‘It Is Suffocating’: A Top Liberal University Is Under Attack in India
A campaign to make the country an explicitly Hindu nation has had a chilling effect on left-leaning and secular institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Dawn Porter, introducing her miniseries "Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court", arrests our collective conscience with the most succinct and compelling case for compassionate dissent:
"You criticize the things you love because you want them to live up to their promise. And that’s what we do for our children. That’s what we do for ourselves. That’s what we do for anybody you love. You need to tell them the truth."
India targets Apple over its phone hacking notifications
The intensity of the Indian government effort to discredit and strong-arm Apple disturbed executives at the company’s headquarters, in Cupertino, Calif., and illustrated how even Silicon Valley’s most powerful tech companies can face pressure from the increasingly assertive leadership of the world’s most populous country — and one of the most critical technology markets of the coming decade.
Journalist Nikhil Wagle Attacked Allegedly by BJP Workers Over Remarks on Modi, Advani
Wagle came under attack after his allegedly offensive remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and L.K. Advani after the BJP patriarch was awarded the Bharat Ratna.
#Kagan#dissent in student debt case: The most that can be said of theory majority selects, proffered solely by MO is that it is less risible than others. It still contravenes bedrock principle of standing law that plaintiff cannot ride on someone else’s injury. MI is doing just that in relying on injuries to MO Higher Ed Loan Authority a legally, financially independent public corp. That means Court by deciding this case, exercises authority it does not have. It #violates the #Constitution.
People in the U.S. complain about disruptive #protests, but the country has systematically closed down venues for #dissent. Want to vote for a non-genocidal President? Sorry, two-party system. Want to pass progressive legislation? Sorry, filibuster. Want to support the #Palestinians? Sorry, our ally is #Israel. Want your #university to divest from armaments? Sorry, fiduciary duty. Want to write some graffiti? Sorry, #vandalism. So disruption may be all we have left, short of #violence.
"“What is happening here is so off-the-charts egregious that there is no other reading of the law: We have to cease weapons transfers to Israel.”
The letter also calls on Garland to investigate the thousands of U.S. citizens currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces for potential war crimes."