By Nina Burleigh 4/26/04 12:00am

And Justice for All-Even ‘the Worst of the Worst’

NewYork civil-rights lawyer Michael Ratner was in the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday,flankedbythe mother of one of the Guantánamo detainees he has represented for the past two years, unsure what to expect. After an hour, he was pleasantly surprised. First, Sandra Day O’Connor, and then Justices Souter, Breyer, Kennedy and even Scalia, indicated through their questions Read More

By William Norwich 7/19/99 12:00am

London Design Power Couple Reigns in the Post-Taste Age

They may not be as royal as Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones, nor as bouncy as footballer David Beckham and Posh Spice Victoria Adams, but as far as London “It” couples go, Ashley and Allegra Hicks, who were in New York in June, are a big thing.

Ashley Hicks’ grandparents were Lord and Lady Mountbatten. Read More