AScribe Law News Service articles from June 2005

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Carter Center, Human Rights First Convene Conference for Human Rights Activists to Highlight Threat to Rule of Law in War on Terrorism.
June 1, 2005... Byline: The Carter Center ATLANTA, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Human rights activists are often the first to sound the alarm bell on crises that escalate into conflict and even genocide, and they increasingly find themselves under attack...

Teenage Students Right Historical Wrong.
June 3, 2005... Byline: National History Day WASHINGTON, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- On June 13, a trial will begin in Mississippi for Edgar Ray Killen, an accused murderer of three young civil rights workers in 1964; two generations and 700 miles away,...

Criminal Procedure Expert Predicts Acquittal in Michael Jackson Trial.
June 7, 2005... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Christopher Bracey, criminal procedure expert and associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, is closely following the Michael Jackson...

Georgia Supreme Court Ends Mercer Lawsuit Over Private College Police Records.
June 7, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists ATLANTA, June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Georgia Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal in the lawsuit against Mercer University seeking to open the private school's police records under the...

Society of Professional Journalists Statement on Detention of Hong Kong Journalist Ching Cheong.
June 7, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists strongly protests, mainland China's detention of Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong, chief East Asia...

Global Study of Gangs Advises Reintegration, Not Zero-Tolerance.
June 8, 2005... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Youths who join gangs, organized crime or revolutionary groups around the world respond more positively to policies that reintegrate them into society than to...

Rethinking the Patriot Act: A New Report from the Century Foundation Provides Context for the Current Reauthorization Debate.
June 9, 2005... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the most controversial and possibly one of the most misunderstood laws Congress has ever enacted, the USA Patriot Act remains at the forefront of public debate...

Michael Rebell to Lead Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College; Initiative Will Focus on Closing Education Gap; Nation's Foremost School Finance Litigator Joins Forces With Leading School of Education; Laurie Tisch to Chair Board.
June 9, 2005... Byline: Halstead Communications NEW YORK, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Michael A. Rebell, lead counsel and strategist in the nation's most prominent school finance lawsuit, has been named to lead the newly launched Campaign for Educational...

Syphilis Rates Drop in Countries with Gay Marriage Laws, Study by Swarthmore College Economist Shows.
June 13, 2005... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Data from Europe suggests that national recognition of same-sex partnerships leads to significant reductions in syphilis rates, according to a new study by a...

Study Examines Tsunami Awareness, Preparedness in Northern California.
June 14, 2005... Byline: Dominican University of California SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Residents living along the California coastline need to be better educated and better prepared in the event of a tsunami. A new study by a...

Microsoft Gives $1 Million to Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.
June 14, 2005... Byline: University of California, Berkeley - School of Law (Boalt Hall) BERKELEY, Calif., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a unique partnership aimed toward developing and understanding new research on cutting-edge law and technology...

U.S. Has History of Trading Liberty for Security; Government Professor Available to Comment on Patriot Act Extension.
June 16, 2005... Byline: Hamilton College CLINTON, N.Y., June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- In reviewing the Patriot Act, Robert Martin, author of "The Free and Open Press: The Founding of American Democratic Press Liberty" and Hamilton College government...

Expert: Technology, Copyright Law Pose New Challenges for Information Sharing.
June 16, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Supreme Court is poised to take action on a significant case involving "secondary" liability for copyright infringement. MGM v. Grokster may prove...

Social Workers Support Client Confidentiality Through Friend of the Court Brief; Colorado Social Worker Refuses to Hand Over Confidential Psychotherapy Notes.
June 17, 2005... Byline: National Association of Social Workers WASHINGTON, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Association of Social Workers, along with other mental health providers in Colorado, filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the stay...

Voting Rights Groups Praise Iowa Governor for Restoring Eligibility to Thousands; Executive Order Effectively Ends State Policy of Permanent Felon Disenfranchisement.
June 17, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, joined by a bipartisan group of legislators, issued an executive order that restores voter eligibility to thousands of disenfranchised Iowans....

Pact Enables Study of Nuremberg Trial Prosecutor's Legacy.
June 20, 2005... Byline: Bowling Green State University JAMESTOWN, N.Y., June 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Robert H. Jackson Center Inc. and Bowling Green State University have signed an agreement giving Bowling Green students the opportunity to conduct...

Three Teens Helped Secure Conviction in Decades-Old Civil Rights Case; Students' Secured Rare Interview With Killen for National History Day Documentary, Spurring Reopening of Case.
June 21, 2005... Byline: National History Day WASHINGTON, June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Three Chicago teenagers are thankful today for their role in the conviction of Edgar Ray Killen, exactly 41 years after the "Freedom Summer" killings of the three young...

Society of Professional Journalists Disappointed in Hosty v. Carter Ruling.
June 22, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists is disappointed in Monday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the matter of Hosty...

University of Florida Study: People More Ambivalent Than Pro or Con About Gay Rights.
June 23, 2005... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Portraying the gay rights conflict as a sharply divided battle between homosexuals and social conservatives ignores the ambivalent feelings held by the vast...

Family and Medical Leave at Risk; Millions of Americans Could Lose Access to Leave If Bush Administration Revises Regulations, Warns President of National Partnership for Women and Families.
June 23, 2005... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many more Americans will have to choose between job and family when medical crises strike or babies are born if the Bush Administration rolls back the 12-year-old...

Contacts for a Potential Supreme Court Vacancy Are Available From Coalition for a Fair & Independent Judiciary.
June 24, 2005... Byline: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights WASHINGTON, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Coalition for a Fair & Independent Judiciary is a broad-reaching network of nearly 100 leading national and state organizations that are committed...

Society of Professional Journalists Disappointed by Supreme Court Failure to Hear Miller and Cooper Cases.
June 27, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists is disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court today declined an opportunity to affirm a "reporter's privilege"...

Roe v. Wade, Privacy and the Contraception Connection: Will Birth Control Fall Victim to New Conservative Judges? Expert Available for Comment.
June 27, 2005... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A little-understood and endangered link unites Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, and Griswold v. Connecticut, the landmark 1965...

Stanford Business School Research: Unlocking The Mystery Of Poverty.
June 27, 2005... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Growing up in India until he was 7 years old and subsequently living in France and the United States put Romain Wacziarg face to face with issues...

Research: Florida Getting Better at Protecting Homes From Hurricanes.
June 28, 2005... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- New Florida homes withstood last year's four hurricanes better than their older counterparts -- thanks in large measure to continued improvements in the state's...

Independence Day 2005: Reflections on Patriotism -- by Julia Butterfly Hill.
June 29, 2005... Byline: Circle of Life OAKLAND, Calif., June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an editorial by activist and author Julia Butterfly Hill. - - - - Independence Day 2005: Reflections on Patriotism I am ashamed of my...

California National Guard Caught Spying on Women's Peace Groups; CodePink Calls on Gov. Schwarzenegger to Bring Guard Home From Iraq, Stop Them From Spying on Peace Groups.
June 29, 2005... Byline: Global Exchange SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to e-mails obtained by the San Jose Mercury News, the California National Guard has created a new unit designed to deal with terrorist threats. One of...

Voting Rights Groups Urge Carter-Baker Election Commission to Oppose National Voter Identification Card: 'A Remedy in Search of a Problem That Could Deny Millions of Eligible Voters Their Right to Vote'.
June 29, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of civil and voting rights organizations issued the following statement today urging the recently-formed Commission on Federal Election Reform to reject any consideration of a...

Supreme Court Expert: Former Rehnquist Law Clerk Available to Discuss Supreme Court Retirements and Appointments.
June 30, 2005... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, June 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Whether it happens this summer or some time in the future, there will eventually be changes in the personnel of the U.S. Supreme Court. Neil Richards, former...