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In recognition of Constitution Day, newly retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court David Souter '66 joined Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman, who served as Justice Souter's law clerk in 1998, for a discussion about the Constitution, the Court, and his plans for retirement.
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Facing three Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) arbitrations brought by the majority shareholders of former Yukos Company, the Russian Federation terminated on July 30, 2009 the provisional application of the ECT, the world's largest and most comprehensive international energy agreement.
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On the 222nd anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Harvard University fulfilled its federally mandated celebration of the Constitution by convening a panel of experts to examine what aspects of the document deserve to be celebrated and what parts are deserving of our criticism.
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In a wide-ranging address at Harvard University last week, the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy addressed issues ranging from the withdrawal of plans for US missile defense in Eastern Europe to the Mideast peace process, Afghanistan, relations with Russia, and climate change. Above all, Solana stressed that the US and EU would need to broaden their engagement with rising powers to the South and East, welcoming their cooperation within multilateral organizations. In addition, the EU foreign policy chief addressed concerns about the Balkans and dropped hints about the direction of EU expansion.
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The story of Troy Anthony Davis' case began on August 19, 1989 with the shooting death of police officer Mark MacPhail in a Savannah, Georgia Burger King. Two years later, Troy Anthony Davis was convicted and sentenced to death. Davis has maintained his innocence since the day of his arrest, and has sought to introduce new evidence that would prove his innocence, appealing his habeas corpus petition through the entire U.S. legal system with the help of organizations like Amnesty International. Despite a lack of physical evidence proving the case against Davis, State attorneys have urged federal judges to deny his petition and defer to the Georgia courts under the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
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Mary Beth Tinker, one of the plaintiffs in the landmark case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, spoke to students at the law school on Wednesday, September 16. Ms. Tinker, whose presentation was sponsored by the ACLU chapter at the law school, discussed student activism and her role in Tinker, the case that established the constitutional free speech rights of students in public schools.
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Just days after her first argument before the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan '86, former dean of Harvard Law School, made her first visit back to HLS since assuming her full duties in Washington. Although her appearance occurred late on a Friday afternoon the week before much of the school goes on vacation, the event drew a standing room crowd to hear the former Dean's impressions of her new role in the Obama administration.
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When Joel Pollak '09 asked Congressman Barney Frank '77 (D-MA) a particularly uncomfortable question during a Kennedy School event last spring, Frank unleashed one of his trademark tirades. That much Pollak expected. What he did not anticipate was the outpouring of support that followed - a flood, he claims, of emails and other messages expressing gratitude for his willingness to challenge the Congressman. Earlier this month, he announced his intention to take on incumbent Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Democrat who has represented Illinois' 9th District since 1999.
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The fragile state of the global economy has continued to impact the Harvard Law School budget, leading to slashes in clinical services and layoffs, in addition to cuts to some of the school's most conspicuous and controversial luxuries.
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It's been called the "czar revolt". On Labor Day, President Barack Obama '91's "Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Van Jones, resigned amid new revelations of controversial statements. The pushing out of the insightful Yale Law grad, whose work focused on the potential of environmentalism to lift the economy, caused conservatives to smell blood. They have since started to go after some of Obama's other political appointees, many of whom were never subject to confirmation hearings and, hence, never properly vetted by the administration. HLS Professor Cass Sunstein '78 is one of Obama's appointees, slated to be a so-called "czar" overseeing the administration's regulatory activities.
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Swine flu is not just at our doorstep, it's well inside it. Dean of Staudents Ellen Cosgrove confirmed that the HLS campus had already seen H1N1 cases. Prevention plans and a vaccination schedule for the seasonal flu were also announced.
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A ceremony was held on September 2, 2009 to formally recognize the ascension of Prof. Martha Minow to the Harvard Law School deanship. Faust praised Minow for her devotion to the Harvard community and her academic acheivements, expressing confidence in the continued success of the law school under Minow's stewardship.