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Katharine Hill's avatar

Thank you, David, for this legal breakdown. I was particularly horrified this morning to read in my local paper that the VA Secretary sent a department-wide memo asking employees to (in my words) “rat out” their colleagues for “anti-Christian discrimination”. Wasn’t that Hitler’s idea?

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Sandy Shaller's avatar

Excellent reporting! My wife and I join a protest in Walnut Creek in northern CA. every Saturday that we can. It's important that everyone who wants to resist the Trump dictatorship make their voice known. This is a crisis.

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Mary Noone's avatar

Thank you for breaking this down. I couldn't get past point #2 under 'the basics.' Why isn't this raising alarm bells in every corner of our institutions across the country? The U.S. government 'micro-managing' private institutions in such a demanding manner should concern everyone. If Harvard complied, what's to stop the next TRUMP from making similar demands in boardrooms nationwide? WAKE UP, AMERICA!

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Ruth Apolito's avatar

Thank you for this excellent online of what will be certainly be a landmark case. It has helped me understand that Harvard has a very good chance to "knock Trump out in the first round?"

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Christine Wang's avatar

Question, which may sound like a conspiracy theory but in this day and age need be asked —

Could the two lawyers you have pointed out not be planted there to do the fotus bidding in the end, to skew the cases in some way?

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David Pepper's avatar

I think it’s a fair question. Perhaps it makes a settlement discussion easier at some point. But the ferocity of the brief does not feel like plants.

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Christine Wang's avatar

Thank you for taking the time to respond! I feel reassured by your knowledge! Keep on keeping on. We need all the intelligent thought and guidance!

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