Thates a thats a kind of funny sentence. For Justice Breyer, you may hear hat all the time, but not if you are sitting on the massachusetts court. I think the reaction did take me by surprise. Do you think your experience growing up at in apartheid south africa strengthen you in anyway for the kinds of courageous could positions you took on the court . No. [laughter] i mean, when you become a judge, you bring to that position your entire life history, and when you are sitting on the court, you work very hard to put aside your personal views. And so and gay marriage really was not part of my thinking in south africa. In fact, gay marriage had not been part of my thinking in the United States. So i did not make a onetoone connection. My life had been involved with issues of race discrimination, deeply involved in issues of gender discrimination to some extent, involved in issues of this ability law, but i can recall and i do not say this proudly, but looking at the extent of how much thi
Hud cant pay her landlord until the government reopens. So now theyre stuck with relatives. For a milwaukee grandmother, it means shes gone from her desk at the federal bureau of Land Management to driving an uber so she can buy food and necessities for herself and her family. For an arkansas mother whose disability prevents her from working, it could mean homelessness. If the shutdown continues, the section 8 benefits she relies on to stay in Affordable Housing will be at risk. Their stories are just a snapshot of the Ripple Effect the shutdown is having on not just American Workers but some of americas most vulnerable. I have helped clean houses. Im walking dogs. Literally anything that people could use an extra set of hands for. We have a lot of neighbors who are suddenly facing, you know, fairly serious financial issues. If this goes on much longer. I couldnt tell you how many times weve all broken down in tears. Just overwhelmed. If i dont get an income within the next few weeks o
Vivid and troubling picture of the cost of the ongoing shutdown. The failure to fund the fbi undermines essential fbi operations such as those designated to combat crimes against children, drug and gang crimes and terrorism. Payroll deadline at midnight. Meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees are more likely to miss a second paycheck. You dont want, you know, the Mortgage Company to tell us, you know, were going to be starting the, you know, foreclosure process. I mean, thats stressful. With no end in sight. This is like the most horrible experience ever. Because i need my i need my cancer treatments. I need whatever medical necessities that come along with this disease. So thats what scares me most. When was the last discussion about this trump tower deal . Because rudy got everybody really confused, i have to say. He goes on meet the press and says could have been through the election. Then he said he was talking in hypothetical terms. The reality is, it wasnt a deal. We
It’s only 64 pages long, but it’s fully loaded with portraits of famous queer, mostly American, performers, playwrights, writers, artists and activists who have made a difference in the world. On facing pages of this 9 x 7.5” paperbound book we encounter 27 short bios (ca.
Kate Shaw, a law professor at Yeshiva University, and Julie C. Suk, a law professor at Fordham University, published an op-ed in the New York Times on Tuesday that argues that the Constitution should be amended by passing the Equal.