AScribe Law News Service articles from October 2006

AScribe Law News Service archives from October 2006

Oct.5: Thousands Protest Bush in Over 170 Cities - 'World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime'.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Takoma Village Cohousing WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thousands will leave school and work to march and rally to halt the Bush program of war, torture, violation of rights, lies and corruption. WHEN: Thursday, Oct....

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Signs National Forestry Reform Law of 2006; New Law Balances Business and Conservation Needs While Ensuring Public Input, Community Benefit Sharing.
October 5, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Yesterday, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's first democratically-elected female head of state, signed the landmark National Forestry Reform Law...

Century Foundation, Common Cause, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Release 10-State Study Showing Slow Progress on Election Reform; Telephone Press Conference on Voting Report Thursday, Oct. 12.
October 10, 2006... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report on election reform focuses on Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan, Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington, Georgia and Arizona, states with a history...

School Resegregation Crisis Looms If U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Voluntary Integration Plans; Public Education Network Joins Coalition of Education Advocacy Organizations in Submitting Legal Brief.
October 10, 2006... Byline: Public Education Network WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Public Education Network (PEN) has joined The Council of the Great City Schools, the Magnet Schools of America, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors in submitting...

Election Reform: 10-State Study From Century Foundation, Common Cause, Leadership Council on Civil Rights Shows Little Progress; Telephone Press Conference Thursday, Oct. 12.
October 11, 2006... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report from The Century Foundation, Common Cause, and The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights shows that most problems exposed in the 2004 election remain...

Open Society Institute and Sundance Institute Bring Groundbreaking Documentaries to New York; Oct. 26-29 Retrospective at Film Forum Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Soros/Sundance Documentary Fund.
October 12, 2006... Byline: Open Society Institute NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Open Society Institute and Sundance Institute today announced a series of 19 international documentaries that will be screened at Film Forum in New York City,...

Expert: Schools Should Be More Proactive to Prevent School Violence.
October 12, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The school shootings that have occurred in recent weeks are evidence that not enough has been done by administrators and teachers since Columbine to prevent such...

National Council on Crime and Delinquency to honor Vera Institute of Justice.
October 12, 2006... Byline: National Council on Crime and Delinquency OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Council on Crime and Delinqency (NCCD), the nation's oldest and most respected criminal justice research organization, is...

National Council on Crime and Delinquency to Honor Annie E. Casey Foundation.
October 12, 2006... Byline: National Council on Crime and Delinquency OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD), the nation's oldest and most respected criminal justice research organization, is...

National Council on Crime and Delinquency to Honor Jeremy Travis and Joan Petersilia.
October 12, 2006... Byline: National Council on Crime and Delinquency OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Council on Crime and Deliquency (NCCD), the nation's oldest and most respected criminal justice research organization, is...

National Council on Crime and Delinquency to Honor Florida Rep. Gustavo Barreiro.
October 12, 2006... Byline: National Council on Crime and Delinquency OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD), the nation's oldest and most respected criminal justice research organization, is...

National Council on Crime and Delinquency to Honor Delaware Judge Chandlee Johnson Kuhn.
October 12, 2006... Byline: National Council on Crime and Delinquency OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Council on Crime and Deliquency (NCCD), the nation's oldest and most respected criminal justice research organization, is...

National Council on Crime and Delinquency to Honor Bebe Moore Campbell.
October 12, 2006... Byline: National Council on Crime and Delinquency OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD), the nation's oldest and most respected criminal justice research organization, is...

New Voter ID Laws Could Cost Millions Their Right to Vote, According to New Briefing Paper; Recent Court Decisions Find Impact Too Great, Laws Not Based in Fact.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Millions of eligible voters could lose their right to vote in coming years if new state and national photo identification and proof of citizenship requirements for voting are...

Voting Advocates Call on New Jersy to Improve Access to Ballot Box; ACLU-NJ, Eagleton, NJ Policy Perspective Propose Election Day Registration.
October 19, 2006... Byline: Demos NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an effort to increase voter participation in the Garden State, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and other high-profile voter rights' advocates, during a public...

Arizona's New Voter ID Requirement Will Prevent Citizens From Voting; Voting Rights Group Responds to Supreme Court Decision Allowing State to Implement New Voter ID Law.
October 20, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A ruling today by the United States Supreme Court will allow Arizona to implement new identification and proof of citizenship requirements for voting on Nov. 7, against the urging of...

Barring the Door to Elections: Who Will Vote and Who Will Not? Panel Discussion About Obstacles to Voting in November 2006 Elections, With Jehmu Greene, Clarissa Martinez De Castro, Regina Eaton, Steve Carbo, at Oct. 25 Demos Forum.(Discussion)
October 24, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Voters continue to face many challenges at the polls, from administrative problems and mechanical meltdowns to efforts to suppress turnout-issues that will be the discussion topic at...

Boston Voter ID Proposal Could Deny Vote to Thousands of Citizens; City Council Proposal Denounced by National Voting Rights Institute.
October 24, 2006... Byline: Demos BOSTON, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The right to vote could be denied to thousands of eligible voters in Boston if the city adopts voter ID requirements in response to a proposal this week by City Councilor Jerry McDermott....

Right to Vote Denied to More Than 5 Million Americans; Felony Disfranchisement Laws Keep Many Voting Age Citizens Locked Out of Democracy.
October 24, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 5 million Americans are directly denied the right to vote, and millions more are misinformed about their eligibility to vote, due to a confusing and archaic national patchwork...

The Foley Affair: A Matter of Character - by Ralph Hexter.
October 24, 2006... Byline: Hampshire College AMHERST, Mass., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following commentary is by Ralph Hexter, President of Hampshire College. - - - - Is there any purpose to spilling more ink on the Foley affair? One would...

Serial Killers, Internet and Child Pornography, Sex Offenders and Insanity to Be Discussed at American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.
October 24, 2006... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Oct. 26-29 at the Chicago Marriott, will bring together...

Middlebury College Establishes Justice William H. Rehnquist Professorship; Middlebury College Professor of History Jim Ralph Named as First Recipient.
October 25, 2006... Byline: Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, Vt., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Middlebury College President Ronald D. Liebowitz announced today the establishment of the Justice William H. Rehnquist Professorship of American History and Culture....

Jeremy Travis Honored by National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
October 25, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) was awarded Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College with the prestigious Donald Cressey Award for...

Scottsboro Then and Now: The Perpetual Struggle for Justice in the United States; Oct. 26 Symposium Honors 75th Anniversary of Scottsboro Case.
October 25, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The John Jay College of Criminal Justice today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: Scottsboro Then and Now: The Perpetual Struggle for...

International Human Rights Conference at John Jay College.
October 25, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Jay College of Criminal Justice today released the following media advisory. - - - - What: Thinking and Acting in an Emergency: the Role of...

Kansas State Expert Applauds Effort to Teach Children to Combat School Shooters, Other Violent Intruders in the Classroom.
October 27, 2006... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A program encouraging students to confront and counterattack a violent intruder in their school is earning applause from an expert at Kansas State University. ...

Elizabethtown College Professor Writes Book Arguing Billy Graham Opposed Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream for Integrated America.
October 27, 2006... Byline: Elizabethtown College ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- In his recently published book, an Elizabethtown College religious studies professor argues that Billy Graham opposed Martin Luther King Jr.'s dreams for an...

Low Income Americans Failed by States That Ignore Federal Voter Registration Law; Decade of Noncompliance With National Voter Registration Act Highlighted in New Publication.
October 31, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Across the nation, states are failing to meet a Federal mandate to boost voter registration among low-income Americans by offering registration opportunities in public assistance...

Aurora Biofuels Team Wins Global Intel, Berkeley Tech Challenge; Student Entrepreneurs Win Coveted Award: Funding and Access to VC Experts.
October 31, 2006... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Aurora Biofuels, a Berkeley-based team whose technology promises to make bio-diesel a mainstream energy source, won the second global Intel+UC...