Democratic Party of Hawaii 33 S
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Load more
Recommended publications
-
A Critical Analysis of the Black President in Film and Television
“WELL, IT IS BECAUSE HE’S BLACK”: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BLACK PRESIDENT IN FILM AND TELEVISION Phillip Lamarr Cunningham A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY August 2011 Committee: Dr. Angela M. Nelson, Advisor Dr. Ashutosh Sohoni Graduate Faculty Representative Dr. Michael Butterworth Dr. Susana Peña Dr. Maisha Wester © 2011 Phillip Lamarr Cunningham All Rights Reserved iii ABSTRACT Angela Nelson, Ph.D., Advisor With the election of the United States’ first black president Barack Obama, scholars have begun to examine the myriad of ways Obama has been represented in popular culture. However, before Obama’s election, a black American president had already appeared in popular culture, especially in comedic and sci-fi/disaster films and television series. Thus far, scholars have tread lightly on fictional black presidents in popular culture; however, those who have tend to suggest that these presidents—and the apparent unimportance of their race in these films—are evidence of the post-racial nature of these texts. However, this dissertation argues the contrary. This study’s contention is that, though the black president appears in films and televisions series in which his presidency is presented as evidence of a post-racial America, he actually fails to transcend race. Instead, these black cinematic presidents reaffirm race’s primacy in American culture through consistent portrayals and continued involvement in comedies and disasters. In order to support these assertions, this study first constructs a critical history of the fears of a black presidency, tracing those fears from this nation’s formative years to the present. -
Judicial Selection at the Clinton Administration's End
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality Volume 19 Issue 1 Article 6 June 2001 Judicial Selection at the Clinton Administration's End Carl Tobias Follow this and additional works at: https://lawandinequality.org/ Recommended Citation Carl Tobias, Judicial Selection at the Clinton Administration's End, 19(1) LAW & INEQ. 159 (2001). Available at: https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/lawineq/vol19/iss1/6 Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality is published by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. Judicial Selection at the Clinton Administration's End Carl Tobias* Introduction During his presidency, Bill Clinton appointed almost half of the presently sitting federal appellate and district court judges. He, therefore, can justifiably claim that he has left a lasting imprint on the federal judiciary. During his 1992 presidential campaign, Clinton promised to choose intelligent, diligent, and independent judges who would increase balance, vigorously enforce fundamental constitutional rights, and possess measured judicial temperament. The initial achievement of the Clinton Administration in selecting members of the federal bench, who make it more diverse and who are exceptionally qualified, demonstrates that the President fulfilled these campaign pledges. President Clinton named unprecedented numbers and percentages of highly competent female and minority judges during his first two years in office. The record compiled is important, because diverse judges can improve their colleagues' understanding of complex questions that the federal courts must decide, might reduce bias in the justice process, and may increase the confidence of the American people in the federal judiciary. After 1994, however, President Clinton encountered greater difficulty in appointing women and minorities, as well as in filling the perennial federal court vacancies, primarily because the Republican Party had captured a large majority in the U.S. -
Administration of Barack H. Obama, 2009 Digest of Other White House Announcements December 31, 2009 January 20 January 21 Januar
Administration of Barack H. Obama, 2009 Digest of Other White House Announcements December 31, 2009 The following list includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this Compilation. January 20 In the afternoon, in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol, the President and Mrs. Obama participated in the Inaugural luncheon. Later, they attended the Inaugural parade. In the evening, at the Washington Convention Center, the President and Mrs. Obama attended and made remarks at the Neighborhood Ball. During the ball, he participated in an interview with Robin Roberts of ABC News. They then attended and made remarks at the Obama Home State Ball. Later in the evening, at the National Building Museum, the President and Mrs. Obama attended and made remarks at the Commander-in-Chief Ball. Then, at the Hilton Washington Hotel Center, they attended and made remarks at the Youth Ball. Later, at the Washington Convention Center, they attended and made remarks at the Biden Home State Ball followed by the Mid Atlantic Region Ball. January 21 In the morning, at the Washington Convention Center, the President and Mrs. Obama attended and made remarks at the West/Southwestern Regional Ball followed by the Midwestern Regional Ball. Later, at the DC Armory, they attended and made remarks at the Southern Regional Ball. Then, at Union Station, they attended and made remarks at the Eastern Regional Ball. Later in the morning, the President met with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. -
Clinton Wins by Landslide Bush Years Clinton Handed Presidency
VOL. XXV. NO. 47 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Clinton wins by landslide Bush years Clinton handed presidency drew curtain MM by wide electoral margin on Cold War Bill Clinton was elected the ■ Clinton campaign / page 4 nation’s 42nd president on ■ Election section / page 9 Tuesday in a Democratic ■ Campus turnout / page 9 WASHINGTON (AP) — The landslide that swept George most enduring accomplishment Bush from office and ended 12 for our country to face the of George Bush’s presidency years of divided government in challenges of the end of the may have been his role in Washington. The Arkansas Cold War and the beginning of helping end the Cold War, the governor vowed to confront the next century,” Clinton said. ideological battle that shaped problems “too long ignored,” “To restore growth to our U.S. foreign policy for 45 years from the economy to AIDS and country and opportunity to our and kept the world at the brink the environment. people, to empower our own of nuclear war. Bush wished Clinton well and people so they can take more But voters on Tuesday re promised a smooth transition of responsibility for their own jected Bush’s plea for a second power. “It’s over,” he whispered lives.” term to try to try to help both to his wife Barbara. The 46-year-old governor will America and the world fully ad Voters were renewing become the nation’s third- just to the “new world order.” Democratic control of Congress youngest president when he Of the Bush presidency’s fail and said pocketbook concerns takes office Jan. -
Udall for President No Laughing Matter
Morris K. Udall -- Selected Articles: How they Run Udall for President No Laughing Matter by Mike Barnes Copyright 1975 by the Democratic Forum. Reprinted from Democratic Review, June/July, 1975, pp. 16-26, courtesy of the Democratic Forum and Mike Barnes. "You know, out in Arizona they'll tell you that a horse show is where the horses show their asses and the horse's asses show their horses." Cong. Morris K. (Mo) Udall was talking to no one in particular, but a confrontation with a horse (in Boston at a Bicentennial reenactment of Paul Revere's ride) caused him to reach into his deservedly famous storehouse of quips and oneliners to find a joke that was at least approximately on point. It was not yet 10 am on a recent Saturday, but Mo Udall had already been up and quipping for more than four hours. While most of his Capitol Hill colleagues took advantage of a weekend morning to catch up on sleep or get in a round of golf, this House member left home at 7:15 am and caught the 8:05 Delta non-stop to Logan International. The weekend before that he had flown to Ohio. The week before that it was California. The following Friday night he will board a flight to Milwaukee, and the week after that, Michigan (or is it Indiana?). This weekend in New England, during the next 30 hours starting with Revere's ride and ending with a fundraiser in a Hartford, Conn. suburb, Mo Udall will travel 300 miles by car to attend five receptions in Salem, Nashua, Manchester and Keene, New Hampshire. -
35-03-HR Haldeman-Campaign 24 Part II
Richard Nixon Presidential Library Contested Materials Collection Folder List Box Number Folder Number Document Date No Date Subject Document Type Document Description 35 3 8/21/1972Campaign Memo From Brad E. Hainsworth to Harry S. Dent (bcc: H.R. Haldeman). RE: Michigan. This document discusses a list of issues regarding Michigan- the President, Governor, Senate, and the House (and 19 districts). 3 pgs. 35 3 8/11/1972White House Staff Memo From Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder. This document discusses filiming key spokesmen during public speeches. 1 pg. 35 3 8/11/1972Campaign Memo From Fred Malek to Bob Haldeman. RE: Mexian American Visibility. 2 pgs. 35 3 8/10/1972Campaign Memo From H.R. Haldeman to Chuck Colson. RE: Several Odds and Ends. This document covers information and tasks regarding Democrats for Nixon. 1 pg. Thursday, September 08, 2011 Page 1 of 9 Box Number Folder Number Document Date No Date Subject Document Type Document Description 35 3 8/10/1972Campaign Memo From H.R. Haldeman to L. Higby. -"We need better intelligence on McGovern's schedule. We don't seem to be getting the information we ougt to have." 1 pg. 35 3 8/10/1972Campaign Other Document Title: Talking Paper- Political Group. (HRH: pm). 1 pg. 35 3 8/10/1972Campaign Memo Title: Polical Strategy Memo. 1 pg. 35 3 8/10/1972Campaign Memo From Charles Colson to the President. RE: Pierre Rinfret. 3 pgs. 35 3 8/9/1972Campaign Memo From Bob Marik through Jeb S. Magruder to Clark MacGregor. RE: Sindlinger Poll: "Political Confidence." 2 pgs. -
Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate
Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate Denis Steven Rutkus Specialist on the Federal Judiciary February 19, 2010 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RL31989 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Supreme Court Appointment Process Summary The appointment of a Supreme Court Justice is an event of major significance in American politics. Each appointment is of consequence because of the enormous judicial power the Supreme Court exercises as the highest appellate court in the federal judiciary. Appointments are usually infrequent, as a vacancy on the nine-member Court may occur only once or twice, or never at all, during a particular President’s years in office. Under the Constitution, Justices on the Supreme Court receive lifetime appointments. Such job security in the government has been conferred solely on judges and, by constitutional design, helps insure the Court’s independence from the President and Congress. The procedure for appointing a Justice is provided for by the Constitution in only a few words. The “Appointments Clause” (Article II, Section 2, clause 2) states that the President “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint ... Judges of the supreme Court.” The process of appointing Justices has undergone changes over two centuries, but its most basic feature—the sharing of power between the President and Senate—has remained unchanged: To receive lifetime appointment to the Court, a candidate must first be nominated by the President and then confirmed by the Senate. Although not mentioned in the Constitution, an important role is played midway in the process (after the President selects, but before the Senate considers) by the Senate Judiciary Committee. -
ERA Now Buttons Have Been Handed out to Guests]
Act I [Everyone is in their white outfits with black sashes, walks out onto the stage in a line] [ERA Now buttons have been handed out to guests] Michael Adler: We all realize the importance of the election that took place yesterday. Regardless of the results or your political affiliations or leanings, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s candidacy was an historic event for the United States, and it was a long time coming for women. Tonight we want to discuss with you how women got here, how far we have still to go, and our obligations to continue that momentum. As Clinton once declared, women’s rights are human rights. [7 people step out in irregular order to state a name, and anecdote about the women’s suffrage movement] We begin this evening with a little refresher on the history of women’s equality in the US. Back during the time of the Constitutional Convention, the status of women was on par with children. Women were legal dependents, unable to collect wages or make contracts. But women were already restless in this role, as evidenced by a letter Abigail Adams famously wrote to her husband, John Adams, while he was serving here in Philadelphia in the Continental congress, March 31, 1776: Linda Alle-Murphy (Speaker 1 – Abigail Adams): “I long to hear that you have declared an independency – and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it would be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. -
The Florida Historical Quarterly
COVER Shipping vegetables on the Florida East Coast Railway, Dania, c. 1910. Photo- graph is from the collection of the Broward County Historical Commission. Florida Historical Quarterly Volume LXIX Number 4 April 1991 THE FLORIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT 1991 by the Florida Historical Society, Tampa, Florida. The Florida Historical Quarterly (ISSN 0015-4113) is published quarterly by the Florida Historical Society, Uni- versity of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, and is printed by E. O. Painter Printing Co., DeLeon Springs, Florida. Second-class postage paid at Tampa and DeLeon Springs, Florida. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Florida Historical Society, P. O. Box 290197, Tampa, FL 33687. THE FLORIDA HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Samuel Proctor, Editor Canter Brown, Jr., Assistant Editor EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD David R. Colburn University of Florida Herbert J. Doherty University of Florida Michael V. Gannon University of Florida John K. Mahon University of Florida (Emeritus) Joe M. Richardson Florida State University Jerrell H. Shofner University of Central Florida Charlton W. Tebeau University of Miami (Emeritus) Correspondence concerning contributions, books for review, and all editorial matters should be addressed to the Editor, Florida Historical Quarterly, Box 14045, University Station, Gainesville, Florida 32604-2045. The Quarterly is interested in articles and documents pertaining to the history of Florida. Sources, style, footnote form, original- ity of material and interpretation, clarity of thought, and in- terest of readers are considered. All copy, including footnotes, should be double-spaced. Footnotes are to be numbered con- secutively in the text and assembled at the end of the article. Particular attention should be given to following the footnote style of the Quarterly. -
* Bill Clinton President
1245 International Brotherhooa Of Electrical Workers Local 1245, AFL-CIO October 1992 Vol. XLI No. 10 INSIDE )PECIAL SECTION IBEW Local 1245 Voters' Guide Pages 7-18 Outside Line: Border Trouble Pages 4-5 Lineman's Rodeo I Page 6 Layoffs at Merced ID Page 6 Members Speak Out: Who Should Be President? Pages 19-21 PG&E's Humboldt Bay Power Plant Pages 22-23 Day of Reckoning • for Workers' Safety CALENDAR October 17 General Construction Stewards Conference A/ Ar Walnut Creek, Ca. October 24-25 Unit Officers Leadership Conference , r A e4lageliiiinbgg3g12406 Concord, Ca. November 3 US GENERAL ELECTION BE SURE TO VOTE! November 7-8 Advisory Council * Bill Clinton Concord, Ca. November 7 Redwood Region (Southern Area) President Stewards Conference It r i•ii tem. 1245 LABOR AT LARGE Workers here and abroad APPOINTMENTS NEM PACIFIC GAS AND Rolling the union on ■ ELECTRIC COMPANY IE Do As I Say, Not As I Apprentice Equipment Do: Ford Motor spokesman October 1992 Mechanic Committee Jack Eby recently spoke out Volume XLI Ben Leung Jim Farmer against letting Japanese auto Number 10 Landis Marttila companies have access to Circulation: 27,000 Gene Wallace Mexico's market, declaring "Our view is that you should (510) 933-6060 Commuter Check produce where you sell." Business Manager Program Committee Ford, by the way, assembled & Executive Editor Gwen Wynn 157,000 cars in Mexico last Debra Lopez Jack McNally year and exported nearly President 112,000 of them, mostly to COD Committee on New the US. Howard Stiefer Technology Executive Board Arthur Viray RW Wrong-Way Frank: Jim McCauley Carol Turk Former Eastern Airlines Ron Blakemore Grace Coyle Chairman Frank Lorenzo, Barbara Symons Linda Bostic Midhael J.