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Althouse addressed this answer that originally appeared in the Washington Post:

"ANOTHER UPDATE: A reader (who wasn't happy with my acknowledgment of the hierarchy in the prestige of law schools) referred me to this biographical article about John Kerry that appeared in the Washington Post last week. It gives an explanation for why Kerry went to law school at Boston College. Kerry ran for Congress in the Fall of 1972, when he seemed to be a fast-track golden boy. He was devastated by defeat and:

The law became Kerry's Plan B. The Yale graduate wanted to return there to law school but could not because his wife, Julia, was expecting a baby. His next choice was Harvard, then Boston University, but he applied too late. Boston College offered the opposite of Yale's theoretical approach -- it was famous as a training ground for politicians -- but BC had an opening, and Kerry took it.

So he couldn't go to Yale because Julia was pregnant, but he couldn't go to Harvard because he was late in applying. How do you figure that? Also, one loses a Congressional election in November. That leaves a good two months to apply to any law school. The article describes Kerry as quite devastated by his election loss, and that may have hampered the application process. Schools do have different deadlines (though not before January). [MORE: The dates for taking the LSAT would also be a factor.]"

For additional responses to this post, check out Legal Blog Watch: http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_watch/2008/06/rehashing-kerry.html]]>MDSun, 06 Jul 2008 22:53:28 +0000http://www.eagleionline.com/news/2008/6/30/why-did-kerry-go-to-bc.html#comments178512:1708719:comment/1600600http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/01/24/kerry-yale-bc-law-to-drop-out-of-2008-race/

Kerry's answer, for what it's worth, to your post's question: “‘I had already taken all the law boards,’ Kerry recalled. ‘So I applied to Harvard, Boston University, and Boston College. I was extremely late. Only BC would entertain a late application.’”]]>JamesFri, 20 Jun 2008 10:45:28 +0000http://www.eagleionline.com/news/2008/6/20/more-lawyers-less-jobs.html#comments178512:1708719:comment/1571130http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/06/17/PH2008061700320.html]]>Jake TaborSat, 14 Jun 2008 16:42:02 +0000http://www.eagleionline.com/news/2008/3/12/where-should-a-bc-law-student-live.html#comments178512:1708719:comment/1561132
Thanks,

Jake]]>Dan Roth '04Tue, 27 May 2008 03:15:31 +0000http://www.eagleionline.com/news/2008/5/24/mukasey-discusses-national-security-and-the-law.html#comments178512:1708719:comment/1523182http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/05/23/mukasey_defends_author_of_so_called_torture_memos/?p1=email_to_a_friend
By Lara Jakes Jordan
Associated Press Writer / May 23, 2008
WASHINGTON—Attorney General Michael Mukasey is defending former government lawyers who drew up the legal basis of the Bush administration's use of harsh interrogation methods against terror suspects.

Mukasey told Boston College Law School graduates Friday that lawyers doing their part to protect the country in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks should not now be held liable or face criminal charges for doing so.

Mukasey did not mention any specific lawyers by name.

Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo is facing at least one civil lawsuit and demands for his firing from Berkeley Law School. Yoo worked in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel from 2001 to 2003.

While there, he wrote several memos legally defending the use of harsh interrogation tactics which are now under criticism by human rights groups and members of Congress. Yoo's memos concluded that President Bush has broad, unfettered wartime authority that cannot be limited by domestic law or international bans on torture.

One memo defined torture, as recognized by U.S. law, as covering "only extreme acts" causing pain similar in intensity to that caused by organ failure or accompanying death.

An internal Justice Department investigation is now considering whether such advice was improper.

At the Friday ceremony, Mukasey lambasted critics seeking to bring lawsuits or charges against the lawyers. "The rhetoric of these discussions is hostile and unforgiving," Mukasey said in his prepared remarks.

Mukasey's confirmation as attorney general briefly stalled over the issue of waterboarding, an interrogation method simulating drowning that critics call torture. He has since refused to say whether waterboarding is illegal since it is no longer used by the CIA or military interrogators.]]>JSMon, 12 May 2008 00:17:21 +0000http://www.eagleionline.com/news/2008/2/14/mukasey-in-perpective.html#comments178512:1708719:comment/1493660
1990: John F. Kerry '76 - U.S. Senator, MA

1991: John J. Curtin '57 - President, ABA

1992: Archibald Cox - Professor Emeritus, Harvard

1993: Daniel Coquillette - Dean of Boston College Law School

1994: Carol Moseley-Braun - U.S. Senator, Illinois

1995: Drew S. Days III - Solicitor General of the United States

1996: Deval Patrick, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division

1997: Frank M. Coffin - U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

1998: Bill Richardson - U.S. Representative to the U.N.

1999: John F. Kerry '76 - U.S. Senator, MA

2000: Elaine Jones - NACP Legal Defense Fund

2001:Margaret Marshall - Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Chief Justice

2002: A. Paul Cellucci, U.S. Ambassador to Canada and former Governor of MA (Double Eagle (BC ‘70, BCLS ‘73))

2003: Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

2004: Walter Dellinger, Former Solicitor General of the United States (Aug. ‘96 - Oct. ‘97)

2005: U.S. Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) (formerly Governor of NH)

2006: Michael S. Greco, President of the American Bar Association (BCLS ‘72)

2007: U.S. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA) (Double Eagle (BC ‘68, BCLS ‘72)

2008: U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey]]>Dan Roth '04Wed, 07 May 2008 23:14:23 +0000http://www.eagleionline.com/news/2008/5/6/kerry-kennedy-87-tells-bc-law-alums-hold-fast-to-your-dreams.html#comments178512:1708719:comment/1478667NoahMon, 05 May 2008 15:56:30 +0000http://www.eagleionline.com/news/2008/5/5/gas-tax-holiday.html#comments178512:1708719:comment/1465401
People are dumb. There is no point in even debating the merits of a $1-$2 gas tax, because Obama needs to get elected before he can do anything, and if he proposes that, he won't win.

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http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/21/news/international/europe_gas/index.htm]]>JSMon, 05 May 2008 02:20:56 +0000http://www.eagleionline.com/news/2008/5/5/gas-tax-holiday.html#comments178512:1708719:comment/1464476
I view this tax holiday proposal as an impermanent policy of political pandering for the purpose of persuading the populace during a primary.]]>