The thumb on Yerba Buena Island and spent the bulk of the day putting asphalt and lane striping. Tomorrow there will about a ceremony, featuring v. I. P. Es and folks who were around for the original bay bridge dedication, 57 years 75 years ago. Dignitaries and people of note are being added almost as we speak. And there will also be a special guest. That is being kept a secret. The event will not be open to the public. The Lieutenant Governor is set to do the honors because Governor Brown is at a family function in michigan, although transportation Officials Say there is a chance the governor could return. For now, caltrans says the brim will open on schedule, tuesday at 5 00 a. M. , and not the night before. We dont want the public planning for some phantom earlier opening that may never come to pass. They should plan their morning commute, plan their return trips, from their Holiday Weekend vacations based on a 5 00 a. M. Opening. Caltrans will give a warning of several hours to let
Ba bridge is expected to open for the Tuesday Morning community. Heres the immense project that came together after years of planning and construction. John alston has a closer look at what is being done this weekend and is live from the toll plaza. Right now the todo list is getting shter and shorterment were live near the bay bridge toll plaza and workers are putting finishing touches, screwing the flexible barriers into the pavement. Some of the lastminute work. Right reasonle doubt around the toll plaza workers are putting inane striping and paving. Out with the old. In with t workers finish hacking apart a section of the old fan to install the new bike and pedestrian path. It shod be open to cyclist tuesday at noon and runs to emeryvle. Anne discovered the path by accident and left because she didnt want toet into trouble but shell be back ill be happy to go on e bay bridge, just to see how spectacular the newridge and is to see the view. Its really going to be exciting. I cant wa
the nature of the criticism of using international law comes from a misunderstanding of the american use of that concept of using foreign law and that misunderstanding is unfortunately, endorsed by some of our own supreme court justices. both justice scalia and justice thomas have written extensively criticizing the use of foreign and international law in supreme court decisions. so she criticized justice scalia and thomas, who have expressed opposition to this. let me be blunt. i believe it s judge sotomayor, not the justices scalia and thomas, who are wrong. under her approach, a yuj is free has free rein to survey the world to find what they might consider to be good ideas, and then impose these views on the american people calling it law. however, this is not the american system. our system requires judges to adhere to this constitution. to the statutes and to the legal precedent, to the end that justices follow the will of the people of our country, as expressed in