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...speech at Harvard Law School yesterday. After being convicted of second-degree murder for assisting terminally ill patients to commit suicide, Kevorkian, a former pathologist, served in prison for eight years before being released on parole in 2007. Kevorkian said he uses the 9th Amendment, which addresses civil rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution, as the basis for his belief in a patient’s right to die. Last week, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made a dismissive remark about the 9th Amendment when taking questions from the audience during a lecture at the Law School...
...credit card fraud charges after the Sept. 11 attacks. While in custody in the maximum security section of Metropolitan Detention Center, Iqbal allegedly received "gross mistreatment." After being deported, he filed suit against the prison and FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft, claiming multiple civil rights violations including that the officials "designed, or at least approved of, a policy of segregating Arab and Muslim detainees from the general prison population until individually cleared of suspicion by the FBI." The U.S. District Court of New York dismissed most of his claims, which the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court...
...immigration language in the media, and how that affects understanding of immigration in the public eye,” he said. The fellows and panel members discussed topics ranging from the justifications for the most current immigration raids to the legitimacy of immigration as either a civil or criminal issue. The day was divided into three parts: Immigration and the Economy, Immigration and the Law, and Immigration and the Assimilation of the Second Generation. “It doesn’t seem like there will be a comprehensive piece of legislation [on immigration] in the near future...
...point out, that American foreign policy is not perfect, but we believe that a healthy respect for the national interest can coexist with a policy of engagement and progress in the future.In particular, we are concerned about the lack of democracy and transparency in China’s nascent civil society. Recently, we were devastated by reports that infant formula tainted by melanine was responsible for the poisoning of thousands of Chinese infants, and that candy contaminated by the same chemical had reached American shores. We urge policymakers on both sides of the Pacific to better regulate and police...
Alongside protests from civil rights groups and churches are cries of approval. Commentary on blogs and news articles and conversations among friends show a frightening sympathy with LaBruzzo’s purpose. All other heinous aspects aside, LaBruzzo and his supporters speak to America’s abominable attitude toward our poor citizens...