LA Times Article on Yurok Tribal Court Judge Abinanti

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Abby Abinanti squints at her docket. “The court is going to call — the court is going to put on its glasses,” she says dryly, reaching to grab her readers and snatch some candy from a staff member.

As chief judge of the Yurok Tribal Court, Abinanti wears no robe. On this day, she’s in jeans and cowboy boots, her silver hair spilling down the back of a black down vest. In contrast to her longtime role as a San Francisco Superior Court commissioner, she doesn’t perch above those who come before her; she shares a table with them.

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-yurok-tribal-judge-20140305-dto,0,320867.htmlstory#ixzz2v8BFclZJ

The Two Andrew Jacksons: Old Hickory or the American Hitler?

From the LA Times (H/T Bookforum):

The two Andrew Jacksons

Was ‘Old Hickory’ a great president or an American Hitler?

By Carl Byker
December 12, 2007

‘Is he a president whose accomplishments we should celebrate or a president whose failures we should apologize for?”

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