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Dems Dig Into Supreme Court Nomineenew

Senators are seeking insight, via past memos and other internal documents, into John Roberts' positions on key issues, from civil rights to women's choice to due process.
The Village Voice  |  Chisun Lee  |  08-04-2005  |  Politics
Tags: George W. Bush, Bush appointee, JohnRoberts, Senate Judiciary Committee, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, nominee

Infamous Manhunt Leads to Struggle for Justicenew

Twelve years after a dragnet for a rapist targeted blacks in Oneonta, N.Y., a class action lawsuit is going to trial.
The Village Voice  |  Chisun Lee  |  08-04-2005  |  Race & Class
Tags: civil rights, discrimination and unreasonable search and seizure., racial dragnet

Civil Rights Rollback: The Spread of Racial Profiling since 9-11new

By presenting race-based profiling as necessary to homeland security, the Bush administration has traded the principles of universal equality and individual dignity for the presumption of safety.
The Village Voice  |  Chisun Lee  |  08-05-2004  |  Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties, law enforcement, 9-11–related bias incidents, author of a widely cited 2002 law article entitled The Citizen and the Terrorist, End Racial Profiling Act of 2004, LaShawn Warren, Leti Volpp

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