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SHENZHEN, China and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BGI-Shenzhen ("BGI"), a leading international genomics organization based in Shenzhen, China, today announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Beta Acquisition Corporation, it has successfully completed the acquisition of Complete Genomics, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: GNOM) ("Complete"), an innovative leader in accurate whole human genomic sequencing.
BGI accomplished the acquisition through a cash tender offer to purchase all of Complete's outstanding shares of common stock for $3.15 per share, followed by a short-form merger effective March 18, 2013.
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Excellent.... I think i will pick up some tape today.... Too windy to fly her today anyway.. Thanks for all the help and advice! Since i habe a little more time.... Any advice for not only the maiden flight of this plane, but also my first 3 axis control plane?
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When you are ready to really fly it make sure you have the throttle about 70 to 75% then throw it forward with a little up nose. Get it up about 60 feet (high enough to recover from a mistake) then you can power back to 50%. Practice making gentle turns. It will nose down due to drag so gently pull back on the elevator to compensate. Remember it is a glider. If you go into a stall just drop throttle to 0% and let go of the control sticks. It should level out by itself. Then take control again. Take your time and enjoy. If it crashes it can be fixed. If you have a buddy then take videos. You will enjoy watching them again or learn from possible mistakes. Good luck with the maiden. Vince |
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Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to the glider scene but have been flying helicopters for several years. I've read about the many ways to hold the wings together such as the rubber bands etc. but I wanted something that was simple and quick to install and remove. I went with putting a velcro tab on each wing across the spar area and then a matching long piece of velcro to connect the two tabs on each side. Holds perfectly and the wings can be removed in seconds. I was flying mine for only the 3rd time today, had it up about 500 feet doing loops and rolls and flying upside down. Flew beautifully in about a 10-12 mph wind for 12 minutes on a 3S 2200mah battery. Had plenty of power to go at least another 5 minutes if I had wanted. Only things I've done to the ARF version is install a 30 amp esc, an APC 6 x 4EP prop and a AR600 Spectrum long range receiver. I also put packing tape down the bottom of the fuselage and along the leading edge of the main wings. Only thing I think it needs is a stronger spar. In a strong breeze the wings will flex quite a bit. I've been thinking that I might take out the spar, fill it full of expanding foam and put it back in there. Has anyone tried that? It wouldn't add much weight to it. Anyway, enjoyed flying the Bixler very much. No speed demon but plenty of power with the 2200mah batts. Mildly aerobatic too. Thanks for everyone's advice here in the forums. I haven't posted in this area before but I've read a lot of the posts about the Sky Surfer/Bixler and it helped immensely. Donnie |
Jun 03, 2012, 08:52 PM | ||
I wanted to comment on your stand. It looks very much like the one I built for about $9. It does a great job to hold the plane while I work on it at home or in the field. This is a good thread for the SS or Bixler that is used for FPV flying. Although you get a lot of good info just about the planes themselves. Glad you checked it out. Vince |
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I left the spar alone and embedded carbon strips into the bottom of the wings, cut in vertically into a slot. After pushing the strips into the slit, I rad a bead of thin CA down the strip to lock it in place. Turned the wings into concrete!
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I may give the expanding foam a shot. If it doesn't work, I'll add a stronger spar. The stand I have is exactly like yours. Picked up the idea on the forum somewhere originally for my Dynam T-28 which is approximately the same size as the Bixler/SS. Use it all the time to work on my bigger planes. Donnie |
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The big problem in RL when new is losing orientation. So put the sim plane far away, look at your GF for 5 to 10 seconds, and then see if you can recover. |
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Here is my best Bixler FPV video :
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I use CA, but you must be very careful when gluing the nuts on the "EZ" connectors, as you can very easily glue them to the servo arms. If you use Loktite, unless using aluminum arms, you must be careful not to get the Loktite on the plastic arms as Loktite makes plastic brittle... SteveT. |
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I just put ca on the nut after it is on and hit it with kicker. That has been perfect for me in terms of never having one come loose as well as being fairly easy to take back apart if needed. Really splitting hairs here though since the nuts barely even cover their own thickness on the bolts...
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A drop of Med. CA on top of the nut seems the most simple and seems to have worked. I'll go this route.
There is a pic. in the manual showing the rudder servo horn with CA not only on top of the nut, but the nut CA'd to the horn as well. Is this typical or just use med. CA on top of the nut here as well. I always struggle setting up the pull-pull systems. Just how loose should the hardware pivot on the servo arm. I'm refering to the nut that attaches the threads to the servo horn itself. I know... Just enough, but do your error on the side of a little looser or snug? |
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On the pull/pull setup - yes, at first they can be a little tough to deal with but after doing a few you get pretty comfortable with them. You want the connector to be able to swivel very freely. You really don't want any binding there at all. If it's binding then you may find that your rudder surface won't center very well. Get it so that it truly swivel freely and easily with your fingers. I usually tighten down the nut to hand tight and then start twisting the connector until it starts to freely swivel in the servo arm. Then I glue the nut down. |
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How in the heck do you remove the wood tabs that hold the string in the aileron holes with out breaking your mounting points.
I just went to push/pull, twist, etc. to try and remove one and it cracked the damn servo mount! I removed the covering on the other wing and it's the same way - CA'd in there pretty good. I don't know why they just didn't glue the string to the wood instead of blocking the mounting hole? |
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SOLOMON AMENDMENT....The Solomon Amendment, originally passed in 1996, allows the government to deny federal funding to universities if they prevent either ROTC or the military from recruiting on campus. Several law schools challenged the law, saying it infringed their First Amendment right to refuse association with organizations that discriminate against gays, and today the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the government.
Prof. Bainbridge explains that the key issue is the "unconstitutional conditions doctrine," which means that a law denying funding unless you do X is constitutional if Congress could just mandate X in the first place. That makes sense to me, although I'm a little surprised to learn that Congress could indeed have simply mandated access to military recruiters if it wanted to. Under that doctrine, could newspapers be required to accept advertising for military recruitment even if they didn't want to?
But that's not what I'm really curious about. What I'm curious about is this: if Congress could have simply forced universities to provide access to military recruiters, why didn't they do it? Why bother with all the federal funding cutoff folderol? Seems pretty inefficient, no?
Tying it to federal funding is probably the best ways to get universities to go along. University administrators may well prefer to go to jail than lose their NIH grants.
Not to mention that Congress probably isn't interesting in making martyrs out of university administrators by sending them to jail.
You misunderstand, Kevin. The reason for the federal funding cutoff is that it's the federal funding which allows Congress to regulate the matter in the first place. An organization which does not recieve federal funds couldn't be ordered to allow access to recruiters . . .
Could it be that Republicans want to cut money from education?
I think Congress did it this way simply because it's just a common method of their doing business -- placing conditions on the receipt of federal money. Whereas they don't as frequently and broadly utilize the "raise armies" power. They knew what policy outcome they wanted, and they just took the most familiar path (tie it to spending). In fact, I was in law school when this issue arose (or, more precisely, when the Bush admin's DOD starting pushing for stricter compliance with Solomon), and I don't recall the government and their supporters themselves even realizing/arguing that they could just justify this on the "raise armies" clause and be done with it.
At first glance, though, I think that if the opinion has to go this way, this is a good way to write it (by saying, look, you have the power to do this in order to raise an army -- so therefore you can do it indirectly, as well). Therefore, it doesn't foreclose future challenges to coercive use of the spending power.
anon is actually pretty much right.
the government didn't really raise the Article I raise armies power in its brief. during oral argument Scalia brought it up and asked why the case didn't end right there. today it appears that Roberts and rest of the court agreed that was the simplest path to take.
as to why Congress didn't use Article I in the first place...it probably just didn't occur to them. legislators are so used to using expansive renderings of the commerce and spending clauses that little-used but explicit constitutional language can be passed right over.
And by the way, Rea, I don't think Kevin is misreading this. Integral to the decision (if not dispositive) is the Court's thought that the "raise Armies" clause probably WOULD (and at the very least might) allow Congress to order an organization that does not accept funds to allow access to recruiters: "The Constitution grants Congress the power to provide for the common Defence, [t]o raise and support Armies, and [t]o provide and maintain a Navy. Art. I, §8, cls. 1, 1213. Congress power in this area is broad and sweeping, OBrien, 391 U. S., at 377, and there is no dispute in this case that it includes the authority to require campus access for military recruiters. . . . Congress decision to proceed indirectly does not reduce the deference given Cite as: 547 U. S. ____ (2006) 9 Opinion of the Court to Congress in the area of military affairs. Congress choice to promote its goal by creating a funding condition deserves at least as deferential treatment as if Congress had imposed a mandate on universities."
"if Congress could have simply forced universities to provide access to military recruiters, why didn't they do it? Why bother with all the federal funding cutoff folderol? Seems pretty inefficient, no?"
Maybe it gives the leftists a chance to put the money where their mouth is. So are leftists people of principle or just a bunch of hypocrits?
It appears that Roberts is having more clout on this court than even Kennedy and Leahy feared. To get a unanimous opinion on this case, with no concurrences is quite a feat.
The Roberts Court will be W's lasting domestic legacy, cementing him as one of the most influential presidents since FDR (along with the Gipper, of course).
FF- The money generally doesn't subsidize the law schools, actually. At Yale, it was like $300, and most of it went to medical research. Cancer and stuff. It's not like it was being used for gold carpeting and lattes. But good to know our government thinks it's worth threatening cancer research to make sure nobody protests don't ask/don't tell. Freedom!!!!
What I'm curious about is this: if Congress could have simply forced universities to provide access to military recruiters, why didn't they do it? Why bother with all the federal funding cutoff folderol? Seems pretty inefficient, no?
Its no more inefficient than paying all old people to keep those that would otherwise be starving in the streets from doing so (see Social Security), its simply a way to make it more politically palatable.
Is Kevin being dumb here?
Does he REALLY think the government should mandate all campuses allow military recruiters on campus???
I don't know anyone, even pro-military Republicans, who have made that argument.
I like the Supreme Court's ruling: If a campus wants to ban military recruiters, fine. But they lose federal funding if they make that choice.
FF - what is a leftist?
Does anyone else want to admit that Roberts / Alito seem to have had a calming effect on the liberal side of the Bench?
Not really; this seems like a pretty easy case with a clear result indicated by Article I.
Though, if Congress tried to apply it without a tie to federal funds, and without compensation, it might be interesting to see a 5th Amendment challenge.
Um, that's Congress' law, not the Supreme Courts ruling.
The Supreme Court ruled that Congress has the Article I power to order all schools, with or without federal funding, to admit recruiters therefore it also has the lesser power to condition federal funding on the school allowing recruiters.
Freedom Fighter's statement is offensive, but it actually does answer Kevin's question. The reason that it was done this way was because there's a heck of a lot of enthusiasm in the right wing base to "defund the left", as they put it. This is based on a theory that liberalism is unpopular, and the only way liberals are able to advance their ideas is by having the government pay for it, so stop funding for things like the National Endowment for the Arts, legal services, and other such programs and the "left" will no longer be able to advance its ideas.
It's a BS theory, but a lot of conservatives believe it or at least mouth it. Tying military recruiting to federal funding, rather than just using the "raise and support armies" clause explicitly, serves the right wing talking point that liberalism is created by feeding at the public teat.
Is it constitutional for congress to contradict itself? I mean, if i went to the scotus, challenging a law based upon the fact that it contradicts - directly - another law passed by congress, what would the scotus say?
I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.
I do, however, await the calming effect of the SCOTUS declaring the GOP a permanent government, with voting, the Bill of Rights, and Federalism all to be optional. Because that will be the the thing that gets California out of this union.
cdj...although courts will attempt to construe conflicting statutes in such a way as to avoid their conflicting, if they are indubitably in conflict...the statute which is last in time prevails.
At its base, one might wonder why Congress ties NIH grants to the requirement that military recruiters be allowed on the campuses of professors who receive NIH grants in order to recruit the undergraduate students. It's like tying medicare funds of hospitals to the ability of the federal government to regulate the working conditions of the hospital's architects. The Soloman amendment could have been tied to things like Pell Grants or federally-subsidized college loans, or something more directly related to the students.
But yeah, anon gets it right-- this is the way Congress does business. They want to set the national speed limit and maximum BAC? Tie laws mandating those limits and levels to the reception of federal highway funds. The Title IX requirements are tied to reception of federal funds, as well. We could come up with dozens of examples.
Generally, a new statute replaces an older statute, to the extent they can't be interpretted not to conflict.
Many of those are things where Congress clearly has no Article I power other than the spending power, or at least the non-spending power claimed would be highly questionable; I don't think its just habit, using the spending power provides an extra layer of defense against Constitutional challenge, plus it provides political insulation, since its not a mandate, its just a condition on funds the recipient chooses whether or not to seek.
Dear Recruit(able),
Thankyou for saying hello to me. I have a wonderful opportunity in store for you if you will just sign here on this piece of paper.
(Recruitee writes name on line)
Great, now here are some of the benefits which you have so wisely signed up for...
-A chance to expose yourself to the healing powers of Depleted Uranium, don't worry about what you've heard about DUI, it's actually a sex enhancer.
-The privilege to shoot unarmed women and children as long as you have at least one bad guy in your sights.
-A chance to be a part of the largest and most bloated military machine in history.
Why are you shaking your head? You've signed the form.
A example of this is the when the Authorization of the Use of Military Force (AUMF) overrode FISA. FISA tried to limit the right of the unitary executive to wiretap terrorists, but this limit was overriden when AUMF was passed because AUMF gave Bush the power to do whatever he believes is necessary to attack the terrorists which includes wiretapping suspected terrorists.
Since any College Student who is dumb enough to join the military deserves what they get, I'm having a real difficult time giving a crap about this issue.
Stay focussed on the Republican Culture of Corruption, and the Democratic Culture of Being Nice To Republicans.
A example of this is the when the Authorization of the Use of Military Force (AUMF) overrode FISA.
Or would be, if the AUMF overrode FISA. Since AUMF can clearly be interpreted without overiding FISA, since an exception to FISA was discussed but not included in the AUMF, and since FISA is clearly written to require an explicit statutory exception, a court would have to be full of (or at least have a majority consisting of) the worst type of outcome-oriented shills for unchecked executive power to find that AUMF overrode FISA.
That's not to say that the Roberts Court might not do just that, obviously.
I'm not sure 'raise and support armies' would neccessarily allow congress to order specifically colleges to allow recruiting. That might be discriminatory. (Why not churches, private homes, etc?)
So attaching it to the federal money is more a less a guaranteed winner, and I don't see why anybody would have thought the colleges would win. If discrimination by colleges against a specific set of recruiters were constitutional in spite of strings attached to federal funding, then that implies colleges can discriminate against anybody regardless of federal funding.
Ergo, someone could set up a whites-only college and demand and be entitled to federal money.
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This ruling makes no sense.
Apparently under this ruling, a school hosting a Nazi recruiter couldn't be held liable as supporting Nazi views.
Should? No.
The Supreme Court seems to think so.
good luck getting California out of the Union - didn't work so great for the South 150 years ago ; )
So, at that time, California's side won and the side the South was on lost.
What makes you think that the result would be different if there was a rematch?
You would have preferred soldiers on campus enforcing the law? National guardsmen, perhaps? Withholding money is easy and straightforward, and denies the faculty the opportunity to look like they are defying the government. All they need do to defy the government is give up their money, which none of them choose to do.
meanwhile, back to the civil war in Iraq:
Interesting news if true.
Well, I did Kevin an injustice in my post above, unwisely written before I had actually read the opinion. The Supreme Court does indeed find authority for the statute mandating acess for military recruiters in Congress' constitutional power to raise armies. I'm not completely sure I understand why they think that trumps the First Amendment--they seem to be saying that opposition to the military's policies on gays and lesbians isn't "inherently expressive"!
Craigie writes, I do, however, await the calming effect of the SCOTUS declaring the GOP a permanent government, with voting, the Bill of Rights, and Federalism all to be optional. Because that will be the the thing that gets California out of this union.
Craigie, I'm not sure what color the sky is in your world, but here on my world (it's blue) one would wait a long, long time for the SCOTUS to do something like that.
Getting past the specific issue, Chief Justice Roberts wrote a clear, concise opinion that every other Justice could support. It's been a while, and I'd like to think that while they won't always be united, there will be clear majorities on the major opinions, and that those opinions will be clearly written, so that the country will understand. One might not like the opinion, but one will at least know why they wrote what they did, and that it's a true majority opinion. If you're in opposition to the majority at SCOTUS, that's a start.
Rea, from what I've read on this, the Court appears to grant the Article I powers very broad latitude and authority. Article I gives Congress the power to 'raise an army' and 'support a navy', and the Court has, in the past, been very deferential to that.
I think its like this. You can protest a policy that Congress has the power to enact under Article I, but you can't refuse to substantively comply with it. So, for instance, just as the First Amendment allows you to protest, say, a tariff levied by Congress, but not to refuse to pay it, similarly it allows you to protest the decision to discriminate, but doesn't allow you to refuse to cooperate with recruitment, so far as Congress has an Article I power to direct that cooperation.
The amusing aspect of this is Yale complaining about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Clinton's compromise, while recruiting the Taliban foreign minister with his fourth grade education and GED to be a student. Maybe he should take civil engineering so he can more efficently crush gays by toppling cement walls onto them as they lie in ditches. That's what they did, you know.
Can the left get any more illogical in the world of cozying up to Islamic fascists while hating Bush ?
Are you serious?! California was not some big decisive factor in the Civil War - no reason to think California alone could do what the entire South could not.
Who said California would leave alone?
The bigger point (no surprise you missed it) is that the side trying to get out of the Union lost last time around, so it would be up to you to explain why you think THAT result would be different if there was a rematch.
Sees to me, the high-tech economic power won last time. Why you think the identity and substantive characteristics of the parties are less important than the goals is beyond me.
Of course, its unlikely that California would try to leave.
That's some hilariously incoherent shit Mike, thanks.
..."Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Clinton's compromise,...
Nunn and Lieberman's compromise, offered to and accepted by Clinton, would be somewhat more accurate, IIRC.
FREEDOM FIGHTER: So are leftists people of principle or just a bunch of hypocrits?
Well, cmdicely, I will admit it certainly would make quite a difference whether it was only California that decided to leave, or 49 States vs. Wyoming, for instance.
Well, surely, it would. Though, actually, its 49 states vs. Texas, though I probably shouldn't let you in on the plan.
But, I was not the one to even bring California up - craigie did and he/she/it mentioned only that one State, so that's the hypothetical
The hypothetical is California tries to leave; evaluating whether other states are likely to decided to join if that happens is part of evaluating and responding to the hypothetical. It was not specified that it was limited to California.
as you stated on another thread: "When I sign up for a course where you are an instructor, or get a job where you are my supervisor, feel free to hand me assignments."
I don't think you understand. Neither of those conditions has yet been fulfilled.
Suffice it to say, I wouldn't have a problem nuking L.A. and San Francisco though.
Yeah, well, Chuckles, your fantasies of association with the Vice President aside, its not like you'd have much substantive choice.
Grown ups that have to deal with consequences in the real world -- even monumentally evil ones that like to pretend they create their own reality -- might have more problems with that.
The universities should continue to refuse access to the recruiters because they do not have to fear loss of funding - here's why: Most big corporations, law firms, tech firms, pharma etc. have major ties and research partnerships with universities, at least the big ones. Congress is owned by the big corps and will do what they tell them to do, including backing off any enforcement of penalties imposed by this law.
That's right - you are neither my instructor nor my supervisor.
Nor have I tried to hand you an assignment. Your point?
So.....let's say some state mandates sexual orientation non-discrimination policies when it comes to providing access to employers. Since access, as a matter of constitutional law, is not speech, on what grounds could a law school object?
Wouldn't there be Third Amendment issues with requiring universities to provide access to recruiters, except in (presumably honest-to-god) wartime?
(And that, by the way, is perhaps the only time the Third Amendment has been invoked in a serious manner since Reconstruction.)
I thought the idea was, if the government didn't owe you the money in some sense, they could set conditions on whether to dole it to you. OTOH, no one should have to accept recruiters or whatever if they don't want to, but then should the government have to give them funds? I don't think the G should be able to make the universities do it through the application of *sanctions*, which means actual punishment, not withholding of something you aren't *obligated* to give someone.
I think Bainbridge or Roberts, or both, are full of crap. I don't think Congress could have required them to accept recruiters. And if they refuse to accept Congressional money, they won't have to. (Is this a violation of the Third (I think) Amendment? No Quartering of Troops? Think about that one.)
I don't really have an opinion about the way this case came out (because even though I see the rationale used by the Court, I also think that university nondiscrimination policies are quite important and that the colleges' claims that they didn't want to be forced to allow employers with homophobic policies onto campus were quite colorable).
But I do think the people who are downplaying the "raise and support armies" clause of the Constitution don't realize how broad that power has to be. We don't fight manpower-intensive wars the way we used to, but if you think about it in the context of, say, the Civil War or World War II, you can see why the Court reads the power so broadly. In the case of a real military emergency, the government's power to conscript has got to be broad.
Of course, we are talking about law schools and not conscripting forces. But armies also need JAG's (indeed, the military should have listened to its JAG's regarding detainee policies in the past few years). Many people recall the movie and television show M*A*S*H, which involved conscripted surgeons. And we are not even talking about conscription here, but merely recruitment, which is less onerous. Are you going to tell me that a medical school in 1862 would have had the right to prohibit the Army from coming onto campus to recruit doctors to treat the wounded on the battlefields at a time when there was a great shortage of medical personnel? Seems to me that's exactly what "raise and support armies" is all about.
Of course, we are not in the Civil War, we need less personnel, and the military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan could survive without the lawyers from these law schools. Still, I don't see how those facts can be reviewed by courts without putting them in a position to block recruitment efforts when there really is a military necessity. (This is the same reason the peacetime draft is constitutional.)
By the way, as a p.s., the Third Amendment involves quartering of troops in people's homes, i.e., forcing private persons to allow soldiers to live in their homes.
I understand there is an ANALOGY to be drawn here (i.e., that the Third Amendment protects the public from overencroachment by the military in the private sphere), but I don't think you can read the Third Amendment as applying to this context given the broad and definitive conscription power in Article I. If the Third Amendment were read that way, it might, for instance, ban military recruiters from going door to door to sign people up. And that's clearly within the power to raise and support armies.
jman, Congress would have to write an amendment to the Soloman Act to void the penalties. Think the current admin would sign it? Many of the members of the FAIR group used the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy as the basis of their arguement. the military is discriminatory based on this policy, so they don't want them on campus. But if they want to stay true to their high ethics, then why let big Pharma recruit on campus when many of them use animals for testing? That seems to be a big debate these days. This happens to be the second unanimous vote in a week from the Roberts court. There was the case last week that said abortion clinics could not keep protesters away by trying to use the RICO Act, saying the protesters were extorting the clinics.
California was not some big decisive factor in the Civil War
California gold sure was.
What I found interesting is how Roberts rejected the free speech argument, in that Congress is not regulating the Law School's speech, only its conduct. Given that, I wonder if he will still consider campaign donations to be "speech" and not conduct.....
What's interesting is the Court used an argument that the Solicitor General had apparemtly not briefed. Of course, they settled that argument with the assertion of Congress's constitutional power to raise armies.
Some would say that sounds like 9/10 thinking when everyone knows that a wartime situation, the president is the sole determiner of our national security policy. So why would we expect Bush's Solicitor General think to argue a case asserting Congresional authority?
Why next the Court might do something crazy and hold that Congress has the power, "To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces".
No , of course the administration would not sign such a change to the Solomon Act. But, I still think that enforcement is another issue. When it comes down to it, money will trump all other interests and I just dont think that big pharma for instance, would stand by idly as the government took away funding from a major research institution.
JMAN, do you think it would ever get to the point where a college admin would even contemplate challangeing Congress's ability to withhold funds? I know in Calif. the state is losing hundreds of millions a year because they don't have a statewide child support database in place. There is no corp. to defend these children, but it seems the feds have no qualms of withholding funds if their conditions are not met. The corperations would have to band together as a unified group to exert their will. Otherwise it would be a disjointed effort seemingly due to fail.
Yeah, but the opinion also basically said the university could set up a table right next to the recruiters with big signs explaining how the military discriminates against homosexuals. Whee.
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Who cares? The military is not actively looking to recruit gays and most staight guys are not too interested in gay issues. Unless they were disruptive there would be neglible impact and they be removed by the police in any case.
Hillsdale did it, why not Yale? Of course, we could discourage corporate grants by denying them tax benefits. I wish this decision was retroactive, taking back the last 5 years' money. Let's go further and require 25% ROTC enrollment before any government funds.
No, because the parts of the university that they have access to will usually not be houses within the meaning of the third amendment, because the recruiters are not "quartered" there in any case, and because they are tied to funds that the university (the owner of the property) voluntarily requests with full knowledge of the conditions, they, therefore, have the consent of the owner.
If they weren't tied to funds, I'd say there was a colorable 5th amendment (taking clause) case, especially if, e.g., corporate recruiters only got the space either with payment or on satisfying some other condition of benefit to the university (including, arguably, compliance with a nondiscrimination policy), so long as Congress didn't authorize just reimbursement for the time and space used.
Ah, that old time religion. Can you say brotherly love?
Well, thanks for showing your true, hideous self.
I thought withdrawal of federal funding was tested in the courts under various rules withdrawing funding from universities with diversity issues... where as any other method might not be tested in courts.
Regarding the "Cheney" posts, do you actually believe he is serious? Do you not sense that maybe its not REALLY Cheney, and the person writing is actually in agreement with you on these issues? I recommend you re-read his/her posts. And maybe suspend the knee-jerk indignation a bit.
This post actually made go re-read the 3rd Amendment!
You people supporting the schools in this case are just plain full of shit. Old doctrine, going back centuries: "take the king's money, do the king's bidding." If those schools wanted to stand on principle, then they should have refused the federal money. These people you're supporting are just a bunch of hypocrites.
The people in charge in these schools are acting like the spoiled rich people they are. "What, you mean we can't do whatever we want? But...but, we're the chosen people." Assholes is what they are.
Even without getting into Article One, these schools never had a case. All they did was waste their moneyregarding which I don't careand taxpayers' moneyregarding which I care very much. The unanimous vote says it all.
Do you not sense that maybe its not REALLY Cheney,
Actually, no. It seems completely in character.
The Cheney at 9:16 is a fake. The rest are him/it.
Re: "if Congress could have simply forced universities to provide access to military recruiters, why didn't they do it? Why bother with all the federal funding cutoff folderol? Seems pretty inefficient, no?"
But if you tie it to funding, then you can argue that the schools were not forced to do it -- that they did it of their own free will -- which you cannot argue if you mandate access. So tying it to funding has less of an authoritarian ring and is thus the preferred authoritarian mode.
I agree wholeheartedly with Nixon above. That's one reason why the wingnut colleges are fanatic about not recieving any federal dollars. They don't want the Federal Govt. telling them to do something they don't want to do. Colleges & Universities upset at the Military's anti-homosexual policy should be lobbying their institutions to reject federal funds.
Let's remember, the actual case has little to do with homosexuality. I see it as a First Amendment issue all the way. Whether or not you agree with the military (and no, I don't) the universities are restricting the free speech rights of the recruiters. If you dislike a law so much that you feel you must break it, than you have to be courageous enough to accept the consequences. This is a democracy, if we don't like a law, we have to convince a majority that our opinion is correct, and change the law. That is how it works. My reading of the decision supports this: If you find the presence of military recruiters objectionable, then don't accept the federal funding. Although reference is made to the government's having a RIGHT to have these recruiters there, it is not part of the actual opinion. I see this as a deliberate use of a minimal expression of the rights of the governament. If this is what a Robert's court will look like, well, it could be a hell of a lot worse.
If the Third Amendment were read that way, it might, for instance, ban military recruiters from going door to door to sign people up. And that's clearly within the power to raise and support armies.
No, that's not correct.
Nothing would prohibit door-to-door visits ("Can I interest you in joining the Army?").
The Third Amendment prohibits Quartering and also IMPRESSMENT. "Say, that's a nice looking kid you have- Corporal, take him to Boot Camp!". The Military can't do jack in your home without your permission. The 13th Amendment also has a few things to say about involuntary service without recourse.
A Draft is not prohibited by the 3rd, 13th, and 14th Amendments because it is lawfully and equally applied- your chances of going are random. It applies to (almost) everyone, and you serve for a limited time.
You guys are reading way too much power into the "Raise an Army" section. Congress has the power to ask people to join, to randomly select them via a draft, or make access to recruiters a condition of funding.
They absolutely cannot show up at Yale and point at everyone and say "Congrats, you are now in the Navy".
Going to ORIGINAL INTENT, Impressment was a cause of the War of 1812 and a serious concern of the Founding Fathers.
Roberts is correct in this case, there is no reason why Congress can't advertise for military service in any circumstance, so tying it to Federal funding is okey-dokey.
Sorry, what's the distinction between conscription and impressment? Because the military (or their agents) certainly can come into your home and take your son off to the army if he refuses to go. (Draft dodging ring any bells?)
The Third Amendment prohibits Quartering and also IMPRESSMENT.
No, it doesn't present impressment. It only restricts (not prevents) quartering.
Conscription: 'Greetings, Mr. Fred Smith, of 1234 Fifth Street, City, State, Zip. You are being conscripted ....'
Impressment: 'Grab that one. And that one. And this one over here. And the ones hiding in the back room. And get us two more. Okay, wagon's full. Take them to the ship.'
Constitutionally, at least to the able-bodied adult males, they certainly can.
Only one comment here about this, by Mike K, so I'll add my voice to it: how can Yale be heard to complain about the Army's "don't ask" policy when Yale has in a very high profile way recruited as a student Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, the former deputy foreign secretary of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, whose only apparent credential for attending Yale is that he is the former deputy foreign secretary for the Taliban?
As Mike K points out, Hashemi is a high school dropout with naught more than a G.E.D. in his academic past. But his professional career highlights include serving in the most virulently and homicidally anti-gay government that's been seen on this planet since Herr Hitler departed this mortal coil.
I really wish I had a degree from Yale. Maybe then I could get my mind around the kind of thinking that says that U.S. Army recruiters shouldn't be allowed on Yale's campus, but a man who in all probablility has the blood of gays on his hands should be. Apparently it takes an Ivy-League education for such things to start making sense.
As Mike K points out, Hashemi is a high school dropout with naught more than a G.E.D. in his academic past. But his professional career highlights include serving in the most virulently and homicidally anti-gay government that's been seen on this planet since Herr Hitler departed this mortal coil. I really wish I had a degree from Yale. Maybe then I could get my mind around the kind of thinking that says that U.S. Army recruiters shouldn't be allowed on Yale's campus, but a man who in all probablility has the blood of gays on his hands should be.
I really wish I had a degree from Yale. Maybe then I could get my mind around the kind of thinking that says that U.S. Army recruiters shouldn't be allowed on Yale's campus, but a man who in all probablility has the blood of gays on his hands should be.
Yale probably wouldn't object to military recruiters as students either. The comparison is nonsense.
Constitutionally, at least to the able-bodied adult males, they certainly can
Uh, no.
First, the 3rd Amendment is not just about G.I. Joe snoozing on your couch. It prohibits any use of private property or labor by the military without consent (and the 5th provides backup as well). Over 200 years of common and black letter law back this up.
Second, there is this little thing called the 13th Amendment that says that no one, including the Government, can just show up and keep you against your will without due process, and even then only for a crime.
Third, do you know what 'raising an Army' is? It's not going to the U. of Wherever or Main Street and helpfully telling everyone there they are going to Iraq. It has a lot to do with funding, command and control, etc., all of which is pretty easy to understand as the original intent of the framers.
Raising an Army means that Congress can fund it, command it, restructure it, disband it, honor it with decorations, commit it to tasks, etc. Google 'Cromwell' and 'Parliament' for further hints. It does NOT mean that Congress can eliminate all your other Constitutional rights to force you to join it indefinitely, and that is distinctly NOT what Roberts said.
The draft, as said before, is a different story because (as lawsuits have proven time after time) it is random, it is equitable, and it provides EXCEPTIONS FOR RELIGIOUS OBJECTORS. Notice that your 1st Amendment right to religious observation trumps Congress' right to raise an Army, time after time, suit after suit. Even in a time of great national need, devout Quakers and the Amish don't have to serve. You claim that Congress can tell them they have to. The Supreme Court has said 'hell no' so many times that I wonder why it hasn't sunk in yet.
Which doesn't stop conscription.
Third, do you know what 'raising an Army' is? It's not going to the U. of Wherever or Main Street and helpfully telling everyone there they are going to Iraq.
Correct. The latter is an example of a different clause of Art. I, Sec. 8: "To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;"
Now, admittedly, one could argue that doesn't really allow a draft for foreign wars, but, while the plain language clearly supports that view, the case law does not.
Raising an Army means that Congress can fund it, command it, restructure it, disband it, honor it with decorations, commit it to tasks, etc. ...It does NOT mean that Congress can eliminate all your other Constitutional rights to force you to join it indefinitely, and that is distinctly NOT what Roberts said.
Well, yeah, the boundaries of the power to conscript, which stem from a different provision, were not at issue.
The draft, as said before, is a different story because (as lawsuits have proven time after time) it is random, it is equitable, and it provides EXCEPTIONS FOR RELIGIOUS OBJECTORS.
IIRC, the draft has not always been random, and its certainly arguable that it has often not been equitable either. Nor does it include exceptions from "involuntary service" for objectors, who are, at best, assigned alternative compulsory public service, in or out of the military.
Further, it's unclear as to whether equal protections apply to women as well when it comes to military recruitment. No wonder the right fought and fought against the ERA...they don't want women or gays in *their* military.
You want Grove City overturned? Hahahahaha You reap what you sow
I explicitly said that. Did your computer not display that part?
No, no and no.
BY DEFINITION wars in which the Army and Militia are called upon to defend the Several States are wars with foreign powers. Yes, even Indian Wars, which are against sovereign tribes. Thomas Jefferson would laugh himself to death if he heard you claim that the 'plain language' prohibits conscription for foreign conflicts. Confederate States of America is either a foreign power or a domestic insurrection, choose one. Either falls under Constitutional authority.
Since it's settled, then, why not try arguing something else?
IIRC, the draft has not always been random,
It has been since at least 1917.
and its certainly arguable that it has often not been equitable either.
It's equitable in the sense that it has never been along the lines of "All Jews report for service" or "Party Members only". All healthy male citizens of a certain age could be called. It's what they do AFTER being called that is unfair.
Nor does it include exceptions from "involuntary service" for objectors, who are, at best, assigned alternative compulsory public service, in or out of the military.
This is comically incorrect.
Try these Supreme Court Cases:
United States vs. Girouard (1946)
Welch vs. United States (1970)
Or, even better:
United States vs. Seeger (1965)
What's it about?
This case involved the application of the Universal Military Training and Service Act which exempted people from military service if their religious training or belief makes them opposed to such service. It defined appropriate training or belief as an individual's belief in a relation to a Supreme Being involving duties superior to those arising from any human relation, but [not including] essentially political, sociological, or philosophical views or a merely personal moral code." One person involved in the suit believed in a supreme reality while another believed in a universal reality. Neither of these were included in the class of beliefs covered by the Act. They claimed that the law unfairly did not exempt non-religious conscientious objectors and that it discriminated between different forms of religious beliefs.
The Court found for Seeger. UNANIMOUSLY.
> Yale probably wouldn't object to military recruiters as students either. The comparison is nonsense. >
Um, it strikes me actually as a fairly relevant comparison, since I (admittedly a rank amateur) interpret Roberts's opinion as saying that rejecting someone as a student (and therefore a member of a university) would have a greater claim to Constitutional protection than would keeping a recruiter off the school grounds. Based on Roberts's analogies in the decision, I would say that it is starkly relevant to tell a law school, "Whom you accept as a student is more expressive of your beliefs than whom you allow to recruit at your school, and therefore if you are actively recruiting Hashemi to enroll in your school you are expressing more hatred of homosexuals than if you allow military recruiters onto your campus." And frankly, I think that would be a perfectly fair thing to say, by common sense as well as by analogy with parades and Boy Scouts.
It's equitable in the sense that it has never been along the lines of "All Jews report for service" or "Party Members only". All healthy male citizens of a certain age could be called.
"Could be". Not "were". The actual selection criteria, particularly for more recent iterations of the draft, have not been particularly equitable.
This case involved the application of the Universal Military Training and Service Act which exempted people from military service if their religious training or belief makes them opposed to such service.
Incorrect, from the decision itself:
These cases involve claims of conscientious objectors under 6 (j) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 456 (j) (1958 ed.), which exempts from combatant training and service in the armed forces of the United States those persons who by [380 U.S. 163, 165] reason of their religious training and belief are conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form.
Your summary has replaced "combatant training and service in the armed forces of the United States" with the less accurate "military service" (not all people except from combatant service were excused from military service altogether under the act), and, even if it was accurate, would be off point, since the case was about who was qualifeid for the exception. Under the act, those exempt from all military service (a smaller group than those exempt from combatant service) were subject to alternative, non-military, compulsory public service for the same length of period that a draftee was obligated to military service, as I said.
Pointing me to cases interpreting who is eligible for the statutory exemptions from combatant service is hardly any kind of rebuttal to my claim that those exemptions are not exemptions from compulsory service, just diversions from one form of service to others. But thanks, anyway.
meatss, The feds withholding from state child welfare programs is a whole other kettle of fish than witholding from universities. In addition to big corporate links to universities, many schools are also invovled in federal research projects - including military. For instance, UC Berkeley runs the Los Alamos lab. MIT has deep connections to the defense industry. Do you think that the feds would enforce penalties even at these schools - it just makes no sense. The feds would risk alienating these institutions and those who provide vital research on mission critical systems.
For instance, UC Berkeley runs the Los Alamos lab.
Well, technically, the University of California runs the Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, under contract to the Department of Energy. Its not actually the Berkeley campus that runs the labs.
Do you think that the feds would enforce penalties even at these schools - it just makes no sense.
Possibly; IIRC, some prominent Republicans pushed hard to get Los Alamos opened up for more competitive bidding (which UC managed to win in partnership with Bechtel), and they probably would love to be able to have an excuse to hand the contract over to the team led by the University of Texas that was the main competition in that bidding.
It may or may not make policy sense, but it makes political sense.


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Astoria is just off of Barcelona's Diagonal Avenue, a 5-minute walk from Diagonal Metro Station and Paseo de Gracia Avenue. It features a rooftop pool with views, a sauna and gym.
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Great location - very close to the Pedrera and some wonderful restaurants. Near enough to the centre to walk (although metro, buses and taxis are plentiful) but just far enough away to be quiet. The roof terrace with pool is a really nice additional perk to chill out and cool off on a hot day (even though it is not big enough for an adult to actually swim in). Staff were delightful, extremely helpful and gave some truly superb restaurant recommendations. Excellent value for money.
Cleanliness; white towels; very good location close to the metro, bars, places of interest and the tourbus; close to Gran Grazia
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