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For The Week Ending July 11, 2003
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Supreme Court Turns Back
Interview with Lani Guinier,
In a landmark decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court June 23, the justices upheld by a 5 to 4 vote, the University of Michigan's affirmative action admissions policy employed by the law school to promote educational diversity. While turning back the first major challenge to affirmative action in 25 years, the Court in a 6 to 3 ruling, struck down the University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions system which relied on points awarded to minority applicants.
Opponents of affirmative action had a powerful ally in the Bush administration, which had sent U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson to argue unsuccessfully before the court that university admission systems which take race into account are unconstitutional. But a well-organized national coalition of college students, civil rights activists, members of the U.S. military and some major corporations proclaimed their support for the goal of achieving diversity and equal opportunity throughout America's institutions of higher learning.
Writing the majority opinion in the law school case, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stated that "in order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity." Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Harvard University Professor of Law Lani Guinier, who assesses the recent Supreme Court decision viewed by many as an important victory for the civil rights struggle in America.
Contact Harvard University's Civil Rights Project at (617) 496-6367 or visit their web site at www.civilrightsproject.Harvard.edu
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GOP Cover-Up of Iraq War Intelligence Manipulation
Interview with Dennis Kucinich,
Of the nine announced Democratic presidential candidates, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has emerged as a passionate activist on a number of issues important to progressives inside and outside the party. As chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Kucinich led the fight in the House of Representatives last fall against legislation authorizing President Bush to use force in Iraq. Though he and his allies lost that vote, the tally was closer than many had predicted. The congressman has for several years advocated the creation of a Cabinet-level Department of Peace.
Dennis Kucinich became known nationally in 1977, when he was elected mayor of Cleveland at the age of 31, the youngest person ever to lead a major American city. But when Kucinich resisted the demand of powerful banks to privatize the city's publicly owned electric utility, the banks declared Cleveland in default, causing him to lose his re-election bid in 1979. Since entering Congress in 1996, Dennis Kucinich has been a tireless campaigner for labor rights, universal health care, fair trade, sustainable development and protection of the environment.
Although dismissed by the corporate media as a long shot, the Kucinich campaign received a boost recently when the candidate captured second place after former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, in an online poll conducted by MoveOn.org, an Internet-based activist group. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Dennis Kucinich about his candidacy and allegations now being leveled at the Bush administration that they had exaggerated or misrepresented intelligence they used to justify the war against Iraq.
Contact Dennis Kucinich's campaign office at (866) 413-3664 or visit his website at www.kucinich.us
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Denounce Drug War as a Public Policy Failure
Interview with Jack Cole,
Jack Cole is a 26-year veteran of the New Jersey State Police. For 12 of those years, Cole worked as an undercover narcotics officer. During his career, he investigated street drug use, mid-level narcotics dealers and international "billion-dollar" drug trafficking organizations. After retiring, Cole says he began dealing with the emotional fallout resulting from his participation in the drug war by working to reform current drug laws. Last year, Cole, along with five others, founded LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, which now has more than 400 members nationwide, including current and former police officers, judges and elected officials. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Cole at a recent conference on wrongful convictions in New Haven, Connecticut, where he was the featured speaker. He explained how the drug war has corrupted police officials and discussed the four main goals of his organization. Contact LEAP by calling (781) 393-6985 or visit their website at www.leap.cc Related links:
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