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...federal judge assigned to hear the government's case against Zacarias Moussaoui, the first individual to be charged directly in connection with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has a reputation for running a swift, efficient courtroom that favors neither the defense nor the prosecution...
Nussbaum's philosophy has. Acting on her conviction that philosophers should be "lawyers for humanity" (as her beloved Seneca put it), she has thrown herself repeatedly into the public arena--citing Plato on the witness stand in a Colorado courtroom, for example, to argue that there were no ancient precedents for discriminating against homosexuals. That performance sparked an uproar in academic circles and helped make her America's most prominent female philosopher. She has been interviewed by Bill Moyers and photographed by Annie Leibowitz, and she regularly entertains readers of the New Republic and the New York Review of Books...
...Seinfeldian cool, JAG finished 77th in the ratings. nbc wanted more shootouts and hardware; Bellisario wanted to retain the legal drama. The show was headed for a dishonorable discharge when Moonves, seeing a good fit for his network's older audience, snapped it up, rolling gunslinging action and courtroom drama into one star-spangled package...
...been stripped of his powers EGYPT Military Trial Ninety-four alleged Islamic extremists denied charges of plotting to overthrow the state at the opening of their trial in a military court near Cairo. Several of the mainly Egyptian defendants protested their innocence from a cage in the courtroom. Most of them were arrested in May on charges of collecting donations for the Palestinian uprising and for Chechnya, but more serious charges were added later. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Money Talks An E.U. delegation persuaded President Joseph Kabila to resume negotiations with rebel groups and neighboring countries after promising to help...
...There are those who think that severing out ties with our physical past—Austin Hall, Ames Courtroom, Langdell Hall, Areeda—is a grievous injury to an asset of great value to the University,” Nesson said. “They don’t see themselves being persuaded out of that...