May 31, 2001
Gerald Walpin, Esq. 575 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022-2585
RE: Thomas Sypniewski
Dear Mr. Walpin:
Your letter of May 29, 2001 to Peter Merluzzi has been referred to me for review and response. This matter has been placed on the Board’s Agenda for June 5th, the next Board Meeting, upon the conclusion
Read More → Posted in CasesBy Charles Lane,
Washington Post, May 21, 2001
Another in a series of occasional articles On the issue of affirmative action in higher education, the conservative lawyers at the Center for Individual Rights are purists: Racial preferences, they say, are unfair, unconstitutional and should be abolished.
Over the last eight years, as the
Read More → Posted in NewsFederal court considers inclusion of Maryland religious college in state aid
Washington, D.C. – The constitutionality of government funding of religious entities was at issue today as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard argument on whether a Takoma Park, Maryland college can participate in a state aid
Read More → Posted in Press ReleasesFederal money can co-exist with religious speech without violating the First Amendment
By Michael McDonald
National Review Online, May 7, 2001
The Left denounces it as a Republican pay-off to the Religious Right. The Right denounces it as a Trojan-horse attempt to regulate church-sponsored aid programs. In the middle stands President Bush, the
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