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Film Shows Dilemma Faced by Gulf Residents
By Laura Parker - AOL News
(Oct. 25) -- "With Katrina, we knew what we had to do," Marla Cooper, of Venice, La., says a few minutes into "Crude Justice," a new 17-minute film about the BP oil spill. "We rebuilt. But for this, how do we rebuild?" The film, which premieres Tuesday evening in Washington, does not answer that question. Victims trying to recoup their economic losses can negotiate payments from BP's $20 billion fund, administered by Kenneth Feinberg, or join the thousands of other residents of the Gulf of Mexico region who have already sued BP in federal court. Crude Justice from Alliance for Justice on ...
SCOTUS: Conservative Talking Points Tame Compared to Trashings Past
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyMatt Lewis reported yesterday on the opposition research memorandum prepared by the conservative Judicial Confirmation Network and distributed widely to supporters on the right. The memo offers critical profiles of three potential nominees President Obama is said to be considering for the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice David Souter. The front-runner candidates, Solicitor General Elena Kagan and appeals court judges Sonia Sotomayor and Diane Wood, "are not moderates [nor] ... pragmatists. They are hard-left liberal judicial activists," according to memo authors Gary Marx, JCN's ...
Obama Signs First Law: The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAfter signing a slew of Executive Orders, President Barack Obama has added his John Hancock to the first bona fide collaborative effort with Congress. The law, The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, seeks to right the injustice in the case of Lilly Ledbetter, who received a lesser salary than her male counterparts simply because of her gender. Nan Aron, President of Alliance for Justice, has graciously sent us the following letter to help detail this important legislation:Lilly Ledbetter rode the train on President-elect Barack Obama's whistlestop tour before the Inauguration. She was at the Democratic ...
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