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After former U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy ’48 proposed Motley for the judiciary, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated her to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on January...
Eight families are now suing the Dover school district over its decision to force science teachers to read the now-notorious intelligent design statement, correctly claiming that the statement amounts to a back-door inclusion of creationism in the science curriculum. Their stance is commendable, but it may not be enough to reverse the medieval trend of false science across the country; the Bush Administration now supports including both intelligent design and evolution in science curricula...
When fabled Houston defense attorney Dick DeGuerin strode into an Austin courthouse last week to defend Congressman Tom DeLay, he quoted Yogi Berra, asserting that this would be "d?j? vu all over again." Given the trouncing DeGuerin had handed Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle 12 years ago in their last big face-off, few observers doubted this would be a battle royale. But no one anticipated it would be d?j? vu so quickly...
...DeLay's lawyers say the transactions were separate and that the PAC accepted money from both individuals and corporations. The contribution helped produce six wins that were crucial to DeLay's political ambitions in Washington because they resulted in a Republican majority in the state legislature, which redrew congressional district lines and helped add five more Republicans to the state's congressional delegation. If convicted, DeLay faces up to two years in prison and a maximum fine...
...CUPOLA, Shanghai Want a taste of the new China? It doesn't come any richer than that served at the Cupola, tel: (86-21) 6329 1101, a private dining room atop Shanghai's iconic Three On the Bund building, with sweeping vistas of the Pudong business district...