Feats that the lady has herself accomplished. She is the first and as far as the only member of the Supreme Court to be a woman. She was the first and only law lord that was a woman in 1999 when she was appointed to the court of appeals and only the second woman appointed to the court of appeals and privy council. She was the First High Court judge to come from an academic and serve ant. She had been called to the bar in 1969 and in 1989. When she practiced law briefly in manchester, she decided the ratio, as much as she had seen in cambridge, she was one of six women in her class. She was the only one to get a star first for exceptional distinction. She became an academic at Manchester City specializing in family law, wrote a series of books on family law, including case books on parental responsibility on Mental Health. And her book on women in the law in 1984 has been described as a groundbreaking analysis of the way gender in equality was codified in british law. In 1984, she becam
Unidentified suspect and released a sketch of the man. They say he took a motorcycle taxi from a point about 400 meters south of the blast site. He got off near a park about one kilometer away and they say his appearance indicated that he may not be from thailand. I wonder which way the Supreme Court of the United States would have decided it . Whatever the answer, it seems clear to me that the values which underpinned thing magna cartas of 1215 and 1225 are as important today as they were then and much in need of protection in our courts. Thank you. [ applause ]. Thank you, lady hill for the spirited interesting illuminating and entertaining remarks on this fundamental document to rule of law in the United States and the united kingdom. And we look forward to seeing the remarks printed in upcoming journal in the journal of Supreme Court history. I also want to thank you the justice for her attendance this afternoon. One of the things that the lady mentioned thanks to dorothy goldman,
And i think too many of our high schools are sort of structured with kind of minimal expectations. And you reap what you sew. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff for the first time, the u. S. Environmental Protection Agency formally proposed cutting methane emissions from oil and Gas Production today. The goal is a reduction 4045 by 2025, from 2012 levels. Energy companies would have to repair leaks in oil and gas wells, and capture gas that escapes during hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Authorities in thailand have pinpointed a suspect in the bangkok bombing that killed at least 22 people and wounded scores more
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Aurore the bundestag has given its green light for a third i allowed for greece. German mps have approved the 86 billion euro rescue package. Our correspondent has followed the debate at the German Parliament, and he tells us the bailout approval was largely expected. 77 , that is what we expected after the debate, where the general consensus was this bailout was far from being perfect, but it was also seen in the bundestag that greece had made a real change of stance, having accepted its responsibility, having seen the need for the reform. Whatin the bundestag was most significant was that the political goal of a stronger europe emerged as more important and took precedence over everything else. Aurore now 113 mps have voted against this, though. What does this mean for the german chancellor, Angela Merkel . N 113 against was more or less the same number as in july, but there are fewer votes in total cast. It is expected tha but not that many were members of Angela Merkels own party,