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After leaving Harvard, Owada knew she wanted to continue in her father’s footsteps and join the Foreign Ministry. In 1986, she enrolled in the law department at Tokyo University to study for the Ministry’s entrance exam. She entered the Ministry only a year later—after passing an exam that less than six percent passed that year...
...future, Parker said he foresees having a family “with a couple of kids. I’ll have my law degree and Stephanie will have a nutrition degree. We’ll be happily married, even more in love with each other than now and—hopefully—still going on runs with each other...
...prompting us to take up a call for legislative reconciliation despite criticism from Republicans who, hypocritically, have historically taken full advantage of the tactic. In the end, reconciliation gave what was perhaps the most sweeping legislation since the Johnson administration a place in the annals of history and U.S. law...
...undertaken in Maine with the vote on “Question One” but yielded less success because voters opposed gay marriage. However, the debate itself highlighted a problem in the very understanding of civil unions: Marriage itself is a religious institution that is inappropriately included in public law, and thus all marriages should instead be legally defined as secular “civil unions.” Despite the disappointment in Maine, we saw hope’s silhouette once again with Obama’s reaffirmation of his commitment to gay rights during the State...
...Harvard Law School graduate and national security expert Samantha Power urged the Law School class of 2010 to heed their moral compasses and remember that everyone is battling a “batcage” of insecurities—no matter how confident they appear...