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...scheduled to attend the 50th anniversary of the Sindh High Court Bar Association in the city, but a couple of days before his arrival, the MQM announced plans to hold a rally at the same time to challenge the opposition groups who were planning to welcome the ousted jurist...
...John, who has Alzheimer's. Her inclination to say yes to invitations means "he wonders if he's still married," she says. She has given speeches around the world. She keeps an office at the court and lunches occasionally with her ex-colleagues. Exercising her prerogative as a senior jurist, she will sit briefly on the Second and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal next month. She'll also co-chair a conference at Georgetown this week on judicial autonomy. The Founding Fathers "were so clear that ... an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation," she says. That...
...review the bidding: Bush's Justice Department is blocked from investigating its own controversial spy program; a leading conservative jurist resigns, reportedly in part over the government's handling of civil liberties; and a big NSA program of eavesdropping on Americans' phone-calling patterns is revealed. Will this be enough to turn public opinion against Bush on civil liberties and terrorism? Given the collapse in public support for the President on so many issues, it wouldn't be surprising...
...want to know what young people think, we want to empower the next generation of leaders to understand how their single voices can influence the public debate,” says Rothman. Today, Film Your Issue has grown to include eminent figures on its judging panel, with Distinguished Jurist Walter Cronkite and VIP Jury members such as George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Senator Barack Obama. Some of the world’s largest entertainment companies have also joined forces behind this initiative, including MTV, Walt Disney Studios, Entertainment Weekly, and USA Today. The Film Your Issue ThinkTank will judge...
...whose meaning has been debated by theologians for centuries. The Prophet is said to have advised his followers to read the "The Cave" before Friday prayers, and "some people mistakenly take this to mean that this surah was the Prophet's favorite," says Khaled Abou al-Fadl, an Islamic jurist at UCLA. Bakr says al-Zarqawi frequently quotes extensively from "The Cave" and encourages discussion about its stories...