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...felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didn't, I'd ignore it." -Making clear that she won't write about every Royal event that takes place on her watch. (BBC Woman's Hour...
...criminal justice system and given such a horrible set of choices,” Haney says. “American Violet” is closely based on the story of this woman, who, in the film, quickly realizes her situation is not unique and teams up with an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer to fight the district attorney and reverse the court’s wrongful convictions.Though roughly half of Haney’s movies are documentaries, he felt this material was more suited to a feature film. “Because it’s based on a real...
...term in June, Washington will turn its attention to whom Obama might nominate to replace him. Souter's reliably liberal stand on issues means that the President's choice won't change the balance of the court on any of the high-profile social issues it handles, like abortion, civil rights or the death penalty. But it does present the President with both political opportunities and challenges, as well as a test of what is thought to be his center-left judicial outlook...
...were often chosen for the Supreme Court. And there could be political reasons for picking her; though he won it quite handily, Michigan is still a swing state, and Granholm would please unions, one of several groups Obama will have to contend with on his left. Labor and some civil rights groups have long complained that some Clinton appointees, especially Justice Stephen Breyer, are too centrist on business or national security issues, and they will pressure Obama for a reliably liberal voice...
...worse, she was suffering from respiratory distress and her hands and feet were showing signs of cyanosis - that is, they were turning blue. On April 8, they returned to the doctor a third time. It was then, Jose Luis says, "the doctor told us to take her to the Civil Hospital." On the 9th at 12:45 p.m., Adela was admitted to the hospital by way of the emergency room. She was diagnosed with pneumonia. (See five things you need to know about swine...