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WORLD LAW Yemen: terrorist haven? Yemeni law takes the spotlight as authorities investigate possible terrorism associated with the recent explosion of a oil tanker off Yemen's coast. MORE WORLD LAW
FAMOUS TRIALS OJ revisited From the JURIST archives - Professor Douglas Linder takes a look back at the 1995 trial of O.J. Simpson for the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman [October 2000]. MORE FAMOUS TRIALS
MILOSEVIC TRIAL Is Slobodan Milosevic getting a fair trial? "As days pass it appears that spanners are constantly thrown into the works to make life difficult for Slobo. However his tenacity has impressed me and his experience in the legal field has helped him along.
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Saturday, September 14, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... Islamic charity charged again
Less than four hours after U.S. District Judge Joan Gottshall threw out a perjury indictment against a Chicago-area Islamic charity and its leader [noted previously on JURIST], prosecutors Friday night filed a new criminal complaint charging Benevolence International Foundation and executive director Enaam Arnaout with two counts each of obstruction of justice and making false statements.
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NEW ON THE WEB... Don't ask, don't peek: ban on "lascivious" magazines in military bases upheld
A Friday ruling[PDF] by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision and upheld the First Amendment constitutionality of the 1996 Military Honor and Decency Act, banning the sale or rental of sexually explicit videos and magazines on military property.
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NEW ON THE WEB... UN announces 10 candidates for World Court
United Nations officials have announced the names of 10 nominees put forward to fill five pending vacancies on the International Court of Justice at the Hague. MORE ONLINE: INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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NEW ON JURIST... Character evidence
In the latest number of JURIST's Tillers on Evidence blog, Professor Peter Tillers reflects on the role and propriety of character evidence in American Law. MORE ON JURIST: LAW BLOGS
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NEW ON THE WEB... Florida Supreme Court rules pricing ballot initiatives unconstitutional
The Florida Supreme Court ruled[PDF] on Friday that a state law passed in May requiring that voters be provided with price tags for proposed ballot initiatives is contrary to the Florida constitution. MORE ONLINE: ORAL ARGUMENTS
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Friday, September 13, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... Islamic charity didn't lie about terrorist ties
US District Court Judge Joan Gottschall has dismissed[PDF] a perjury indictment against an Islamic charity whose assets were frozen by the Treasury Department in December, 2001. The indictment had alleged that the CEO of Benevolence International Foundation had made false claims regarding the charity's support of or aid to terrorists.
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NEW ON THE WEB... Cockpit recordings have "marginal evidentiary value" in Moussaoui trial
Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said in an Order[PDF] Friday that after reviewing Flight 93 cockpit voice recordings she had requested from the US Government, she believed they did not add any unique information to the case against Zacharias Moussaoui and they appeared to have "marginal evidentiary value while posing unfair prejudice to the defendant." Rather than rule them inadmissible, however, she asked the United States to explain the relevance of the recordings to any issue in dispute. MORE ON JURIST: MOUSSAOUI TRIAL
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NEW ON THE WEB... ACLU: Congress must approve US military action in Iraq
In an open letter to Congress, the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday that under the Constitution the Bush Administration must receive Congressional approval before taking any military action against Saddam Hussein. MORE ON JURIST: WORLD LAW: IRAQ
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NEW ON THE WEB... Turning up the heat on McConnell
Interest groups opposed to Bush Tenth Circuit nominee Michael McConnell are laying out their cases in advance of next week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination. On Friday, NARAL released a selection of his "anti-choice" statements and writings, while People for the American Way President Ralph Neas declared that McConnell's confirmation would "threaten civil rights enforcement, religious liberty, reproductive choice, and other important principles." McConnell is supported by several conservative organizations as well as by a number of fellow law professors. MORE ONLINE: SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
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NEW ON THE WEB... US: International Criminal Court "seriously flawed"
US Assistant Secretary of State Otto Reich reinterates American concerns about the International Criminal Court in a new op-ed, insisting that the court is "seriously flawed and may become an impediment to justice or even an instrument of injustice." MORE ON JURIST: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
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NEW ON THE WEB... US pilots charged in "friendly fire" deaths of Canadians in Afghanistan
[UPDATED] The US Air Force has brought criminal charges against two pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian troops in Afghanistan in April, killing four and injuring eight. The charges come in the wake of Canadian and American military reports issued earlier this year that both blamed the F-16 pilots for the incident.
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NEW ON THE WEB... Moussaoui lawyers object to secret evidence
Standby counsel for accused terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui objected[PDF] Thursday to a US Government motion to introduce cockpit voice recordings from a hijacked September 11 flight under protective order which would prevent their disclosure to the public. They reinterated their concern that such evidence might be "highly inflammatory and unfairly prejudicial." MORE ON JURIST: MOUSSAOUI TRIAL
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Thursday, September 12, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... Reno refuses to concede Florida
AP reports via the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that even with all the polls reporting and Tampa lawyer Bill McBride claiming victory in the Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary with a lead of over 8000 votes, former US Attorney General Janet Reno refuses to concede and is still weighing her legal options amidst continuing reports of irregularities in Tuesday's balloting. MORE ONLINE: FLORIDA PRIMARY RESULTS
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NEW ON THE WEB... Seventh Circuit criticizes Illinois child confession law
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday expressed "grave misgivings" about Illinois law that allowed police to question children about a major crime without a friendly adult nearby. The court nonetheless upheld[PDF] on technical grounds a lower court ruling allowing the confession of a 14 year-old to the 1994 gang-related murder of an 11 year old. With obvious regret Judge Diane Wood wrote that "the many other indicia under Illinois law of the special care that must be exercised with children as young as 14 strongly suggests that an injustice was committed here."
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NEW ON THE WEB.. Sixth Circuit rules against Boeing in military helicopter case
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Boeing Corporation is liable for $19 million in damages to government equipment caused by the 1991 crash of a Chinook helicopter in Saudi Arabia. Boeing had argued that its Army contract exempted it from liability.
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NEW ON THE WEB... IP in developing countries
The Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, an independent task force established and financed by the British government and chaired by Stanford Law School Professor John H. Barton, released its final report Thursday offering dozens of recommendations for bringing intellectual property protection into balance with the goal of reducing poverty in developing countries.
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NEW ON THE WEB... House Judiciary Committee investigates privacy and use of genetic information
The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution heard testimony Thursday on privacy concerns raised by employers' and insurers' use of genetic information, and in particular on the possibility of discrimination based on personal susceptibility to specific diseases or conditions. MORE ONLINE: HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 1:55 PM | #
NEW ON JURIST... Tenure-track, visiting positions at Gonzaga
Gonzaga University School of Law seeks applicants for tenure-track and visiting positions. Possible areas of teaching need include, but are not limited to, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Trial Advocacy and Externship supervision. MORE ON JURIST: LAW TEACHING JOBS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 1:42 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Milosevic trial: Kosovo case concluded
Prosecutors at the Hague trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic have formally concluded their case against him for war crimes committed by Yugoslav forces in Kosovo. Video of Wednesday's trial proceedings is now online. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has gone into recess for two weeks before the next stage of the trial begins. MORE ON JURIST: MILOSEVIC TRIAL
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NEW ON THE WEB... SEC charges Tyco executives
The Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday filed civil fraud charges against three former Tyco International executives alleging that they failed to disclose tens of millions of dollars in low- or no-interest loans from the company and sold Tyco shares without revealing the loans to investors. New York prosecutors have filed additional criminal charges against the three men. MORE ONLINE: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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NEW ON THE WEB... FCC reviewing restrictions on media ownership
At a public meeting Thursday, Federal Communications Commission members voted unanimously to review existing FCC rules regarding media ownership, including existing limits on ownership of multiple stations in a single market and a ban on mergers between the four major networks. "At stake is how radio and television are going to look in the next generation and beyond," said FCC Commissioner Michael Copps. MORE ONLINE: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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NEW ON THE WEB... White House releases case against Iraq
[UPDATED] In conjunction with President Bush's address to the United Nations Thursday, the White House has released a 21-page background paper entitled A Decade of Deception and Defiance, alleging Iraqi violations of 16 United Nations Security Council resolutions over the past decade.
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NEW ON THE WEB... Bush addresses UN on Iraq
[UPDATED] Recorded video of President Bush's address to the UN General Assembly is now available. MORE ONLINE: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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NEW ON THE WEB... Unofficially, Reno loses by 8000 in Florida
[UPDATED] AP reports via the Orlando Sentinel that with all polls now reporting in Florida, Democratic gubernatorial contender and Tampa lawyer Bill McBride has an 8000 vote lead over former US Attorney General Janet Reno. But the Miami Herald notes that both candidates have plenty of ammunition for the courts should either decide to challenge the results. The ACLU has condemned what it calls "the latest Florida voting fiasco." MORE ONLINE: FLORIDA PRIMARY RESULTS
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Wednesday, September 11, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... Senate confirms new FAA head
The Senate Wednesday unanimously confirmed the President's nomination of Marion Blakey, currently Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, as the new head of the Federal Aviation Administration. MORE ONLINE: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
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NEW ON THE WEB... Florida poll a mess - legal challenge possible
[UPDATED] The South Florida Sun-Sentinel details a plethora of irregularities and recriminations associated with the Tuesday Florida primary. As of late Wednesday afternoon, ballots were still being counted in a "too close to call" Democratic gubernatorial race amid reports that former US Attorney General Janet Reno is considering a legal challenge to the result. MORE ONLINE: FLORIDA PRIMARY RETURNS
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NEW ON THE WEB... UK women launch court case to save embryos
The BBC reports that two UK women have launched a court fight to save their IVF embryos from destruction after their partners withdrew their consent for implanting the embryos and bringing them to term. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the UK statutory body that regulates IVF treatment, insists that both parties to an IVF procedure must consent to ongoing treatment or else embryos have to be destroyed.
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NEW ON THE WEB... House Judiciary Committee approves limited malpractice awards
By voice vote, the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved a bill that would limit malpractice awards for injured patients, restrict time limits on malpractice suits, and curtail lawyers' fees. The American Medical Association welcomed the Judiciary Committee's approval of the legislation. The legislation is vociferously opposed by trial lawyers' associations. MORE ON JURIST: MALPRACTICE NEWS
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NEW ON THE WEB... Greek video games ban overturned
From the Athens English-language daily Kathimerini: "A controversial new anti-gambling law that also bans Internet cafe owners from letting their clients play online computer games was judged unconstitutional yesterday in its first court test."
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NEW ON THE WEB... US lawmaker heads for Iraq - Iraq letter heads to US Senate
The Institute for Public Accuracy has announced that an independent delegation headed by US Congressman Nick Rahall and former Senator James Abourezk has left for Baghdad on a "humanitarian mission." Meanwhile, the Iraqi News Agency is reporting that the Speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly has sent a letter to the US Senate calling on members not to take hasty military action against Iraq, and urging them to "discuss the subject comprehensively before taking any decision to use force." MORE ON JURIST: WORLD LAW: IRAQ
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NEW ON THE WEB... ABA President: "Law is our collective shelter from the storm"
Marking the September 11 anniversary, American Bar Association President Arthur P. Carleton has written an Open Letter to the Profession calling on lawyers to renew their commitment to law and justice. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ABA
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LIVE EVENT... September 11 Forum - Duke Law School
Beginning at 12 Noon ET, Duke Law School is webcasting a faculty forum entitled "A Year Later: Examining the Emerging Legal Questions," featuring professors Michael Byers, Madeline Morris, Chris Schroeder and Scott Silliman.
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NEW ON THE WEB... Senate approves Amber Alert legislation
The US Senate Tuesday approved without dissent legislation setting up a national system to help locate abducted children whose kidnappers may have crossed state lines. The bill would make available up to $25 million dollars to state and local governments creating Amber Alert systems (already existing in some states) to broadcast information about missing children. ON JURIST: CHILD ABDUCTION NEWS
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NEW ON THE WEB... Miami-Dade voters support gay rights ordinance
Voter's in Florida's Miami-Dade county appear to have rejected a ballot proposal[PDF] to overturn a county ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. With 87% of precincts reporting, there were 145,971 votes against overturning the law, or 53 percent, and 130,100 votes in favor, or 47 percent. The campaign on the ordinance had been closely watched by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, which yesterday demanded an investigation into alleged voting irregularities. ON JURIST: GAY RIGHTS NEWS
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NEW ON THE WEB... ATF to DOJ?
The Washington Post reports today that the Bush administration plans to ask Congress to consider moving the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms from the Treasury Department to the Justice Department. This comes in the wake of a White House decision to put two other large Treasury agencies - the US Customs Service and the Secret Service - under the jurisdiction of the proposed Department of Homeland Security.
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NEW ON THE WEB... Law schools remember 9/11
[UPDATED] Law schools across the US are marking the first anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy by commemorations and, in some cases, cancellation of regularly-scheduled classes. In New York, Columbia Law School will remain open for classes, but Dean David Leebron has invited its members to participate in a series of services and events organized by Columbia University. NYU Law School is offering a series of faculty presentations on legal issues raised by the September 11 attacks and subsequent events, and Dean Richard Revesz will speak in memory of the victims. New York Law School Dean Richard Matasar is calling on members of his community to remember and rebuild. Brooklyn Law School is pausing for two moments of silence. Pace University Law School is holding a memorial service. In Washington DC, Washington College of Law at American University is presenting a panel discussion on "International and Domestic Implications of September 11th", and George Washington University Law School is sharing in various university-wide commemorations.
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NEW ON THE WEB... Former AG Reno trails in Florida primary "too close to call"
Former US Attorney General Janet Reno trails Tampa lawyer Bill McBride by less than 20,000 votes with 97% of the polls reporting in the Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary. Broward and Orange counties in South Florida, in which Reno had strong support, suspended counting votes early Wednesday morning but will soon resume. By an Executive Order from Governor Jeb Bush, polling hours in Florida were extended by two hours Tuesday due to problems with new touchscreen voting machines. GET FULL FLORIDA PRIMARY RESULTS
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Tuesday, September 10, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... ICC concludes Assembly
The First Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court treaty concluded its week-long meeting in New York on Tuesday. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged delegates to ensure that the new judicial body "begins life on a secure footing" free of politicization. A signing ceremony for the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the Court followed the closing of the meeting. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
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NEW ON THE WEB... House sends Martha Stewart probe to Justice Department
[UPDATED] The House Energy and Commerce Committee called on the Department of Justice Tuesday to launch a criminal investigation of Martha Stewart to determine whether she made false statements to the Committee during their examination of insider trading allegations surrounding her sale of ImClone stock before that stock plummeted in value at the end of 2001. Attorneys for Martha Stewart later issued a statement in response, welcoming the attention of "professional law enforcement authorities who are trained to conduct a responsible and thorough investigation." LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MARTHA STEWART/IMCLONE PROBE
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NEW ON THE WEB... Prosecution wrapping up Kosovo case in Milosevic trial
[UPDATED] The prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia is concluding its case against former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes committed in Kosovo. Video of Tuesday's trial proceedings is online. After this segment of the prosecution case is formally closed, the trial will break for two weeks before the ICTY prosecution begins the next segment of its case, on war crimes committed in Bosnia and Croatia. WATCH THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL LIVE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 5:16 PM | #
BREAKING NEWS "High" risk of terrorist attack
[UPDATED] For the first time since it adopted the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System, the Bush Administration has raised its terrorist threat-assessment status from "Elevated" to "High". Attorney General John Ashcroft and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge announced the heightened state of alert at a Justice Department press conference[video via C-SPAN]. LEARN MORE ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY
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NEW ON THE WEB... Justice Department monitoring primary elections
The US Department of Justice has sent 80 federal observers to monitor primary elections taking place today in Florida, New York and elsewhere. In Florida, Justice Department personnel are authorized to be present in the polls by U.S. District Courts under consent decrees with each county entered earlier this year. In Miami-Dade County, personnel will monitor the treatment of Haitian-American voters to ensure they have full and equal access to the voting process. In Orange and Osceola Counties, personnel, some of whom are bilingual in English and Spanish, will monitor the treatment of Hispanic voters and the delivery of Spanish language assistance to Hispanic voters with limited English proficiency. GET FLORIDA PRIMARY RESULTS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 12:13 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Civil liberties lost since Sept. 11
The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights has released a detailed report chronicling actions taken by the United States government since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 that it says have gradually eroded basic human rights protections, including fundamental guarantees that have been central to the U.S. constitutional system for more than 200 years LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
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NEW ON THE WEB... ICC: Canada expresses support, chastises US
[UPDATED] Speaking Monday at the First Assembly of States Party to the International Criminal Court treaty in New York, Canadian Minister for Foreign Affairs Bill Graham reinterated Canada's strong support for the incipient tribunal. He declared that democratic, law-abiding states "have nothing to fear" from it. A line suggesting that if Americans did not trust the nations co-operating to create it "the time may come when they may return the favor" was cut from the speech as delivered, although it appeared in the Minister's prepared remarks. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 9:14 AM | #
NEW ON JURIST... Deanship at IU-Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington SEE MORE DETAILS AND MORE JOBS
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Monday, September 09, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... Milosevic trial: former UN prosecutor warned of war crimes
Prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Monday displayed letters from former U.N. chief prosecutor Louise Arbour warning former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic that he risked prosecution for war crimes if he did not restrain his forces' brutalities in Kosovo. Video of Monday's trial proceedings is now online. WATCH THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL LIVE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL
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NEW ON THE WEB... Secret federal court meets to hear government surveillance appeal
A special three-judge federal appeals panel met in secret today to hear government arguments appealing an order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court made pursuant to a decision rendered in May and disclosed last month refusing to allow government use of foreign intelligence warrants when its purpose is primarily criminal investigations. The judges hearing the government appeal were: Hon. Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Hon. Edward Leavy, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Hon. Ralph B. Guy, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The ACLU has condemned the meeting, at which no other parties were entitled to be heard, as undemocratic. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT
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NEW ON THE WEB... US violent crime down
The US Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report Monday indicating that the rate of violent crime in the United States fell 10 percent last year, continuing a trend observed since 1994. Violent victimization and property crime rates in 2001 are the lowest recorded since the National Crime Victimization Survey's inception in 1973. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 5:12 PM | #
NEW ON JURIST... Upcoming conferences at Yale, Texas
Yale Law School will be sponsoring a conference on "Yale, New Haven and American Slavery" on September 26-28. The University of Texas Law Review will host a symposium on "Precommitment Theory, Bioethics, & Constitutional Law" on September 20-21. SEE THE FULL CONFERENCE CALENDAR
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NEW ON JURIST... Electronic Democracy conference
A conference on “The Prospects for Electronic Democracy" will take place in Pittsburgh on September 20-21, 2002, sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Information Technology and Society at Carnegie Mellon University. An international group of researchers, democracy practitioners and law professors will provide an interdisciplinary and multidimensional assessment of potential for new information technologies to promote and revitalize democracy. SEE THE FULL CONFERENCE CALENDAR
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NEW ON THE WEB... Zimbabwe: white farmers threaten to sue police who try to evict them
White farmers trying to resist the Zimbabwean government's latest effort to evict them have been encouraged by their lobby group to present any world-be evictors with a letter threatening to sue them. The text of the suggested letter, issued September 6, reads in part "if any police officer is involved in such illegal evictions this weekend, we will sue you and the various police officers involved for damages in your personal capacity. You will appreciate that all police officers are bound in terms of the constitution to honour the constitution of Zimbabwe and its laws, and if you fail to do so you will be acting beyond the scope of your employment and accordingly you will be held personally liable." LEARN MORE ABOUT LAW IN ZIMBABWE
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Sunday, September 08, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... President weighs in against Senate Homeland Security bill
In his weekly radio address broadcast Saturday, President Bush called for the Senate to give the head of the new Department of Homeland Security more administrative discretion in its version of the new Homeland Security Bill, now under debate. LEARN MORE ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY
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