AScribe Law News Service articles from September 2004

AScribe Law News Service archives from September 2004

This Labor Day, Acorn Calls Attention to EITC Dollars Unclaimed by Low-Wage Workers, Drained by Predatory Tax Preparers; Up to Seven Million Families Could Be Missing Out on Over $12 Billion in Tax Benefits.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Marguerite E. Casey Foundation NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) today released a new report documenting that as many as seven million U.S. low-income...

Workplace Inequality Common in U.S., Study Shows.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Byline: Tulane University NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Black men with the same skills as white men are only half as likely to rise from supervisor to manager and black women are only a third as likely to do so, according to a...

Nominations Sought For National Council on Crime and Delinquency's PASS Awards for 2004.
September 2, 2004... Byline: National Council on Crime and Delinquency OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Council on Crime and Delinquency is requesting entries for the 2004 PASS Awards (Prevention for a Safer Society.) NCCD accepts...

USC Annenberg Calls for TV, Radio Station 'Public Files' to Be Available on Internet.
September 3, 2004... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Broadcasters' Public Files should be made truly public as well as truly accessible, according to a proposal from the USC Annenberg Local News...

Poll Shows Strong Support for Smoke-Free Apartments; California Survey Reveals Renters Ready for Reduced Exposure to Secondhand Smoke.
September 7, 2004... Byline: American Lung Association SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Renters throughout California want non-smoking sections in their apartment complexes, according to the results from a statewide survey commissioned by the...

Scholars Debate Recent Military Sodomy Decision; Some Praise Soundness of Court's Rationale While Others Raise Questions.
September 10, 2004... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following a recent court decision that declined to overturn the constitutionality of criminalizing private, consensual...

When Housing Segregation Was Born: Book Details Murder Case That Sparked Civil Rights Battle.
September 13, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- When Americans think about the Civil Rights era, they tend to think about the 1950s and '60s and the dramatic events in the South. But in a new book, an Ohio...

Battle for Strong Assault Weapon Ban Is Not Over; San Francisco-Based Public Interest Law Center Urges State, Local Action to Fill Void Left by Expiration of Federal Assault Weapon Ban.
September 13, 2004... Byline: Legal Community Against Violence SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The federal assault weapon ban expired Sept. 13, 2004, thanks to the inaction of President Bush and the Republican leadership of Congress. The 1994 law,...

Study Examines Contributions of Gay Troops to Mideast Wars; Gay Army Ranger, Brian Hughes, Participated in Jessica Lynch Rescue.
September 15, 2004... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study released today is the first assessment of the impact of the gay ban on U.S. military effectiveness in recent...

Kaiser Family Foundation to Release National Survey of Parents on Children, Media and Policy.
September 15, 2004... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the fall television season debuts and policymakers debate "indecency," the Kaiser Family Foundation will release a new national survey of parents on children,...

Expert: Religion and the 2004 Presidential Election.
September 20, 2004... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Sept. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Several issues that could affect the outcome of the presidential election hinge at least in part on religion, says Swarthmore College Visiting Assistant Professor...

Crashing the Parties: Report From the Century Foundation on the Nader Campaign and the Debate Over Ballot Access.
September 21, 2004... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- As with so many election disputes, Florida was once again the center of attention over the question of whether Ralph Nader would get on the ballot. But Nader has been...

Study Indicates Wood Is Most 'Green' Building Material.
September 21, 2004... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., Sept. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report concludes that wood is one of the most environmentally-sensitive building materials for home construction -- it uses less overall energy than...

Indiana University Professor Examines How School Violence Has Been Averted.
September 22, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Staff at schools that experienced "near misses," where violence was averted in student-to-student hostage situations, attributed their success to luck. A little...

California Forensic Science Institute to Host Oct. 1 Public Forum on DNA Initiative.
September 22, 2004... Byline: Calif. State University, Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California State University, Los Angeles-based California Forensic Science Institute is hosting a free public forum on "The DNA Fingerprint,...

Pomona College Professor Wins $150,000 Grant, Broadcast Agreement for his Documentary 'Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria'.
September 23, 2004... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria," written and directed by Victor Silverman, an associate professor of history at Pomona College, and Susan Stryker,...

Monograph Report on California's Three-Strikes Law Now Available; Report on 'Three Strikes' Is Authored by Cal State Los Angeles Criminal Justice Professor.
September 23, 2004... Byline: Calif. State University, Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- California State University, Los Angeles' professor of criminal justice Jennifer Walsh has released a monograph report on California's Three-Strikes...

Kansas State University Sociology Professor Studies Girls in the Juvenile Justice System.
September 23, 2004... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The needs of girls and girls' experiences have been pretty much ignored in the juvenile justice system. That's the view of L. Susan Williams, associate...

News Tip: Upcoming Supreme Court Term Could Include Historic Rulings on Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Duke Law Professor Says.
September 27, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Supreme Court will begin its term Oct. 4 by considering the constitutionality of federal sentencing guidelines, hearing oral arguments in two cases that could end up...

University of Illinois at Chicago Grants License for Novel Drug Therapy for Sleep Apnea.
September 27, 2004... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A promising drug therapy for the treatment of sleep apnea, a serious and common sleep-related breathing disorder has been licensed by the University of...

University of Chicago Professor Publishes First Student Guide To Doing Honest Academic Work.
September 28, 2004... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Sept. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- College students have a new book to add to their collections of dictionaries and other essential reference materials they're picking up this fall. It's the first-ever...

Leadership for a Changing World Awardee Montana Human Rights Network Focus of Oct. 1 Webcast; Winners of Ford Foundation Leadership Award Describe Strategies to Fight Hate Crimes by Promoting Democratic Values.
September 28, 2004... Byline: Ford Foundation WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Join Leadership Talks on Friday, Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. ET for a live, online interview with Christine Kaufmann and Ken Toole, co-directors of the Montana Human Rights Network,...

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Four Cases Submitted by Stanford Law School Clinic Students.
September 28, 2004... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., Sept. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in Douglas Spector, et al. v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd., a case for which students in the Stanford Law...

News Tip: Justice Breyer Should Recuse Himself From Ruling on Constitutionality of Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Duke Law Professor Says.
September 29, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer should recuse himself from ruling on two cases that will decide the constitutionality of federal sentencing guidelines, says...

Ohio State University Experts, Resources for 2004 Election.
September 29, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ohio State University faculty in the Department of History, Department of Political Science and the Moritz College of Law can offer expertise on a number of...

Expert Advisory: News Source on Supreme Court, Constitutional Law.(Brief Article)
September 30, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins University today released the following expert advisory. With the opening of the U.S. Supreme Court's session Monday, Oct. 4, media may find a...