Federal judge keeps poultry lawsuit moving forward
(OKLAHOMA) -- A Tulsa federal judge is pushing forward to keep a Sept. 21 trial date in a lawsuit over pollution in the Illinois River watershed. The defendants — 12 poultry companies — had filed a motion earlier this week asking for a delay, saying they need more time to handle all the paperwork from Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s office.
Quest for justice motivates trio of attorneys
(NEBRASKA) -- When she was 12, Danelle Smith set a goal of becoming a lawyer. Nothing, she decided, would stand in her way. Not the poverty and unemployment that surrounded her on Nebraska’s Winnebago Indian Reservation. Not the patriarchal nature of the tribe that kept women from speaking at some gatherings.
No delay expected in chicken litter suit
(OKLAHOMA) -- A Tulsa federal judge is pushing forward to keep a Sept. 21 trial date in a lawsuit over pollution in the Illinois River watershed. The defendants -- 12 poultry companies -- had filed a motion earlier this week asking for a delay, saying they need more time to handle the paperwork from Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s office.
Court 'moving ball' on racial hiring, Obama says
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court was "moving the ball" on affirmative action in this week's decision favoring white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., but he added that the court had not ruled out the use of racial preferences in the future.
NDP calls for hearings on aboriginal law
(VANCOUVER) -- The NDP is calling for travelling public hearings on a wide-ranging law that would rewrite the province's relationship with aboriginal peoples, saying widespread consultation is needed to build support for the landmark legislation.
Churchill's return to CU not a sure thing
(COLORADO) -- Should Ward Churchill be: A) Reinstated as a tenured professor at CU. B) Given so-called front pay in lieu of reinstatement. Or . . . C) Sent packing with the $1 awarded by the jury in his lawsuit against the school and nothing else.
Churchill awaits judge's decision
(COLORADO) -- Ward Churchill may learn early next week whether he'll get his job back at the University of Colorado, a Denver District Court judge said Wednesday.
Churchill in court to ask to teach again at CU
(COLORADO) -- Ward Churchill, the former Colorado professor fired after comparing some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi, testified Wednesday that he wants his job back without special privileges, but warned more legal battles would ensue if the university retaliates against him upon his return.
NNABA strongly supports Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Heather Dawn Thompson, president of the National Native American Bar Association, said that while the association cannot officially endorse the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, they are strongly supportive of her.
The Roberts Court, Tipped by Kennedy
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. emerged as a canny strategist at the Supreme Court this term, laying the groundwork for bold changes that could take the court to the right even as the recent elections moved the nation to the left.
Copyright © 2009
All Rights Reserved
Victor Rocha Communications, LLC.
P.O. Box 892559
Temecula, CA 92589
