Ninth Circuit Invalidates Berkeley CA Ordinance Limiting New Gas Appliances
On April 17, 2023, the Ninth Circuit reversed the trial court and held that the EPCA preempted the Berkeley ordinance.
Beyond Cayuga’s Waters
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March Madness Ivy League History
Cornell has appeared 5 times in the tournament. Their first was in 1954 where they lost to Navy, and then lost the third place game to North Carolina State, reaching fourth place in the east region.
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Cornell law professor discusses cancellation, journalism, and DEI on ‘Tucker Carlson Today’
What he has found is that many parents are not in favor of these developments. “I don’t think, saying to parents, ‘We want your kids to march around the classroom rather than studying to get ahead in life.’ I don’t think that’s popular,” Jacobson explained to Carlson.
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MIT Debate on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Impacts Cornell
On April 4, the MIT Free Speech Alliance and the MIT Adam Smith Society held a much publicized, Oxford Union-style debate on the MIT campus to consider “Should Academic DEI Programs Be Abolished?” The in-person debate was also live-streamed and promoted by the Cornell Free Speech Alliance (CFSA), one of 15 co-sponsors.
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Weissmann, Mitrano Discuss Section 230 and Tech Policy
Most of the event focused on Section 230, a provision of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. It ensured that Internet providers and platforms would not be treated as “publishers” of any content posted by other users. Effectively, the provision shields platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, from lawsuits for any content published on their websites.
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World Athletics Sets Rules on Transgender Competition
Under the new rules, athletes who undergo male puberty are barred from competing as women. This follows the rule adopted last year by World Aquatics, the international governing body for swimming.
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Raphael Cohen offers U.S. foreign policy lessons from the war in Ukraine
Overall, for U.S. defense policy, Cohen remarked that one of the main lessons was that conventional war between states remains alive. This, in his view, raises the stakes for U.S. strategists and defense planners.
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Cornell Giving Day: Alumni Vote With Their Dollars
As with last year, when Day Hall looks through all the data, it is clear that alumni are enthusiastic supporters of more traditional programs, and that if left to alumni donations, woke programs would go broke.
