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High court upholds affirmative action WASHINGTON – The grassroots movement that marched and rallied in defense of affirmative action over the last decade hailed the Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 decision, June 23, upholding race-conscious admissions programs at the University of Michigan (U-M) Law School. Wade Henderson, executive secretary of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), called it “a great victory for America.”...
Posted: Thu, Jun 26, 2003 12:54pm PDT
Sac - Know Your Rights info This is the info on the Know Your Rights handbill that we're distributing at the Welcome Center and elsewhere. Sorry for not getting it online sooner. Please read it & ask others to read it too. And write the legal hotline number on your forearm so it'll be handy if you get arrested!...
Posted: Sat, Jun 21, 2003 6:01pm PDT
Sac legal hotline number! emergency hotline, if you're in trouble on the streets or in jail: 916-359-1081
non-emergency legal info, reports from legal observers, etc.: 916-321-4627
Know Your Rights handbill available at Welcome Center -- read it!...
Posted: Sat, Jun 21, 2003 1:06pm PDT
orrin HATCH or orrin HACK? The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday he favors developing new technology to remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Internet....
Posted: Tue, Jun 17, 2003 2:40pm PDT
Santa Cruz Activist Jailed by F.B.I. Lindsay Parme is in jail for defying a judge's order to
appear before a New Jersey Grand Jury. She needs all
the support we can muster. In this time of increased
government repression against our movement, it is
integral that we stand strong and united in opposition
to their grand juries and other assaults on our
liberties and freedom....
Posted: Tue, Jun 17, 2003 11:56am PDT
UPDATE: Supreme Court to rule on Texas sodomy law The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on the Texas ban on
sodomy between consenting adults. Communities across the
country are preparing to react when the court either throws
out or upholds the sodomy law. The court's decision could
impact our lives for many years to come.
Whatever the outcome, we urge those in San Francisco and
the Bay Area to join us at Harvey Milk Plaza, corner of
Castro and Market Streets, starting at 5:00pm on the day
the court announces its decision, probabl...
Posted: Fri, Jun 13, 2003 11:27am PDT
SF Reacts to Queer Supreme Court Ruling Dear Queer Community and Allies,
We expect the Supreme Court ruling to come down as soon as
Monday in the case of Lawrence v. Texas, about a man who was
arrested for private consensual gay sex in Texas.
We must obtain the same right for LGBT folks that
heterosexuals already have for private consensual
sexuality! It is a matter of basic justice and dignity
and influences how LGBT folks are treated in myriad
other ways.
If the court ruling strikes the Texas sodomy law, we
want t...
Posted: Fri, Jun 6, 2003 11:05pm PDT
DisneyAOLViacom Owns Your Butt the gods of draconian blandness over at Disney could, right now, hypothetically, snatch up as many as three major TV stations, eight radio stations, the cable-TV company and the only major newspaper, all in the very same city. Maybe your city. Aww look, it really is a small media world after all... So then, why not the media? Why not let AOL Time Warner or Murdoch's draconian News Corp. own every major media joint in town? It is, after all, just another part of the mad pageant, all part of Am...
Posted: Wed, Jun 4, 2003 8:33pm PDT
Urgent Support Needed Support Conscientious Objector and First Amendment rights...
Posted: Sun, Jun 1, 2003 3:59pm PDT
BTL:Opponents Organize Resistance to FCC Rules Change That Will... ...Strengthen Media Monopolies Interview with Between the Lines' John Nichols, Washington correspondent with The Nation, conducted by Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2003 11:01pm PDT
Petition :
Stop Censoring IndyMedia from Google News 
Please endorse the 'Stop Censoring IndyMedia from Google News' Petition...
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2003 5:11pm PDT
BTL: Federal Court Derails Campaign Finance Regulations Supreme Court will... ...decide fate of McCain-Feingold law Interview with Nick Nyhart, executive director of Public Campaign, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, May 16, 2003 2:41am PDT
The confinement of the elderly in legalized in Sweden The confinement of the elderly is legalized in Sweden...
Posted: Sun, May 11, 2003 7:51am PDT
Legal Update 5/1/03 Info on Infractions & Courtesy Letters, Cases in other Jurisdictions, and other exciting legal news....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2003 5:35pm PDT
Wanna Narrow the Gap Between the Rich and the Not So? Not only the Iraq war will widen the gap between the rich and the rest of the American public, the tax code loop holes continue to turn this nation into a corporate controlled state. To achieve world peace, narrow the economic gap....
Posted: Wed, Apr 30, 2003 4:28pm PDT
MOUSSAOUI SHOW TRIAL JUDGE FAILS TO DISMISS INDICTMENT The Classified Information Procedures Act requires a judge to dismiss an indictment when the government refuses to allow the use of classified evidence. Yet Moussaoui is being kept in prison without access to classified information that exonerates him of the phony 9/11 accusations....
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2003 9:44am PDT
ACTIVISTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MEXICO RECEIVE DEATH THREATS WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS THE RESOLUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS THAT CONDEMNS THE SITUATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL GUARANTEES IN CUBA. CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS ALERT ON THE AMBIGUITY AND DANGER Of THE OFFICIAL SPEECH....
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2003 1:48am PDT
California’s .50 (Caliber) ban to be heard in Committee April 29th! (AB 50) California’s 50 ban to be heard in Committee April 29th! The California Assembly Committee on Public Safety will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 29th on AB-50 the 50cal ban introduced by Hollywood Democrat, Paul Koretz....
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2003 9:14pm PDT
Terrorist Abbas Captured in Baghdad, Bosch still at Large in Miami Washington, April 15 — The Palestinian guerrilla leader who planned and lead the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro, today entered U.S. custody in Iraq.
Orlando Bosch, convicted for the hijacking and murder of 73 people, remains at large in Miami....
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2003 5:35pm PDT
legal updates- 30+ detained at Chevron/Texaco HQ 30+ activits detained at the action to shut down the Chevron/ Texaco Headquarters being held on tennis courts across the street from the oil giants' world corporate HQ...
Posted: Mon, Apr 14, 2003 11:26am PDT
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