Re:Obama (was) to require 100 hours of community service a y...
by ryanwaggoner on Friday November 07, 2008 @08:09PM
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From the wording, it sounds like the "requirement" will only extend to high school and college students, not citizens of all ages.
I agree that this sounds onerous, but I suspect that the requirement will only extend to students at government-funded institutions. I seriously doubt that a requirement for all private citizens to give their time would stand up under judicial scrutiny.
The rest of this article is just baseless conjecture about what will and will not qualify as community service.
Re:Obama (was) to require 100 hours of community service a y...
by tesseract on Friday November 07, 2008 @08:20PM
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"Government-funded institutions" includes all but a very few universities in the U.S., because research grants and federal student aid are considered government funding.
I agree that this sounds onerous, but I suspect that the requirement will only extend to students at government-funded institutions. I seriously doubt that a requirement for all private citizens to give their time would stand up under judicial scrutiny.
The rest of this article is just baseless conjecture about what will and will not qualify as community service.