings of affirmative action in higher education from her time as Harvard Law School's dean -- recused, presumably due to her involvement as U.S. solicitor general in earlier proceedings of the case. Still, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, as the only two members still ..... Justices Clash Over Affirmative Action · Supreme Court deals with affirmative action · Supreme Court takes up affirmative ...

Documents Reveal the Evolution of a Justice

In the spring of 1992, Justice Harry A. Blackmuns struggle to preserve the right to abortion he had articulated for the Supreme Court two decades earlier was headed for bitter failure. Five justices had voted in a closed-door conference to uphold provisions in a restrictive Pennsylvania abortion law. Roe v. Wade was in peril. Then, suddenly, - By LINDA GREENHOUSE; Research assistance for this article was provided by Francis J. Lorson and Stephanie K. Wood.

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WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices clashed Wednesday over affirmative action in higher education, with liberals on the court suggesting they didn't see problems with a race-conscious admissions program at the ...

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11 hours ago ... Justices Clash Over Affirmative Action I've long been under the impression that part of the affirmative action debate is based upon the notion ...

A Man of Influence

AMERICAN ORIGINAL The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia By Joan Biskupic Illustrated. 434 pp. Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $28 Love him or hate him, Antonin Scalia has had a greater influence on the way Americans debate the law today than any other modern Supreme Court justice. Conservatives hail Scalia - Jeffrey Rosen, a law professor at George Washington University, is writing a book about the legacy of Louis Brandeis. - By JEFFREY ROSEN

Roberts V. The Future

I. The Future Is Not the Present Three years ago, in a small conference room at the offices of the law firm Hogan & Hartson in Washington, I had the chance to talk with John G. Roberts Jr. At the time, Roberts was a lawyer in private practice, unsure whether Senate Democrats would hold a hearing on his nomination to be a federal appellate judge. - Jeffrey Rosen, a law professor at George Washington University, is a frequent contributor to the magazine. His new book, The Most Democratic Branch: How the Courts Serve America, will be published next year by Oxford University Press. - By Jeffrey Rosen

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WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices clashed Wednesday over affirmative action in higher education, with liberals on the court suggesting they didn't see problems with a race-conscious admissions program at the ...

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A Majority of One

We are all living now in Sandra Day OConnors America. Take almost any of the most divisive questions of American life, and Justice OConnor either has decided it or is about to decide it on our behalf. The Supreme Court may tell us soon whether affirmative action in public universities is permissible, and if it does, OConnor is likely to cast - Jeffrey Rosen article on Sandra Day OConnor as justice who decides which way Supreme Court goes in many major cases and as courts lead champion of federalism: the return of power from federal government to states; says she takes distinctive approach to role as swing vote, joining majority and then writing concurring opinion that drain her colleagues reasoning of its more general implications and preserve her ability to change her mind in future; says she has recently joined conservative colleagues on court in determination to reserve for themselves exclusive authority to decide what counts as illegal and impermissible in America; says her highhanded attitude toward Congress, state courts and Aemrican people reached its height in Bush v Gore, decision that typifies her personalized jurisprudence; notes speculation that OConnor might be courts next chief justice and suggests that her vision of courts role in American life may not really be appropriate today; photos (L) - Jeffrey Rosen is an associate professor at George Washington University Law School and the legal affairs editor of The New Republic. He writes frequently for The Times Magazine on the law. - By Jeffrey Rosen

In Steps Big and Small, Supreme Court Moved Right

It was the Supreme Court that conservatives had long yearned for and that liberals feared. By the time the Roberts court ended its first full term on Thursday, the picture was clear. This was a more conservative court, sometimes muscularly so, sometimes more tentatively, its majority sometimes differing on methodology but agreeing on the outcome in - Supreme Court, in its first full term under Chief Justice John G Roberts Jr, was court that conservatives had long yearned for and that liberals feared; one third of courts decisions, more than in any recent term, were decided by 5-to-4 margins; most of those, 19 of 24, were decided along ideological lines; conservative majority, led by Roberts and joined by Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A Alito Jr, prevailed in 13 of ideological cases; courts increasingly marginalized liberals--Justices John Paul Stevens, David H Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G Breyer--prevailed in only six; difference depended on how Justice Anthony M Kennedy voted; he was in majority in all 24 of 5-to-4 cases; statistics show that Kennedy is median justice as Justice Sandra Day OConnor was, and he is to her right; summaries of terms major decisions; graph; photos (M) - By LINDA GREENHOUSE

Study Strongly Supports Affirmative Action in Admissions to Elite Colleges

A major new study of the records and experiences of tens of thousands of students over 20 years at the nations elite colleges concludes that their affirmative action policies created the backbone of the black middle class and taught white classmates the value of integration. The study, which challenges much of the conservative thinking about - Princeton University Press to release major new study of records and experiences of tens of thousands of students over 20 years at nations elite colleges that concludes that their affirmative action policies created backbone of black middle class and taught white classmates value of integration; study is to be released in book entitled The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions, is written by William G Bowen and Derek Bok; photo; graph (M) - By ETHAN BRONNER

Disorder in the Court

I KEENLY remember the excitement at the Supreme Court when President Ronald Reagan announced the nomination of the little-known Sandra Day OConnor to replace the retiring justice, Potter Stewart, in 1981. At the time I was a law clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall, and, although none of us knew who she was, all of us sensed that a new epoch had - Stephen L. Carter is a professor of law at Yale and the author, most recently, of The Emperor of Ocean Park, a novel. - By Stephen L. Carter

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