White House says it’s out of legal options in Schiavo case

News

White House says it’s out of legal options in Schiavo case

Bernard Hibbitts

March 23, 2005 02:47:00 pm

[JURIST] Speaking after earlier brief comments on the Schiavo case Wednesday by President Bush [JURIST report], White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday afternoon that at this stage there was nothing more the President could do. "There really are not other legal options available to us…We have explored all our options previously." AP has more.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Prohibitionist Carrie Nation carried out her first public bar smashing

On December 27, 1900, militant Prohibitionist Carrie Nation carried out her first public smashing of a bar, at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, Kansas.

Nation argued that destroying bars was an acceptable means of battling the liquor trade since the Kansas Constitution prohibited alcohol. Learn more about Carrie Nation.

World Bank created

On December 27, 1944, the World Bank was created during the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA.

Learn more about the history of the World Bank and browse through its archives.