AScribe Law News Service articles from November 2006

AScribe Law News Service archives from November 2006

Cybersecurity Expert Says Nationwide Use of Computerized Voting Poses Risk.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many of the paperless computerized voting systems adopted in wake of the "hanging chad" presidential election controversy in 2000 have the potential to create...

Mount St. Mary's College to Host Lecture by Legal Expert Who Led Probe Into JFK's Assassination.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Mount St. Mary's College LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two days before the Nov. 22 anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles presents an exclusive lecture by G....

Holy Names University Students to Join Protest Against U.S. Army's School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Ga.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Holy Names University OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Five students from Holy Names University will join thousands from across the nation Nov. 16-19 at Fort Benning, Ga., to demand a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign...

Governing Climate Change: Can Regional, State and Voluntary Approaches Do the Job?
November 2, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- On November 8, the Environmental Law Institute will host a panel discussion on governing global warming moderated by David Sandalow, Director, Environment &...

Business Owners, CEOs Say Higher Minimum Wage Good for Business.
November 2, 2006... Byline: Holly Sklar CLEVELAND, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Business owners, executives and venture capitalists around the nation -- including the states where minimum wage is on the ballot Nov. 7 -- are calling for a higher minimum wage...

Scottsboro Then and Now: The Perpetual Struggle for Justice in the United States.
November 2, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A crime that was never committed hung like a pall over American society and jurisprudence for nearly a half-century, dramatically altering if not ruining...

The Death Penalty in Black & White Forum: Two Brothers Tell Two Stories.
November 2, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bill Babbitt and David Kaczynski readily admit that, on the surface, they are not all that alike. Kaczynski is tall; Babbitt is more of average height....

Attention All Journalists: 'Help Save Our Democracy'.
November 2, 2006... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Attention ALL journalists - reporters, editors, columnists, bloggers, commentators, news analysts, assignment desks, producers, anchors, talk show hosts, bookers,...

Rotman School Hosts Forum on Successfully Including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered Employees in the Workplace.
November 2, 2006... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Building diverse workplaces is at the heart of a public forum that will examine how to successfully include Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) employees...

Voter Suppression Tactics Could Mar 2006 Election, New Publication Finds.
November 3, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In communities across the country, voters could be subject to intimidation and a variety of suppressive tactics meant to keep them from casting a ballot. Demos, a national, non-partisan...

Keeping an Eye on Democracy on Election Day: Election Expert Tova Wang Reports on Voting Trouble Spots Throughout the Day.
November 6, 2006... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tuesday's midterm elections will be closely watched by politicians, pundits, journalists, and concerned citizens around the country and around the world. While most...

Experts, Research Available For Election Day Analysis: Demos, National Public Policy and Research Center, Offers Resources for Election News Reporting.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Demos, a national public policy and research center, is making a wide array of research and experts available to the media for news reports on issues central to Election 2006 from the...

Carnegie Mellon University Professor Alfred Blumstein to Receive Prestigious Stockholm Prize in Criminology.
November 6, 2006... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Alfred Blumstein, who has made a career of studying and analyzing crime and the criminal justice system, will receive one of the highest honors in his field - the...

Amherst College Professor Lawrence Douglas Says Hussein Trial 'Not a Complete Sham'.
November 7, 2006... Byline: Amherst College AMHERST, Mass., Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- "The trial of Saddam Hussein was not a complete sham," writes Lawrence Douglas, associate professor of law, jurisprudence and social thought at Amherst College, in The...

Provisional Ballots Could Decide Key Races; Voting Rights Group Warns of Failures in 2004, Urges Accurate Count.
November 8, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Control of the Senate, and the outcome of several House races, could come down to precise counting of provisional ballots, according to widespread reports. In response, Miles Rapoport,...

Leadership Academy Explores Challenges Facing Corporate Security.
November 9, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Jay College of Criminal Justice welcomed members of the corporate security community today for a seminar and panel discussion entitled "Lessons Learned...

Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court Ruling, Halts Development on 10,000-Year-Old Sacred Site at Medicine Lake.
November 9, 2006... Byline: Stanford Law School MOUNT SHASTA, Calif., Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Pit River Tribe won a major victory in their long-term struggle to protect a sacred site near Medicine Lake in Northeastern California from energy...

Rhode Islanders Applauded for Passing Initiative Restoring Vote to Citizens on Parole and Probation.
November 10, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Demos, a national, non-partisan public policy and research center, issued a statement today applauding Rhode Island voters for passing a ballot initiative to restore the vote to...

Shareholders Act on Concerns About AT&T Sharing Consumer Records With Government.
November 13, 2006... Byline: As You Sow SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- AT&T's reported release of customer telephone and e-mail data to federal security agencies without a court order raises serious concerns about the credibility of its consumer...

Fight Heats Up to Protect Bay Area Kids From Alcohol Advertising; Local Groups, County Supervisors Take Action on BART's Alcohol Ads and on 'Alcopops'.
November 13, 2006... Byline: Marin Institute SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Activity is picking up in Bay Area communities and among county supervisors fighting to protect children from the alcohol industry's harmful advertising in a series...

Higher Interest Rates, Declining Home Prices Put American Families at Financial Risk; Americans Cashed Out $715 Billion in Home Equity Since 2001 to Bridge Gap Between Falling Salaries, Higher Costs.
November 14, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Homeowners have been tapping into their home equity to get the cash needed to pay down credit card debt incurred not for luxury expenses but for basic needs. This strategy leaves them...

Government Vehicle Backover Report Confirms Urgent Need for Visibility Safety Standard; Safety Groups Urge Enactment of Federal Legislation (S.1948 and HR 2230) in Lame Duck Session to Prevent Unacceptable Death and Injury Toll of Children.
November 14, 2006... Byline: Kids And Cars WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report released yesterday on technology to prevent the problem of drivers backing over and killing or injuring...

Revote of Florida's 13th Congressional District Election Called for by National Voting Rights Groups; 18,000 Votes Lost in Tight Race Expose Electronic Voting Flaws.
November 15, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 18,000 votes are estimated to have been lost in Florida's 13th Congressional District, the Sarasota County district with a closely contested House race where fewer that 400...

University of Chicago Tech-Transfer Office Expands Name to Match Recent Growth.
November 16, 2006... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Chicago's technology transfer operation will enter its sixth year of steady growth by changing its name to UChicagoTech, part of an outreach effort...

University of California, Irvine Law School Approved by UC Regents; First Students Expected to Enroll in 2009 for Training as 21st-Century Lawyers.
November 16, 2006... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Irvine today received approval from the Regents of the University of California to establish a school of law. Irvine will...

American Educational Research Association Media Briefing: Scholars to Present Education Research on Race-Conscious School Assignment Prior to Supreme Court Arguments.
November 20, 2006... Byline: American Educational Research Association WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear Oral Arguments in two education cases on race-conscious school assignment, the American Educational...

Sacramento Bee and San Jose Mercury News Reporters Win 2006 Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards.
November 22, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice today announced that Christina Jewett and Dorothy Korber of the Sacramento Bee and Rick...

Thurgood Marshall Jr. Becomes Trustee for the Ford Foundation.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Ford Foundation NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The election of Thurgood Marshall Jr. to the Ford Foundation Board of Trustees was announced today by Kathryn S. Fuller, chair of the Board. Marshall is a partner at...

Upcoming Supreme Court Cases Could Write Final Chapter in Brown v. Board of Education, Duke Professor Says.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Dec. 4, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases involving race-conscious school assignments, Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education and Parents...

International Criminal Court's Investigation of Darfur War Crimes Nearing End: Vanderbilt University International Criminal Law Expert.
November 28, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- With reports that the International Criminal Court prosecutor's investigation is nearing an end in the Darfur war crimes case, Mike Newton, Vanderbilt...

John Jay Symposium Tackles Public's Perceptions of Crime; Panels Examine Crime Trends, Sex Offenders, Surge in Urban Violence; Nov. 29-30.
November 29, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Richard Esposito, award winning reporter and producer for ABC News, will be the keynote speaker at the Second Annual Harry F. Guggenheim Symposium:...

Conflict Diamond Trade Difficult to Regulate Legally, Duke Law Professor Says.
November 29, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The upcoming film "Blood Diamond," which debuts Dec. 8 and is set in Sierra Leone in the 1990s, takes its title from diamonds mined by forced laborers to benefit murderous...

Grant Enables John Jay College to Study Law Enforcement's Role in Global Governance.
November 29, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Jay College of Criminal Justice will explore key challenges confronting law enforcement in dealing with transnational threats, in particular terrorism...

Justices Ponder Administration's Attempt to Sideline Courts in Climate Change Debate.
November 29, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Massachusetts v. EPA, the justices' first-ever foray into global climate change. Despite recent...

Public Education Network President/CEO Wendy D. Puriefoy to Speak at Dec. 4 March to Preserve Integration of America's Public Schools.
November 30, 2006... Byline: Public Education Network WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Public Education Network (PEN) will support civil rights advocates as they march from the U.S. Supreme Court to the Lincoln Memorial on Monday, Dec. 4, to preserve...

Sacramento Bee and San Jose Mercury News Reporters Win 2006 Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards.
November 30, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jonathan Dienst, Emmy award winning WNBC-TV investigative news reporter, is the featured speaker at the 2006 Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting...

Russian Spy Poisoning Case: Radioactive Waste Expert Who Has Traveled to Russia Frequently Can Discuss How Polonium 210 Is Developed.
November 30, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nuclear power expert Frank L. Parker can discuss how the radioactive substance responsible for the death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is obtained. ...