Saturday Reads

 Good on a Orlando, Florida, abortion provider for standing up for women's rights.

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Saying Trump can't be president isn't going to stop him from running for another term or his supporters from supporting him.

After all, who is going to stop him?  If he were elected

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Obituary:  Former New York senator James Buckley, 100, died yesterday.  He spent one term as US Senator, running on the Conservative Party ticket.  Basically he was a conservative Republican.  He was known for his antiabortion stance, and  he had proposed a Human Life Amendment in the early 1970s, which went absolutely nowhere.

However, he did propose legislation that became a very important part of education, and that is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, known by its acronym of FERPA.  This legislation gives parents and adult children the right to see educational records and be able to challenge anything that is derogatory.  Back in the old, old days, teachers and administrators could write derogatory things about students and even rumors about students that weren't true, and this would have disastrous consequences for students in the future.  FERPA stopped that.  It was truly landmark legislation.  At the time, it was dubbed "The Buckley Amendment." 

Wikipedia:

FERPA is a U.S. federal law that regulates access and disclosure of student education records. It grants parents access to their child's records, allows amendments, and controls disclosure. After a student turns 18, their consent is generally required for disclosure. The law applies to institutions receiving U.S. Department of Education funds and provides privacy rights to students 18 years or older, or those in post-secondary institutions. Disclosure is permitted to parents of dependent students, and medical records are usually protected under FERPA rather than HIPAA. The law has faced criticism for concealing non-educational public records.

Buckley later served in the Reagan administration.  As senator, he called for Tricky Dick to resign.  In other words, he wasn't all bad, and compared to the batshittery of today's GOP, he looked downright sane.

Of course, he was the older brother of writer/columnist/National Review founder William F. Buckley, Jr.

Buckley spent some time as an appellate judge despite lacking qualifications.  He was also known as the "Buckley" in the infamous Buckley v. Valeo decision of 1976.

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Buckley was born on March 9, 1923, in New York City. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1943, then enlisted in the Navy. After World War II ended, he went back to Yale and earned a law degree. After a few years practicing law, he entered the Buckley family business.

Buckley is survived by six children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His wife, Ann, died in 2011.

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