[Goose]

According to the article about the new class action lawsuit by those Stanford students:
"Erica Olson and Kalea Woods say they were denied a fair opportunity to gain legitimate admission to elite colleges, and that their Stanford degrees were devalued, by criminal racketeering charges leveled by federal prosecutors.


The students claim they were denied a fair opportunity to apply for admission at Yale and USC, respectively, according to their March 13 complaint."

So let me get this straight:  They're alleging that the injury they suffered was their inability to get into USC, forcing them to go to Stanford?  Really?  Really?

How about a class action lawsuit against these two for devaluing MY Stanford degree... ?

This is an egregious abuse of the legal system. There are so many things clearly wrong with this suit that I doubt there is any chance it will see the courtroom (standing being only one of them). This kind of abuse of the system is one of the reasons I think that we unfortunately need to have a penalty for such actions found to be without any merit. I realize the current system is designed to ensure that anyone who has actually been harmed by improper actions has recourse through the courts. However, something is needed to deter actions like this one!

[Goose]

According to the article about the new class action lawsuit by those Stanford students:
"Erica Olson and Kalea Woods say they were denied a fair opportunity to gain legitimate admission to elite colleges, and that their Stanford degrees were devalued, by criminal racketeering charges leveled by federal prosecutors.


The students claim they were denied a fair opportunity to apply for admission at Yale and USC, respectively, according to their March 13 complaint."

So let me get this straight:  They're alleging that the injury they suffered was their inability to get into USC, forcing them to go to Stanford?  Really?  Really?

How about a class action lawsuit against these two for devaluing MY Stanford degree... ?

This is an egregious abuse of the legal system. There are so many things clearly wrong with this suit that I doubt there is any chance it will see the courtroom (standing being only one of them). This kind of abuse of the system is one of the reasons I think that we unfortunately need to have a penalty for such actions found to be without any merit. I realize the current system is designed to ensure that anyone who has actually been harmed by improper actions has recourse through the courts. However, something is needed to deter actions like this one!