Word: plaintiffs
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...outraged plaintiff, Kate Delima struts onto stage (in the Virgin's colors, no less) and wins over the court nearly as quickly as she does the audience. Her full, expressive soprano tells her tale far better than any gesture could. Her erstwhile lover (Brent Ranalli) is as natty as his red and green plaid ensemble. Ranalli's voice is among the weaker in the cast, but he makes up for it in enthusiasm--especially when forced to defend himself and his wallet from what becomes less prosecution than persecution...
Weddington should not have been so stunned. McCorvey was always a Roe of convenience. Weddington and then partner Linda Coffee had already planned a legal challenge to the nation's abortion laws and were trolling for a plaintiff when, in 1970, they met the ex-carnival barker who told of having been gang-raped and being unable to end her pregnancy because of Texas law. McCorvey always resented the fact that Roe was resolved too late for her to abort--she gave up the child--and that she was so far out of the loop that she learned...
While her face would not be recognizable to most American, she has affected the lives of countless people in this country as the plaintiff in one of the most famous court cases in American history. She is Norma McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe, the woman who became the symbol for abortion rights in the landmark case Roe v. Wade...
...made news last week, ATF's leadership has long known of the annual affair and its racist trappings. The black agents' class action cited the event as just one of dozens of racist incidents. Dondi Albritton, who heads the bureau's Explosives Technology branch in Washington and is a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said he once saw an invitation to the roundup that was printed on ATF letterhead and mailed in an ATF envelope. At this year's outing, racist slogans and T shirts were reportedly on display, including one with Martin Luther King Jr.'s face behind a target...
...however, that even the most critical agents often proclaim a deep respect for the agency and its mission. "I love this agency," Stewart says. "I love this agency so much I would work for it 24 hours a day if they'd let me." Vanessa McLemore, another class-action plaintiff, says she wanted to become an ATF agent since high school. "Deep down I'm happy. I would not go to another agency. I love what I'm supposed to do. What I don't like is not being given an equal opportunity...