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...didn't take long before O'Connor began confounding ideologues on the left and the right and bringing her considerable intellect to bear on the questions before her. She didn't just cast the final verdict--she helped shape important new law. For instance, it was O'Connor as much as Rehnquist, says University of Virginia law professor A.E. Dick Howard, who revived the doctrine of states' rights. The current court has knocked down more federal laws and upheld state sovereignty more often than any other in history, invalidating among other statutes a law that banned guns in school zones...
...wrote an opinion striking down a law in Richmond, Va., that tried to boost the minuscule percentage of city contracts going to minority-owned firms. And in the '90s, O'Connor voted against redrawing the lines of congressional districts to benefit minorities. But she was also the Justice who cast the fifth and deciding vote in a 2003 decision upholding the right of the University of Michigan's law-school-admissions policy to consider race as a factor...
...Muppet-haired guitarist of '80s indie-rock band the Del Fuegos now makes eclectic folk rock for kids. House Party combines covers of the familiar (Jamaica Farewell) and the obscure (the rollicking Tennessee Wig Walk) with crafty originals, like the R&B-inflected House Party Time. And the cast of surprise guests, such as Deborah Harry and Bob Weir, will give you an excuse to inflict Blondie and Grateful Dead albums on your children later...
...Blue Line’s Airport and Aquarium stops became the MBTA’s first stations to replace the token-operated turnstiles with automated gates. The new technology will feature “CharlieTickets”—magnetic-striped paper tickets, cast in the mold of New York City’s MetroCards—and “CharlieCards”, more durable plastic “smart cards” with integrated circuitry that are geared towards daily commuters. (Existing monthly and weekly passes will work...
Still, Hustle & Flow wins a critic's and an audience's rooting interest. It boasts a seductive lead performance and the best ensemble cast since Ray. It has a palpable sense of place; every frame reveals the heat and heart of Memphis. The film may be more like Rocky the club fighter than Rocky the box-office champ, but as people keep saying here, "Everybody gotta have a dream." One would be that the Hollywood factory starts financing movies like this--handmade and homegrown. --Reported by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles