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...Jesse Jackson. Jackson, from whatever perch he surveys potential opportunities for race-baiting, took notice of this clear-cut disciplinary case and decided that it was once again time to rattle his rusting saber. He descended upon Decatur, and along with his Rainbow/PUSH coalition organized protests and filed a lawsuit on behalf of the expelled students. Jackson intimated at school board racism and seized on the board's "zero-tolerance" policy regarding violence, claiming that it violated the students' constitutional rights...
...political consultant in the 1998 election campaign of Judge Rodriguez, who said Monday that (unlike the U.S. government) she'd been convinced that Elian faces imminent danger if he were returned to Cuba now. Gutierrez denied any conflict of interest Tuesday, telling TIME, "I'm not party to this lawsuit, I'm just a community activist who's not deriving any benefit from this case." He did acknowledge serving as a paid consultant to the election campaign of the judge, who was later transferred from felony court to family court pending a campaign finance investigation...
...together in the basement of an Episcopal church to plot the redefinition of marriage. Among them were a nurse, a few lawyers and a pair of Christmas-tree farmers. They thought the state should treat their relationships no differently from those of heterosexuals, and they eventually brought a lawsuit...
They've been portrayed as the Rosenbergs of the '90s, and they're not happy about it. Sylvia and Wen Ho Lee, two Asian-born naturalized Americans, don't appreciate being branded as spies for communist China, and on Monday they filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., Circuit Court against the three federal agencies they say irresponsibly ruined their reputations. Wen Ho Lee, in jail pending trial on 59 charges that he compromised sensitive military documents while working at Los Alamos, was the subject of a very public investigation into whether he was the mole who gave China design secrets...
...potential upside of the lawsuit (beyond any money that might come his way) is an improved chance for acquittal in the criminal case. If he proves the feds acted wantonly in the investigation, it'll put the integrity of the criminal investigation into question. A finding in favor of Lee is also sure to raise further questions about the government's investigative procedures, including press leaks and whether it practices racial profiling...