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A panel talks about the stark disagreements behind the Senate deadlock over federal judicial nominee Miguel Estrada, and the long-term consequences of political fighting over appointments to the federal bench.
Ralph Neas, president of People for the American Way
Joan Biskupic, reporter, "USA Today;" author, "Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice;" now working on a biography about Justice Antonin Scalia.
C. Boyden Gray, former White House counsel to Pres. George H.W. Bush and chairman of the Committee for Justice
For the past several years, best-selling novelist Wally Lamb has taught writing to a group of women who are prisoners at the York Correctional Institution in Connecticut. Lamb talks with Diane about a new collection of some of these stories, and about the transforming power of the written word. Joining them are two of the contributors to the book, Tabatha Rowley, author of the essay, "Hair Chronicles", and Robin Cullen, author of the essay, "Christmas in Prison".
Wally Lamb, novelist
Tabatha Rowley, author
Robin Cullen, author
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