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Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesJustice Stephen Breyer believes his former colleagues on the Supreme Court are steering the country in the wrong direction, and his forthcoming book, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism, is "meant to sound an alarm."
That's according to The New York Times, which on Monday published an eye-opening interview with the 85-year-old jurist-turned-Harvard Law professor.
"Something important is going on," said Breyer, whose book will be released on March 26, the same day the Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the availability of mifepristone, the so-called abortion pill.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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We mark the 21st anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old U.S. peace activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli soldier driving a military bulldozer on March 16, 2003. Corrie was in Rafah with the International Solidarity Movement to monitor human rights abuses and protect Palestinian homes from destruction when she was killed. To this day, nobody has been held accountable for her death, with the Israeli military ruling it an "accident" and the Supreme Court of Israel rejecting an appeal from her parents in 2015. Rachel Corrie has since become a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian people, and her legacy must be used "to direct attention back to Rafah" and prevent an escalation in the war, says her friend and fellow activist Tom Dale, who witnessed her final moments. We also speak with Corrie's parents, Cindy and Craig, who say they have met many Palestinians over the years who continue to honor their daughter's memory. "For Palestinians everywhere, Rachel's story has been very important," says Cindy Corrie. "They tell us over and over again how much it meant." After Corrie was killed, they devoted their lives to her cause and founded the nonprofit Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice.
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