AScribe Law News Service articles from December 2003

AScribe Law News Service archives from December 2003

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Second Amendment Challenge to California's Assault Weapon Ban.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Legal Community Against Violence SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order today denying a petition for writ of certiorari in Silveira v. Lockyer, 312 F3d 1052 (9th Cir. 2002), a Ninth...

Energy Bill Squandered on Partisan Politics; Failure Offers Clues about How Not to Do - and How to Do - Energy Policy.
December 2, 2003... Byline: Rocky Mountain Institute OLD SNOWMASS, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Officials with Rocky Mountain Institute, one of the world's leading energy research firms, lamented the failure last month of U.S. policymakers to craft an...

European Anti-Semitism: Pitt Prof Examines Pre-Holocaust Anti-Semitism in New Book; Dec. 18 Panel at Holocaust Museum; Author Can Comment on Current, Historical Anti-Semitism.
December 3, 2003... Byline: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Anti-Semitism is usually seen as a phenomenon of right-wing nationalism, and events like the Holocaust and the rise of the Nazi party in Germany often overshadow...

Miguel Bustos Appointed Policy and Community Relations Advisor at Community Technology Foundation of California.
December 3, 2003... Byline: Community Technology Foundation of California SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC) has appointed Miguel Bustos as Policy & Community Relations Advisor. A key member of...

Expert: Supreme Court Case on Religious-Studies Scholarships Attempts to Impose Christian Religious Views, Duke University Professor Says.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- An effort to require states to help pay for religious studies if they offer scholarships for other types of learning -- now part of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court --...

50th Anniversary of 'Brown v. Board of Education' Sparks Look Back, New Dialogue.
December 5, 2003... Byline: Bucknell University LEWISBURG, Pa., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that brought major changes in national and social...

U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Denies Recognition to Gay Alumni Group; Annapolis Disregards Its Own Rules to Justify Denial.
December 5, 2003... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Board of Trustees of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association unanimously rejected a proposal today to...

California State Lands Commission Sues City of Los Angeles to Restore Lower Owens River.(Brief Article)
December 8, 2003... Byline: California State Lands Commission SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California State Lands Commission and the Department of Fish and Game on Thursday sued the City of Los Angeles to restore a 60-mile stretch of...

Top Salvadoran Military Officer, Now a U.S. Citizen, Faces Suit for Torture, Murder; Evidence Ties Him to Infamous Murders of Six Opposition Leaders.
December 10, 2003... Byline: The Center for Justice & Accountability MEMPHIS, Dec. 10, Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Several Salvadorans filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court here today against a former Salvadoran military commander for the torture they...

Unique National Award Lauds Books That Creatively Resist Oppression.
December 11, 2003... Byline: Simmons College EMBARGO #3 NOTE: Below is a release I'd like you to send out the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 10, to all appropriate outlets (including book and literary editors if you have such a list) but ask them to...

MacArthur Foundation Scholars: Issue of Competence Key in Florida Court's Decision to Retry Juvenile Lionel Tate.
December 11, 2003... Byline: Temple University PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Florida appeals court's decision Wednesday (Dec. 10, 2003) to order a new trial in the case of Lionel Tate -- who, at age 14, was tried and convicted as an adult in...

Clash Over Access to Internet Technology Holds Back Developing Nations, Duke Expert Says.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- As representatives from the developed world and the developing world meet in Geneva this week to swap ideas on how to improve access to the global Internet, the goals of...

Gays-in-the-Military Education Project Launched; 'Military Education Initiative' Engages America's 27 Million Veterans.
December 11, 2003... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today marks the official launch of the Military Education Initiative (MEI). MEI is an Atlanta-based, national non-profit project...

Seminar at U.T. Dallas Jan. 20 to Focus on Implications of Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance to Sponsor Series on Compliance, Restoring Trust.
December 15, 2003... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The chief counsel of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, a former U.S. secretary of labor and a former CEO of the accounting firm Deloitte will lead the list of...

International Criminal Court Expert From Vanderbilt University: Various Tribunals Available in Saddam Hussein Trial Analyzed.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Allison Danner, assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt University, is an expert in the law, procedure and design of international criminal tribunals. She can...

Lawrence Douglas, Amherst College Author of Book About Holocaust Trials, Offers Perspective on Hussein Trial.(Brief Article)
December 16, 2003... Byline: Amherst College AMHERST, Mass., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lawrence Douglas, associate professor of law, jurisprudence and social thought at Amherst College, insists that the legal response to crimes as extraordinary as those of...

'Iraqi Special Tribunal' a Mistake, Says International Law Expert.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Pending ST. LOUIS, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Should Saddam Hussein be tried through an "Iraqi Special Tribunal" or a U.N. Tribunal? This topic will be heavily debated in the aftermath of Saddam's capture. Leila Sadat, professor...

Join Leadership for a Changing World Awardee Andrea Cruz for Dec. 19 Webcast; Leader to Discuss Growing Challenges Faced by Latino Immigrants in Southern, Southeastern U.S.
December 17, 2003... Byline: Ford Foundation WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Join Leadership Talks on Friday, December 19 at 1 pm EST for a live, online conversation with Andrea Cruz, director of the Southeast Georgia Communities Project (SGCP) and a...

New York Academy of Sciences Harbor Consortium Releases Letter on Mercury, Fish Advisories.
December 18, 2003... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Harbor Consortium of the New York Academy of Sciences has released the text of a letter it has sent today to President George W. Bush, the United States...

Violence You Can't See -- By Darius Rejali, Reed College.
December 18, 2003... Byline: Reed College PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reed College today released the following editorial by Darius Rejali. Rejali is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Reed College, Portland, Ore., and a 2003...

Carnegie Mellon University Faculty Available to Speak to Media As Experts on National, International Issues.
December 19, 2003... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the 2004 primary and general elections draw near, the following Carnegie Mellon University faculty are available to speak to the media as experts on national...

New Poll Finds Historic Support for Gays in Military; 79 Percent of Public Now Favors Allowing Gays to Serve Openly.
December 24, 2003... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll has found that 79 percent of all Americans believe that gays and lesbians should be...

Gearing Up for Invasive Species Control in North America.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Commission for Environmental Cooperation's Joint Public Advisory Committee recently convened a roundtable session in Miami, Fla., to consider the growing...

Purdue Experts Comment on Mad Cow Testing, Trade Issues.
December 30, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A national cattle identification program would help combat spread of mad cow disease, according to a Purdue University animal disease expert. But an...

UC Davis Experts: Mad Cow Disease/BSE.
December 30, 2003... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Dec. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- UC Davis faculty members are available during the holidays to discuss issues related to mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE). If you...

California's Tough New Smoking Restrictions Help More People Breathe Easier; Public Building Entryways Provide Smoke-Free Buffer, Protect Public From Secondhand Smoke Exposure.
December 30, 2003... Byline: American Lung Association SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Effective Jan. 1, 2004, Assembly Bill 846 (Vargas, D-San Diego) will further protect all Californians from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke by...