Aさんの おぼえた日記 - 2017年2月9日(木)

QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"If ever I can find some healing and some comfort — it has to be with somebody who is not part of all my world of past and pain. I can find that now — if the world will let us."
JACQUELINE KENNEDY, in a recently discovered letter to David Ormsby Gore, a friend who had proposed marriage, explaining her decision to marry Aristotle Onassis instead.

FEBRUARY 09, 2017

（０）The Grandeur of the Courts
Oral arguments on the president’s travel ban reminded America what the rule of law looks like.

（１）Jeff Sessions Confirmed as Attorney General, Capping Bitter Battle
The Alabama senator survived a near-party-line vote after a racially charged nomination battle that crested with the procedural silencing of Senator Elizabeth Warren.

（２）Supreme Court Nominee Calls Trump’s Attacks on Judiciary ‘Demoralizing’
President Trump escalated his feud with the courts over his travel ban, saying the judges had failed to grasp concepts even “a bad high school student would understand.”

（３）New York Police Take on a Problem Decades in the Making: Overloaded Investigators　←　コメント多数

（４）The department is sending 75 new investigators to the Bronx to ease detectives’ enormous caseloads — often twice as heavy as their peers in Manhattan.

（５）Battle to Retake Syrian City Turns Into a Geopolitical Test of the War
A race is on to reclaim Al Bab from Islamic State extremists. Whether the rival forces ringing the city will cooperate or kill one another is unclear.

（６）Letters From Jacqueline Kennedy to the Man She Didn’t Marry
Newly discovered letters from Mrs. Kennedy to Lord Harlech, whose heart she broke, explain her decision to marry Aristotle Onassis.

（７）Multimedia Feature: Before the Wall: Life Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
Scenes along both sides of the border, as President Trump prepares to build a wall between them.
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2790, English Origins of Free Expression
How early British thought influenced American views on the freedom of speech.
What early belief about the freedom of speech was shared between Americans and the British?
a. A nationwide censor is required to read all new books before they go to print.
b. No one should be able to make false or malicious accusations against the government.
c. Newspapers should be able to print whatever they want.
d. Those in government office are free to make libelous speech.
Well done! Choice b is correct.