THE HOFSTRA
HEMPSTEAD, NY VOLUME 87 ISSUE 13
CHRONICLE
TUESDAY April 26, 2022
KEEPING THE HOFSTRA COMMUNITY INFORMED SINCE 1935. NEWS
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene testifies on the Jan. 6 coup attempt
bic, antisemitic and racist rhetoric, in addition to Islamophobia against fellow U.S. representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN). She was also condemned Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore for willingly An Atlanta court is determing if Rep. Marjorie Taylor spreading Greene can run for re-election. disinformation By Dickinson-Frevola about COM ANAG I N G E D I TO R VID-19 and vaccines, as well as The Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection her attendance at rallies orgaat the Capitol shook the founda- nized by white supremacists. tions of the United States’ elecThe hearing revolved around toral system and its aftershocks a Civil War-era Fourteenth are still felt a year after the fact. Amendment provision ruling On Friday, April 22, an Atthat United States’ officials who lanta court began deliberations had sworn to uphold the Conconcerning whether Republican stitution and later “engaged in representative Marjorie Taylor insurrection or rebellion against Greene will be permitted to run the same, or given aid or for re-election, following her comfort to the enemies thereof” role in the attack on the Capitol. would be barred from holding Greene, a far-right Republioffice again in the future. can, was criticized in the past Greene’s representative, in for her long history of transpho- opening statements, argued that
the hearing was a violation of her rights to free speech. The speech in question, the opposition asserted and her representative acknowledged, concerned rhetoric that suggested President Joseph Biden’s electoral victory was the result of voter fraud, as well as advocating for former president Donald Trump to not cede power to the incoming Biden administration. Her representative referred to these points as “normal political speech,” protected under the First Amendment, rather than that which would incite imminent lawless action, as was seen at the Capitol. A lawyer challenging Greene’s eligibility for reelection asked her about her understanding of Article 12 of the Constitution, which concerns vote counting. The prosecution questioned whether someone breaking the law with the intention of interfering with the counting of votes would be considered an enemy of the
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‘The Godfather’ celebrates 50th anniversary
Photo courtesy of People Francis Ford Coppola attends ‘The Godfather’ re-release.
By Max Sykes STA FF WR ITER
On March 14, “The Godfather” celebrated its 50th anniversary with a re-release into theaters. In preparation for the anniversary, Paramount Pictures and director Francis Ford Coppola undertook the creation of a high-definition remaster of the film, first announced in December 2021 as part of the celebration. Additionally, Hofstra University hosted several panels over the last month covering the history, mythos, conflict and influence since the release of the film over half a
century ago. Given how much the picture has impacted our society both artistically and socially, we are left with the question: what can you say about “The Godfather” that hasn’t been said already? It’s a timeless classic, even fifty years after its first screening. “The Godfather” follows the Corleone crime family of New York, who is approached by Virgil Sollozzo (Al Lettieri), who is backed by the opposing rival Tattaglia crime family, about a narcotics offering. The head of the family, Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) and the titular character, refuses the deal, but during the meeting, his eldest son, Santino (James Caan), talks out of line and shows that he has an interest in Sollozzo’s offer. Vito is gunned down in the street in the months following the meeting. Sollozzo hopes that with Vito dead, Sonny will take over and go for the deal he showed interest in during the initial meeting.
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Opinion
Assange’s acquittal is necessary for free speech By Daniel Cody O PIN IO N ED ITO R
Photo courtesy of David G. Silvers Julian Assange was approved by a British magistrate and delegated to the Home Secretary.
A U.S. request for the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was approved by a British magistrate and delegated to the Home Secretary: a prominent, conservative Tory, Priti Patel. If Secretary Patel decides to approve the request, Assange will be taken to the U.S. and tried for crimes under the 1917 Espionage Act, an archaic law that allows government to regulate speech it deems as incendiary to national security. How
does the government decide that communication is too dangerous for public consumption or that it is supposedly inciting of violence, you ask? It can decide that itself, endogenous to the democratic process and outside of our realm of knowledge. Assange faces 17 counts on multiple criminal acts relating to the events at Wikileaks: one count of conspiracy to receive national defense information, three counts of obtaining national defense information and 13 counts of disclosure of national
defense information, according to CNBC. The indictments and request for extradition were issued from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and relate to the publishing of leaked documents acquired by military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who has been acquitted since. Some of the findings from these documents would be later referred to as the Iraq War logs.
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