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  Yale's actions and the rule of law, Kannan Srinivasan, March 12 th 2025 In suspending Helyeh Doutaghi, an eminent Palestinian legal scholar, because an artificial intelligence-directed website    https://jewishonliner.org/p/member-of-us-designated-terror-group had termed her a terrorist https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/us/yale-suspends-scholar-terrorism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (on the claims inter alia that she had been present at public gatherings where terrorists so designated were also present and also that terrorists so designated had interviewed her and that what she had said was replayed at gatherings of terrorists so designated) --  without even giving her the right to be heard – Yale seems to have adopted the extraordinary legal technology pioneered by India, namely that audi alteram partem is simply not necessary. In a statement Tuesday, Yale Law School described the allegations against Dr. Doutaghi as reflec...
  Karen Karniol-Tambour of the investment management company Bridgewater offers advice  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/opinion/tariffs-europe-trade-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare ), not only to her high net-worth clients but to all of Europe:   Europe has lagged behind the United States thanks to its fractious and duplicative regulatory system, particularly in the tech sector, and rigid labor markets that make it hard for companies to hire and fire workers.…The continent’s security crisis may finally be galvanizing action. Germany has taken a essential step and forgone self-imposed constraints on fiscal policy to make meaningful investments in defense. The question is whether Europe will take this opportunity to more broadly transform its economy — and whether its leaders will realize they have no other good choices. Why? Because, For decades, the rest of the world, especially China and countries in Europe, have produced much more...