QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"She is attempting quite crudely to enrich Ivanka and therefore the president’s family."
LAURENCE TRIBE, a professor of constitutional law at Harvard, on the White House adviser Kellyanne Conway violating an ethics rule by urging people to buy fashion products marketed by the president’s daughter during a television interview. Ms. Conway was reprimanded.

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

（０）‘Bad Dude（気どり屋、男）’? No, but Deported（退去させる） Anyway　By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
President Trump has promised to rid America of the immigrant threat. But Guadalupe García de Rayos was a threat to no one.

（１）Court Refuses to Reinstate（復活させる） Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss　←　コメント沢山
The ruling, the first from an appeals court on the travel ban, is likely to be quickly appealed to the short-handed United States Supreme Court.

（２）Neil Gorsuch’s Criticism Wasn’t Aimed at Trump, Aides Say in Reversal
The Trump administration’s abrupt shift highlighted how Judge Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination has become mired（苦境に陥れる） in the president’s feud（争い） with the judiciary.

（３）Trump Tells Xi Jinping U.S. Will Honor ‘One China’ Policy
President Trump and Mr. Xi, the Chinese leader, spoke by phone on Thursday evening after an extended chill in the two countries’ relationship.

（４）Trump May Turn to Arab Allies for Help With Israeli-Palestinian Relations
The emerging approach mirrors the thinking of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who visits Washington next week, and also of past American administrations.

（５）Kellyanne Conway Promotes Ivanka Trump Brand, Raising Ethics Concerns
“Go buy Ivanka’s stuff is what I would say,” Ms. Conway said on Fox, after Nordstrom dropped Ms. Trump’s fashion products.

（６）Going Home to Falluja, a City Slipping Back Into Turmoil
Times journalists visit a former ISIS stronghold and find it struggling to recover. Residents feel angry and abandoned, and militant attacks have resumed.

（７）Snowstorm Hits the Northeast　By THE NEW YORK TIMES
In parts of New England, the storm was a blizzard, with up to 18 inches of snow. Nine inches fell on Central Park in New York City.
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2791, Libel（中傷、侮辱） in the Colonial Era
The early American colonies had specific ideas about the freedom of speech.
What constituted blasphemy in the colonies?
a. Reading any book other than the Bible
b. Reading about the theories of Galileo
c. Believing in more than one god, or denying the Holy Trinity
d. Condemning religions other than Christianity
Bravo! Choice c is correct.