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A hiring lawyer from Greenwich, Conn., wrote to The Ethicist of the New York Times with this question: Is it ethical to recommend rejection of members of the Federalist Society simply because you disagree with their conservative politics? The Ethicist, Randy Cohen, said politics should not be a factor.... The lawyer, who made recommendations on summer and full-time associates, had noted the review was intended to take account of judgment and personality. The Ethicist countered that reasonable people differ over politics. “I am tempted to believe that those whose politics differ from mine lack ‘judgment and personality’ and taste in...

UNI TRIES TO OUST PROFESSOR Macquarie University vice-chancellor Di Yerbury has denounced the racist views of its controversial Sydney law professor as repugnant. But Professor Yerbury denied that asking Associate Professor Andrew Fraser to bring forward his retirement was penalising him for expressing his views. Macquarie University said today it had invited the Canadian-born law professor to speed up his retirement, which was due to take effect from July 2006. Prof Fraser, who has taught at the university for 29 years, was last week cautioned over a letter in his local suburban newspaper in which he claimed Australia was becoming...