AScribe Law News Service articles from July 2004

AScribe Law News Service archives from July 2004

Notre Dame Law Professor Helped Train Saddam's Judge.
July 1, 2004... Byline: University of Notre Dame SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Notre Dame Law School professor who helped train the Iraqi judge who presided over Saddam Hussein's arraignment today says the proceeding...

DePaul Professor Who Helped Shape Iraqi Special Tribunal Is Available for Comment on Saddam Hussein's Prosecution.
July 1, 2004... Byline: DePaul University CHICAGO, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, president of the International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University's College of Law in Chicago, has worked on the shaping of the...

Expert: American Courts-Martial Are Nothing New -- Ask Lewis & Clark.
July 2, 2004... Byline: University of Puget Sound TACOMA, Wash., July 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- During the past several months, Americans have become increasingly familiar with their military's justice system due to a series of nationally publicized...

University of California Reaches $69 Million Settlement With Bank of America in Enron Securities Case.
July 2, 2004... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., July 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California today (July 2) announced a settlement with Bank of America in the Enron Corp.securities class action lawsuit. The university is lead...

Society of Professional Journalists Calls on State Department to Continue Renewing Visas to Foreign Journalists.
July 6, 2004... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists has learned of the recent decision of the State Department to discontinue its domestic reissuance service for...

Federal Court Rules in Favor of Paper Trail Reform in E-Voting.
July 7, 2004... Byline: California Voter Foundation LOS ANGELES, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A federal judge ruled yesterday that California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's requirements for additional security on electronic voting machines do not...

U.S. Human Rights Organization Announces International Monitoring of U.S. Electoral Process This Fall; Global Exchange Plans to Host at Least 28 Independent Monitors to Observe U.S. Elections.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Global Exchange SAN FRANCISCO, July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an op-ed set to be published today (Thursday, July 8) in Tokyo's Asahi Shimbum, The Irish Independent and Mexico City's La Jornada, the U.S. based human rights group...

Senate Intelligence Committee Report: University of Maryland Expert.
July 9, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Former senior CIA intelligence officer and University of Maryland professor Lee Strickland is available to comment on today's U.S. Senate...

Same-Sex Marriage Does Not Influence Heterosexual Marriage, Says Report for Council on Contemporary Families.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Council on Contemporary Families NEW YORK, July 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- You can't prove a negative. But University of Massachusetts economist Lee Badgett demonstrates that the adoption of same-sex marriage and same-sex partnership...

National Study finds Comprehensive Intervention Reduces High Risk Sexual Behavior Among Men After Release From Prison.
July 13, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Young men being released from prison can reduce their sexual risk for HIV, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and hepatitis, according to a new national study...

University of Florida Researcher: Black Radio Played Strong Role in Shaping Civil Rights.
July 14, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like Radio Free Europe was to those behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, black radio stations and disc jockeys often were as important as ministers and...

Press Freedom Lacking in Religion Coverage in Central Asia, Michigan State University Research Shows.
July 15, 2004... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Domestic Central Asian online media are unable to report about controversial religion issues because of sparse resources and governmental, cultural and...

Michigan State University Researchers Find Gender Bias in Coverage of Political Races.
July 15, 2004... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The overwhelming majority of news sources cited by capital city newspapers covering the most recent races for open governorships were male, Michigan State...

MacArthur Foundation Awards $2.15 Million in Support of International Human Rights Work.(John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)
July 16, 2004... Byline: MacArthur Foundation CHICAGO, July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced grants totaling $2.15 million in support of two international human rights organizations that provide legal...

Civil Rights Coalition Applauds Senate for Voting Against Cloture on the Confirmation William Myers.
July 20, 2004... Byline: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights WASHINGTON, July 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Citing his record of far-right extremism, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), the nation's oldest, largest, and most diverse civil and...

Twenty-four Groups Launch Unprecedented, Simultaneous TV and Online Ads Exposing Radical Views of Administration Judicial Nominees.
July 21, 2004... Byline: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights WASHINGTON, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today twenty-four civil rights, environmental, women's, health, religious, gay and lesbian, and other organizations - representing over 5 million people...

Group Loses Legal Bid to Retain Control Over Disputed Monastic Seat of the Karmapas; Indian Supreme Court Rejects Claim of Tsurphu Labrang, Clearing the Way for the Karmapa Charitable Trust to Regain Control of Rumtek Monastery.
July 21, 2004... Byline: International Karma Kagyo Buddhist Organization NEW DELHI, India, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, the International Karma Kagyu Buddhist Organization released the text of a July 5 decision by India's highest court concerning...

Presidents of Nigeria, Sierra Leone to Highlight 'Cultural Liberty' as Key to Africa's Progress in Abuja Forum; Gathering for Regional Launch of Human Development Report 2004.
July 21, 2004... Byline: United Nations Development Program ABUJA, Nigeria, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Africa's linguistic, ethnic and religious diversity should be considered a great potential source of strength for the nations of the continent, rather...

Drug Court Judges and Professionals From Across New England Gather in Boston.(New England Association of Drug Court Professionals' fourth annual conference)
July 21, 2004... Byline: Join Together BOSTON, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- William C. Moyers, former drug addict, national advocate for recovery from addiction, vice president-external affairs for Hazelden Foundation, and son of PBS newsman Bill Moyers,...

Century Foundation Experts Available for Background and Commentary on 9/11 Commission Report.
July 22, 2004... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Should the U.S. reorganize the domestic intelligence programs to include a cabinet-level post of national intelligence director to coordinate the intelligence community,...

African-American Studies Professor Barbara Ransby Receives Prelinger History Award.
July 26, 2004... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Barbara Ransby, associate professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been awarded the $20,000 Catherine...

Children's Dental Health Project Congratulates Senate on Introduction of Dental Health Bill.
July 26, 2004... Byline: Children's Dental Health Project WASHINGTON, July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Children's Dental Health Project applauds Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) on their introduction of S. 2740, the Dental Health...

Long-Imprisoned Vietnamese Doctor to Receive Human Rights Award From New York Academy of Sciences.
July 27, 2004... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, July 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, a 61-year old Vietnamese medical doctor who has dedicated his life to improving the lives of the Vietnamese people and who has spent nearly 25...

Above the Law: How California's Big Air Polluters Get Away With It.
July 29, 2004... Byline: Environmental Working Group OAKLAND, Calif., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Refineries, power plants and other large industrial facilities in California that violate clean air laws typically pay penalties lower than what an SUV...

California First Amendment Coalition Calls for Nominations for Beacon and Darkness Awards for Best, Worst of Open Government in California.
July 29, 2004... Byline: California First Amendment Coalition SACRAMENTO, July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California First Amendment Coalition is seeking nominations for its annual Beacon and Darkness awards, given in recognition of the best and ugliest...

Society of Professional Journalists Applauds Department of Education Ruling in Campus Rape Victims Identifying Attackers to the Media.
July 30, 2004... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, July 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A ruling by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in a Georgetown University case means that campus rape victims are free to identify their assailants...