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- Part 1: Mary S. Coleman, the first woman elected to the Michigan Supreme Court and the first to serve as its Chief Justice, talks about her early life in Texas, her family's move to Washington, D.C., her parents, her father's death, her high school years, meeting Oliver Wendall Holmes, dating, attending the University of Maryland and attending law school at George Washington University, where she was often the only female in her classes. She also talks about getting her law degree in 1939, marrying her husband a few days later, starting a job at the USDA, and later moving to her husband's hometown of Marshall, Michigan to support his bid for the Michigan Senate in 1948. Part 2: Mary S. Coleman, the first woman elected to the Michigan Supreme Court and the first to serve as its Chief Justice, talks about her husband Creighton's campaign for the Michigan Senate in 1948, his legal practice, her life as a homemaker, her husband's law firm, and pursuing her own legal career in Michigan. Coleman also discusses dealing with sexism in the judicial system, the respectful way she was treated by judges, her interest in children's issues, foster care, juvenile court and social work, and how she eventually become a court referee and later, in 1960, a Probate Court judge. Coleman calls herself a "conservative" and then describes her support for the Equal Rights Amendment and other women's rights initiatives. She concludes by describing the working environment within the Court, its terrible reputation, the hostility between the justices, the divisions over workers compensation cases, the influence of unions, the Swainson scandal and its impact on the Court and her own role in deciding key cases. Part 3: Mary S. Coleman, the first woman elected to the Michigan Supreme Court and the first to serve as its Chief Justice, concludes her reminisces of her time on the Court. Coleman describes efforts to reorganize the lower court system to bring efficiency and clarity to the system, working with unions, Coleman Young, and others to influence legislation restructuring the courts and breaking with old systems of patronage and favor. Coleman also discusses fighting to get better pay for her court employees while she was a Probate judge, attempts to bring fairness and equity to pay levels across the state, the battle over reapportionment following the 1980 census, her resignation from the Court so that Governor William Milliken could appoint her replacement, various colleagues on the Court and the support from her family which she says she has enjoyed throughout her career.
- Date Created:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Interviews with Michigan State Supreme Court Justices
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- President Barack Obama answers questions posed by the Republican caucus in Baltimore, two days after his State of the Union address. Hosted by Illinois Representative Mike Pence, the caucus questions the President on unemployment, the budget deficit and health care reform. Obama calls for greater bipartisanship among members of Congress in an effort to curb needlessly quarrelsome politics.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Donald Trump calls in to "Fox & Friends" to talk about French President Macron's visit, the Iran agreement, and to blame Senator John Tester (D-MT) for derailing his nominee to lead the Veterans Administration. Trump also talks about the 2016 election, former FBI Director James Comey, Hillary Clinton and CNN.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-04-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama makes a statement about the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, then marks the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis and the efforts taken to stabilize the economy. Obama highlights his administration's policies as Congress works to pass a federal budget and raise the debt ceiling. He is critical of Republicans in Congress, saying, "I can't remember a time when one faction of one party promises chaos if it can't get 100 percent of what it wants." He also briefly mentions progress on negotiations for moving Syria's chemical weapons under international control. Held at the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-09-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President George W. Bush discusses the financial crisis and the world economy at the Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City. Bush says he is going to host a summit to create reforms. He says the key objectives of the summit would be "understanding the causes of the global crisis, reviewing the effectiveness of our responses thus far, developing principles for reforming our financial and regulatory systems, launching a specific action plan to implement those principles, and reaffirming our conviction that free market principles offer the surest path to lasting prosperity." President Bush assures the nation that the economy will bounce back, citing its resilience through the 1940s Great Depression.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-11-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- United States President Barack Obama makes a statement about the results of the 2016 election. Obama promises a smooth transition to a Trump administration in January and announces that President-elect Trump will visit the White House on Thursday, November 10th. He also says he has spoken to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and that he is proud of her and her historic run for the White House. Obama declares that "we are Americans first" and that all Americans need to have respect for the country's institutions, the rule of law and for each other. Held at the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-11-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Carter discusses Mideast peace, oil prices and shortage, diplomatic weakness, Billy Carter's reputed anti-semitism, rationing gasoline, Jerry Brown, a constitutional convention, inflation, conservation, Iran, farmers' demonstration in Washington.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-04-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection