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First Date Between The Obamas Is Subject Of New Film ‘Southside With You’ In Theaters This Weekend
There are first dates — and then there are first dates that have the chance to impact his- tory.
One such encounter is de- tailed in first-time feature di- rector, Richard Tanne's new movie Southside With You, chronicling President Barack Obama and First lady Michelle Obama's first date in 1989 when they
were young lawyers at the same Chicago firm.
Southside With You, open- ing in U.S. theaters this week- end, has earned glowing reviews since making its world premiere at the Sun- dance Film Festival in Janu- ary.
The film stars Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter.
Thanks to the strong critical reaction and a successful screening program — not to mention President Obama's surging approval rating in the waning days of his administration — partners Miramax and Roadside At- tractions have quietly decided to open Southside With You nationwide.
So far, the Obamas haven't
Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers portray President and Mrs. Obama.
Federal Judge Ruled Not To Enforce President’s Transgender Bathroom Rule For Schools
On Sunday night, a federal judge ruled to not enforce the Obama administration's at- tempts to protect and extend civil rights to transgender stu- dents.
The discussion of allowing transgender people to use bathrooms according to their gender identities has been a hot topic.
North Carolina lost the abil- ity to host the NBA All Star Game over their transgender bathroom law. The debate ex- tended to schools this summer when the Obama Adminis- tration warned schools to allow transgender access to bathrooms.
From that came a report by the Department of Justice and Department of Education that provided guidelines on how to accommodate transgender students attending public schools.
The guidelines stressed the need that these students be al- lowed to use the restroom that aligns with their gender iden- tity. The guidelines also ex- tended existing civil rights protections to transgender students to help protect them from harassment by class- mates or incorrect record- keeping by school administrators.
After the guidelines were re- leased 13 states sued the fed- eral government, arguing that this extends beyond what the law says and places them in a "Hobson's Choice" position, a position which would mean the states either comply or lose millions in federal fund- ing.
Calling the joint report un- constitutional, the states asked for an injunction to pre- vent the new guidelines from affecting the state of the 2016- 2017 school year.
A district court judge ap- proved the injunction until the matter can be resolved in courts, preventing interrup- tion of the school year.
This news brings its own set of consequences for not only transgender students, but shows just how much civil rights can be up for debate.
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