Gilets jeunes? France's school protests

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  Today on the show: the shoddy law behind the "Cornell 7" case,

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  and a look at how astrology plays such a big role in Indian finance.

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  But first,

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  Next, we're going to visit very different protests in America yesterday.

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  Stand up! Fight back! Stand up! Fight back! Stand up! Fight back! Stand up! Fight back!

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  Cornell University students rallied in solidarity

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  with a woman known only as Jane Doe.

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  She's accused seven men of drugging and raping her

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  at a fraternity party in October 2024.

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  The Cornell Seven, as they've come to be known, deny any wrongdoing,

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  but screenshots of their damning and crude messages have gone viral.

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  Why is the case only making the news now?

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  Last Friday, New York's Governor Kathy Hochul revealed one reason.

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  And according to new reports,

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  she could not have been clearer that she was 100% confident

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  that she had been raped.

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  Yet, shockingly,

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