AScribe Law News Service articles from June 2004

AScribe Law News Service archives from June 2004

Failed Civics Lesson: California High Schools Not Complying With New Student Voter Law; Thousands of Voter Registration Cards Not Included in Seniors' Diploma Package.
June 4, 2004... Byline: Global Futures Foundation BERKELEY, Calif., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hundreds of thousands of voter registration cards intended for graduating high school seniors and college students are being ignored by schools throughout...

Duke University Experts Available to Discuss June 30 Transition of Power in Iraq.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University today released the following list of experts. Duke provides an on-campus satellite uplink facility for live or pre-recorded television interviews. We...

Study of Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASAS) Finds Them Ineffective, Possibly Harmful, Advocacy Group Says.
June 8, 2004... Byline: National Coalition for Child Protection Reform ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The highly-touted Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program, in which volunteers investigate cases and advise family court judges on...

Military Takes Racial and Sexual Harassment More Seriously Than Anti-Gay Violence, Report Shows.
June 8, 2004... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new draft report shows that despite official Pentagon assertions that the military takes anti-gay harassment as...

Students and U.S. Representatives Seek Re-opening of 'Mississippi Burning' Case.
June 9, 2004... Byline: National History Day WASHINGTON, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Forty years ago, the brutal murder of three young civil right workers in Mississippi sparked the controversial case the FBI named "Mississippi Burning." Students Sarah...

National Experts on DNA Testing Announced for Summer Conference Arranged by Wright State Faculty Member.
June 9, 2004... Byline: Wright State University DAYTON, Ohio, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- National leaders on DNA testing in such noted cases as O.J. Simpson, Scott Peterson and Ted Kaczynski will gather for three days in Dayton this summer for the Third...

Report Documents Extensive U.S. War Crimes in Iraq; Purported 'Transfer of Sovereignty' Condemned As Farce, Despite.
June 10, 2004... Byline: Center for Economic and Social Rights UN Resolution NEW YORK, June 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Bush Administration is committing war crimes and other serious violations of international law in Iraq as a matter of routine...

Crimes Against Humanity Continue Unabated in Sudan.
June 10, 2004... Byline: American Jewish World Service NEW YORK, June 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- As early as March, humanitarian organizations were issuing warnings of ethnic cleansing and declaring that the world's greatest humanitarian crisis today is in...

Archaeologist's Partnership With Maya Villagers Pays Off in Looters' Conviction.
June 11, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- For nearly two decades, Vanderbilt University archaeologist Arthur Demarest has explored the rainforests of Guatemala for clues to the ancient Mayas. Along the...

University of Minnesota Expert Can Discuss Pledge of Allegiance Case.(Brief Article)
June 14, 2004... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Minnesota expert on Supreme Court decisions and freedom of speech Edward Schiappa is available to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's Pledge of...

Air Resources Board's Global Warming, Clean Cars Proposal Applauded by American Lung Association of California; New Regulations Will Improve Public Health.
June 14, 2004... Byline: American Lung Association SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Lung Association of California applauds a proposal by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued today that would, for the first time,...

Statement by Scott P. Plotkin, Executive Director of the California School Boards Association, on the U.S. Supreme Court Dismissal of the Pledge of Allegiance Case.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2004... Byline: California School Boards Association WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California School Boards Association today released the following statement by Scott P. Plotkin, Executive Director of the California...

Civil Rights Leaders Declare Victory Against Ward Connerly's Anti-Affirmative Action Ballot Initiative Campaign.
June 16, 2004... Byline: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights WASHINGTON, June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Today's announcement by Ward Connerly and his supporters that they are postponing their campaign to enact an anti-affirmative action ballot initiative...

Concentrated Poverty Virtually Disappeared From Many U.S. Suburbs During 1990s, Study Finds.
June 17, 2004... Byline: Burness Communications WASHINGTON, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to new data released today by the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, the suburban areas of the nation's 100 largest cities saw,...

Suit Filed to Save Sea Turtles From Longliner's Hooks; Conservation Groups Seek Common-Sense Measures to Reduce Turtle Bycatch.
June 17, 2004... Byline: Turtle Island Restoration Project WASHINGTON, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an effort to prevent the extinction of loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles due to the drownings of thousands of these ancient animals each year,...

Needed: A Profile in Courage -- by Craig R. Smith, CSU Long Beach.(Editorial)
June 17, 2004... Byline: Calif. State University, Long Beach LONG BEACH, Calif., June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an editorial by Dr. Craig R. Smith, Director of the Center for First Amendment Studies at California State University, Long Beach....

United Nations Development Programme Begins Round of Regional Debates Centered Around Its Revealing Report on Democracy in Latin America.
June 17, 2004... Byline: United Nations Development Program SANTIAGO, Chile, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Distinguished Latin American experts and political figures will meet here on June 21 and 22, 2004, to discuss one of the gravest challenges facing the...

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Applaud Expected Massachusetts Law That Bans Worksite Smoking; Expert Available for Comment.
June 17, 2004... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute applaud the pending enactment of Massachusetts' smoke-free worksites law as a big step forward in efforts to protect...

Invasive Species Management Featured in New Reports, Upcoming Seminar.
June 18, 2004... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Environmental Law Institute today announced the release of two reports spotlighting the need to control non-native invasive species in the United States,...

Ashoka 'Class of 2000' Celebrates International Success; First Class of U.S. Fellows Demonstrates Results, Impact of Social Entrepreneurs.
June 18, 2004... Byline: Ashoka ARLINGTON, Va., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rajiv Vinnakota held firm to a single ideal: Every child in America, regardless of economic situation, should benefit from a quality, first-rate education. It didn't seem...

Columbia Law School Names 35-Year-Old Tax Law Specialist David Schizer As Dean.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Columbia Law School NEW YORK, June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- David M. Schizer, a 35-year-old Columbia Law School professor, has been named the 14th Dean of the School by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger. He is the...

Chicago Tenants Oppose Cuts in Housing Voucher Program.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Community Media Workshop CHICAGO, June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Section 8 Tenant Council leaders will deliver hundreds of postcards objecting to proposed cuts in the Housing Choice Voucher program to Senate offices here Tuesday --...

Purdue Professor: Don't Fear Political Protests, Welcome Democratic Process.(Brief Article)
June 21, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- What's more important to the American public: the right to protest or feeling safe? Americans will have to answer that question as protesters prepare for...

Study: Cities May Need to Regulate Yard Signs As They Become More Common, Potentially Troublesome.
June 22, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- While many communities regulate the signs that businesses use, few have laws controlling signs people place in their own yards. But that may have to change,...

Organizations Seeking Social Change Need to Support Social Movements, According to Article in Stanford Social Innovation Review.
June 22, 2004... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Social movements are a kind of grievance machine for creating and aggregating demands for change," writes Mayer N. Zald in the Summer 2004 issue...

Leatherback Caught on Longline.
June 22, 2004... Byline: Turtle Island Restoration Project WASHINGTON, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an effort to prevent the extinction of loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles due to the drowning of thousands of these ancient animals each year,...

State Leaders Convene to Address College Alcohol Problems.
June 25, 2004... Byline: Center for College Health and Safety PITTSBURGH, June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Teams from 39 states gathered today in Pittsburgh to tackle the issue of higher alcohol excise taxes and other policy approaches to preventing underage...

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Medical Cannabis Case Involving Federal Government's Persecution of Severely Ill Mother and Patient; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' Ashcroft v. Raich Decision Reviewed.
June 28, 2004... Byline: Fenton Communications West OAKLAND, Calif., June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Opening up an important window of opportunity for medical cannabis patients and their caregivers, the United States Supreme Court today decided to review the...

Forest Service Re-Evaluating Use of Environmental Impact Statements in Forest Plans; Weighing Use of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems.
June 28, 2004... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Forest Service could change a practice that dates back to the early 1980s and forego the environmental impact statement process in the plans required for...