News
Harvard Medical School Cancels Student Groups’ Pro-Palestine Vigil
News
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan Urges Democrats to Rethink Federal Agency Function at IOP Forum
News
Cyanobacteria Advisory Expected To Lift Before Head of the Charles Regatta
News
After QuOffice’s Closure, Its Staff Are No Longer Confidential Resources for Students Reporting Sexual Misconduct
News
Harvard Still On Track To Reach Fossil Fuel-Neutral Status by 2026, Sustainability Report Finds
CHAFEE TALKS AT COLBY FETE
Sees Congress in Danger Of Separating From People
In an address made at the Commencement exercises of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, on Sunday, Zechariah Chafee, Jr., Langdell Professor of Law, said Congress is in danger or becoming disconnected with the general popular will and "just an inconvenient body which has to be reckoned with in order to get anything done." Chafee was awarded on honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
"The members of Congress," Professor Chafee continued, "are becoming spokesmen for particular self-regarding groups, and are ceasing to be the channel through which the people frame laws and make their wishes known to the executive.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.