this was someone who was a very close friend of tsarnaev. he s actually in prison on drug and weapons charges. he is cooperating with prosecutors. what did jurors do you think how did they look at the testimony he gave? well in evaluating that obviously he testified in beige prison garb. you could look at that and say as skeptical minds might that you have an incentive to lie. they might say that in light of the fact that he has a plea agreement with the government for leniency. to the extent that he testifies truthfully he will get leniency on his sentence. at the same time you can make the argument that birds of a feather block together. he s a criminal. he has some intimate knowledge as to the defendant in this case. they grew up together. they went to high school together. who better to know what that defendant was thinking what was on his mind and the type of person he was than the individual who grew up with him. so you know depending on how you flip the argument brianna, you
fraternity flels sarly selects those who it likes but they can discriminate based on the criteria. naturally often birds of a feather flock together so it may be without discrimination there will be houses that are identified more with a religious group or ethnic group, precisely because even without discrimination that kind of thing, social sorting often does take place. professor, thank you. thank you. joining me is jonathan davis, the first african-american member of sae at the university of oklahoma. john what do you make of the news your old house has lawyered up? i think initially when i read the headline it was that you know there was a planned lawsuit and i certainly disagreed with that. and then as i watched that the statement that was given, i
there was a jewish house. hopefully you get my point. well many universities have rules that say that fraternities may not discriminate based on race religion and similar characteristics. they could discriminate based on other things obviously any selected fraternity necessarily selects those whom it likes, but they can discriminate based on those criteria. i should say even if they discriminate naturally often birds of a feather flock together so maybe even without discrimination there may be houses identified more with a particular religious group or ethnic group precisely because even without discrimination that kind of social sorting takes place. professor eugene volokh the volokh conspiracy. thank you. thank you. join meganow is jonathan davis. he was the first african-american member of sae at the university of oklahoma. jonathan, what do you make of the news that your old house has
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