AScribe Law News Service articles from October 2005

AScribe Law News Service archives from October 2005

Expert: Supreme Court Vote Could Be Close on Challenge to Death With Dignity Law.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The hot-button issue of physician-assisted suicide will be one of the first to face the Supreme Court in its new term. Justices will hear oral argument in Gonzales v....

University of California's Top Lawyer to Step Down After More Than 40 Years Service.
October 4, 2005... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- After more than four decades as an attorney for the University of California -- and 20 years as its top lawyer -- James E. Holst has announced that he will be...

University of Puget Sound Welcomes National Public Radio's Nina Totenberg Oct. 26 for Talk on Supreme Court.
October 6, 2005... Byline: University of Puget Sound TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Award-winning legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, will present, "The Supreme Court and it's Impact on You" in the University of Puget Sound's Schneebeck...

Michigan State University Experts Available to Media on Assisted Suicide.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the U.S. Supreme Court debates the legality of Oregon's assisted suicide law, several Michigan State University experts are available to comment on the...

Experts Debate Likely Effects of Lifting Gay Ban; New Data Raise Question of Whether Repeal Would Impact Recruitment.
October 10, 2005... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Data from a new poll of potential U.S. military recruits has set off debate among scholars and other military experts...

'Broken Windows' Policing Style to Be Debated Oct. 18 at legalaffairs.org.
October 10, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Zero-tolerance policing tactics common in New York, Boston and Los Angeles start with the idea that prosecuting minor offenses like jumping subway turnstiles will deter...

Sunshine Week 2006 Expands Push for Open Government; Knight Foundation Grant to American Society of Newspaper Editors Funds Year Two of Successful Nationwide Initiative.
October 11, 2005... Byline: The Knight Foundation WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following the extraordinary success of the first nationwide Sunshine Week last March, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Miami has awarded a second, larger...

James Irvine Foundation Announces $10.9 Million in New Grants.
October 12, 2005... Byline: The James Irvine Foundation SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Board of Directors of The James Irvine Foundation today approved 23 grants totaling $10.9 million in support of the Foundation's mission of expanding...

Judith Miller to Speak at Society of Professional Journalists Convention and National Journalism Conference.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who was jailed four months for refusing to reveal the source who disclosed the identity of undercover CIA agent...

Book Guides Urban Universities in Neighborhood Development.
October 13, 2005... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many urban universities must develop their neighborhoods as well as their campuses to create good environments for learning, working and living, according to a...

Sacramento State University Study: Controlling Growth Doesn't Mean Higher Housing Prices.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Calif. State University, Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study from Sacramento State University questions the notion that policies designed to control sprawl also increase housing prices. ...

New Poll by Lifetime Television, Entertainment Industries Council Is Impetus for Effort to Disseminate Information About Human Trafficking Via TV, Movies.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Entertainment Industries Council LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC), is launching a new effort to encourage film and television producers to incorporate accurate depictions of...

Bush's Office of Management and Budget Director Josh Bolten, Clinton's OMB Director Leon Panetta at Stanford Law School Oct. 22 to Discuss Reconstruction of New Orleans, U.S. Poverty.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanford Law School today released the following advisories. - - - - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Josh Bolten and former OMB Director...

Amnesty International USA Partners With Organic Bouquet; Eco-flowers Help Promote International Campaign for Human Rights.
October 19, 2005... Byline: Straus Communications SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Amnesty International USA, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist organization, has partnered with Organic Bouquet Inc. (http://www.organicbouquet.com/),...

University of Iowa Sociologists Suggest South's Legacy of Lynching a Factor in Modern Violence.
October 19, 2005... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two University of Iowa sociologists have combined historical and sociological data to arrive at a new theory explaining the disproportionate violence in the southern...

Kids With Access to Home Computer More Likely to Graduate, Digital Divide Study Finds.
October 19, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Access to a home computer increases the likelihood that children will graduate from high school, but blacks and Latinos are much less likely to...

University of Central Florida Researchers to Develop Water Purification System for Hurricane Relief.
October 19, 2005... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Science Foundation has asked two University of Central Florida researchers to quickly develop a unique water purification system to aid victims...

Society of Professional Journalists: Sinclair Should Be Ashamed of Suit Against Journalist It Fired.
October 24, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sinclair Broadcasting Co. hit a new low when it filed a $17,000 lawsuit against Jon Leiberman, a journalist it fired last year, the Society of...

Rosa Parks' 1955 Arrest Inspired New Style of Activism; Expert on 20th-Century U.S. History, Social Movements Available for Comment on Occasion of Park's Death at 92.
October 25, 2005... Byline: Hamilton College CLINTON, N.Y., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Rosa Parks' arrest in 1955 for refusing to move to the back of the bus set in motion the events that led to the Montgomery bus boycott and the rise of Dr. Martin Luther...

Author: Rosa Parks 'Would Not Be Moved'; Swarthmore Visiting Professor Herbert Kohl Publishes New Book on Parks.
October 25, 2005... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Before Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery in 1955, others had refused to give up their seats on the city's buses, says Herbert Kohl, author of a new book on Parks...

Rosa Parks Experts: Parks Remembered by Duke Historians John Hope Franklin, Charles Payne.
October 25, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rosa Parks, who died Monday, is best known for the single moment in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white man, but she had prepared for...

University of Maryland Professor: Rosa Parks Was an American Citizen Who Simply Said, 'No. I Will Not Stand for This Injustice Any Longer'.
October 25, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Quote from University of Maryland Associate Professor of African American Studies, Melinda Chateauvert, on the legacy of Rosa Parks: "What...

Tulane University and Architectural Record Magazine Sponsor Design Contest for New New Orleans Homes.
October 26, 2005... Byline: Tulane University HOUSTON, Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Part of the answer to what the "new" New Orleans will look like might emerge from an international design competition aimed at identifying new housing prototypes for New...

Ballona Wetland Environmentalists Win Big Lawsuit Against City of Los Angeles Over Playa Vista Methane and Toxic Gas Problems.
October 26, 2005... Byline: Environmental Law Foundation LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, after four years of litigation, environmentalists have prevailed against the City of Los Angeles and Playa Capital, the investors behind the Playa Vista...

Harriet Miers Withdrawal: University of Maryland Experts Available for Comment.
October 27, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers Thursday withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court. The University of Maryland has the experts you...

Harriet Miers Withdrawal: University of Iowa Faculty Available for Comment.
October 27, 2005... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following University of Iowa professors are available for media interviews regarding the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers. Sources may be...

Miers Among Least Qualified Supreme Court Nominees Since 1937, Suggests Washington University in St. Louis Legal Expert, Book Co-Author.
October 27, 2005... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Harriet Miers withdrawal from consideration for the U.S. Supreme Court is not surprising given the fact that she ranks among the least qualified candidates...

University of Pittsburgh Law School Professor Who Was on Iran-Contra Prosecution Team Available to Speak About Possible Indictments in Leak of CIA Agent's Name.
October 27, 2005... Byline: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- With Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald's deadline on the investigation into the outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson looming, speculation on whether...

Golden Gate University Honors Susan Rutberg With Community Service Award; Law Professor Recognized for Pivotal Community Leadership.
October 27, 2005... Byline: Golden Gate University SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Golden Gate University honored Professor of Law and Northern California Innocence Project at GGU (NCIP/GGU) Director Susan Rutberg with its annual Community Service...

University of Minnesota Experts Available to Discuss Results of CIA Leak Investigation.
October 28, 2005... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Minnesota Law School professor Allan Erbsen says the CIA leak investigation has been a serious and painstakingly conducted investigation with...

CIA Leak Indictment: University of Maryland Experts, Comments.
October 28, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following University of Maryland experts are available to comment on the federal grand jury indictment and subsequent resignation today of I....

Political Scientists Predict 'Full-Blown Fight' Over Nomination of Samuel Alito for Supreme Court.
October 31, 2005... Byline: University of Dayton DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two political science professors at the University of Dayton predict an ugly Senate confirmation battle over the nomination of conservative judge Samuel Alito for a...