AScribe Law News Service articles from April 2005

AScribe Law News Service archives from April 2005

State And Federal Involvement in End-Of-Life Issues Post-Schaivo - Resolving the Divergence of Ethics And Law?
April 1, 2005... Byline: Sarah Lawrence College BRONXVILLE, N.Y., Apr. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- On March 27th members of Congress from both parties agreed the legislative branch has a role to play in end-of-life issues such as the Terri Schiavo case....

Study: Many New York City Employers Discriminate Against Minorities, Ex-Offenders.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Princeton University PRINCETON, N.J., April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Black applicants without criminal records are no more likely to get a job than white applicants just out of prison, according to a Princeton University study of...

New Comic Book Chronicles San Francisco Bay Area History Through the Eyes of Youth of Color.(Urban Habitat)
April 4, 2005... Byline: AScribe, The Public Interest Newswire OAKLAND, Calif., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Forty years after the Civil Rights Movement, why do housing patterns in many parts of the Bay Area remain segregated? Why are good jobs and good...

Federal Government Keeps More Secrets for Longer, New Government Data Shows.
April 5, 2005... Byline: OMB Watch WASHINGTON, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The federal government set a new record for keeping secrets in 2004, during which government employees chose to classify information a record 15.6 million times, according to new...

University of Iowa Professor's Research Takes Her to Indian Anti-Slavery Activist.
April 6, 2005... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Iowa law professor Lea VanderVelde knows about many of the great anti-slavery leaders of the past as part of her research of labor laws and slavery....

More Than 1 Million Americans Urge Senators to Protect Our Rights and Our Courts; Coalition for a Fair and Independent Judiciary Delivers Petitions Telling Senators to Stand Up for Checks and Balances, Reject 'Nuclear Option'.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Signaling the groundswell of opposition to the power grab that the nuclear option represents, the Coalition for a Fair and Independent Judiciary, an alliance of the...

Tax Enforcement in Crisis: Experts to Lay Out Problem and Solutions.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Economic Policy Institute WASHINGTON, April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- If taxpayers run true to form next week, the combined total they pay in taxes will be significantly less than what they actually owe. The majority of honest...

Carnegie Corporation Announces 2005 Carnegie Scholars; Carnegie Scholars Program Begins Focus on Islamic Scholarship.
April 7, 2005... Byline: Carnegie Corporation NEW YORK, April 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, Carnegie Corporation of New York announced sixteen Carnegie Scholars, all of whom will study themes focusing on Islam and the modern world. The goal of the...

Onus Is on Educators to Protect Students From Anti-Gay Bullying; McGill University Doctoral Student Presents Findings at American Educational Research Association.(Elizabeth Meyer)
April 11, 2005... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, April 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Labels such as "fag" and "lesbian" remain popular weapons against students in Canadian and U.S. schools, according to McGill University researcher Elizabeth Meyer....

John Jay College President Tackles the Iron Law of Imprisonment: Prisoners Eventually Return Home.(Jeremy Travis)
April 12, 2005... Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Overlooked in the intense political and philosophical debates over America's punishment policies and expansive use of prisons, says Jeremy Travis, president of John Jay...

Oil, Gas, Mining Industries Stake Claim to Most of U.S.' Natural Treasures; At Current Pace, No Public Lands Left Untouched in 20 Years.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- For decades, the oil and gas and mining industries have complained that they are locked out of access to public lands that could free the U.S. from dependence on...

New Book Shows How New Immigration Policies Are Changing Face of Asian American Communities.
April 13, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent changes in American immigration law have resulted in a significant shift in migration from Asia, according to the authors of a new...

New Course to Teach Journalists About Freedom of Information Laws Now Available Online at News University.
April 13, 2005... Byline: The Knight Foundation ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- News University (www.newsu.org), an innovative e-learning center that helps journalists through self-directed training, today released "Freedom of...

No Butts About It: Smoking Cessation Benefits Everyone; Media Conference for California Bill SB 576.
April 18, 2005... Byline: American Cancer Society SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Cancer Society today released the following advisory. - - - - WHO: Senator Deborah Ortiz American Cancer Society, Co-Sponsor ...

Covering 'The Big Case': Lawyers, Journalists From New York Times, Inside Edition, NBC, CBS to Convene for New York Law School Panel on April 21 .
April 18, 2005... Byline: New York Law School NEW YORK, April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Adam Liptak of The New York Times, Dan Abrams of NBC News, Adrienne Wheeler of Inside Edition, and Mickey Sherman of CBS News will join a distinguished panel titled...

Christopher Edley, Dean of UC Berkeley's Law School, Will Lecture at UC Santa Barbara on Educational Reform.
April 19, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Christopher Edley, Jr., Dean of the Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley, will deliver a free public lecture at UC Santa Barbara on...

Pomona College Holds 112th Commencement May 15; Leading Civil Rights Attorney John Payton to Give Keynote.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pomona College, one of the nation's premier liberal arts colleges, will hold its 112th Annual Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 15, beginning at 2:30 p.m. During...

The Green Guide Names Top 10 Green Cities.
April 21, 2005... Byline: The Green Guide Institute NEW YORK, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- With 80 percent of Americans living in urban areas, The Green Guide naturally wanted to find out which cities are kindest both to the environment and our health. We...

Columbia Law School Announces First Recipients of Two Newly Established Human Rights Fellowships.(Warisha Farasat and Clare McCrae)
April 21, 2005... Byline: Columbia Law School NEW YORK, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Law School is pleased to announce the selection of the inaugural recipients of the newly established Henkin-Stoffel Human Rights Fellowship and the David W....

Washington State University Researchers Uncover Huge Unsolved Crime DNA Testing Backlog.
April 21, 2005... Byline: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Countrary to what viewers see on "CSI" and similar popular television shows, a recent study at Washington State University suggests forensic DNA analysis...

Congress Should Respect Judges' Independence, But Shorten Service on Supreme Court, Duke Law Professor Says.(Paul Carrington)
April 21, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Congressmen should respect the duty of judges to decide cases independently, but also enact nonpartisan reforms to shorten the service of Supreme Court justices, says a...

Safety Groups Lament Gaps in Projected Auto Fatalities.
April 21, 2005... Byline: KIDS 'N CARS LEAWOOD, Kan., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today's release of projected 2004 highway injuries and fatalities excludes incidents involving children who have been backed over in driveways and parking lots, died of...

Council on Contemporary Family Leaders Steven Mintz and Stephanie Coontz Bust Myths of Marriage, Childhood, Parenting.(Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage)(Book Review)
April 26, 2005... Byline: Council on Contemporary Families NEW YORK, April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- At a time when conversations about "family values" once again dominate Congressional airwaves and "marriage" is under scrutiny from all angles - think...

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Chairman & CEO to Testify at Congressional Hearing on President's Drug Control Budget.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America WASHINGTON, April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) Chairman and CEO General Arthur T. Dean will testify at a congressional hearing today entitled,...

Election Assistance Commission's Proposed Guidelines for Statewide Voter Registration Lists Fall Short, Voting Rights Group Says; Hearing Today in Boston Will Highlight New Recommendations.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) will hold a public hearing today, April 26, 2005, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discuss its proposed voluntary guidelines for...

California State Lands Commission Urges Continuation of Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Moratorium.
April 26, 2005... Byline: California State Lands Commission SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California State Lands Commission today adopted a resolution (see below) urging the President and the Congress to continue the federal offshore...

Defensive Tackle Now Slams Poetry.(Travis Watkins)
April 28, 2005... Byline: University of Kansas LAWRENCE, Kan., April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- At 6 feet, 4 inches, University of Kansas defensive tackle Travis Watkins stands out in most crowds. It is Watkins' poetry -- and his passion for his topics --...

Amherst College to Honor Nelson Mandela May 12 in New York City.
April 29, 2005... Byline: Amherst College AMHERST, Mass., April 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Amherst College will present an extraordinary doctoral degree honoris causa to Nelson Mandela, the long-imprisoned South African black nationalist and statesman who...