Zaire
KlNSIIA A - An over­
night curfew was dec.l�ed
in Zaire's copper-mmmg
Shaba region, where at least
20 people have been killed
in ethnic clashes.
In
women
NICOSIA,-A enior
World Health Organisation
official urged developing
countries on Wednesday to
invest in educating their
women, ayi08 they would
reap economic dividends.
"Educating women pro­
duces one of the higb t
rates of economic benefit of
any type of inv tment," Dr
Ilona Kickbusch, WHO Di­
rector of Lifestyles and
Health, told the 10th Com­
monwealth Health Minis­
ters Meeting in Cyprus.
She aid that at the same
time developing countries
should ensure that women
had the right to own and
inherit property, to work for
wages am have easy access
to family planning and child
care.
A recent WHO study in
51 countries showed educa­
tion made a greater eontri­
bution to improving health
than medical � projects. .
uprem
c
ST TEHOOD 0 D.C.-·
U.S. S n. Florence
Pendleton (C) and Alpha
Kappa Alpha (AKA) intema­
tional president Dr. Mary
Scott of Atlanta, Ga. display
a flyer which AKA will use in
it effort to help D.C. gain .
tatehood. Looking on are .
AKA leaders, along with rep­
resentative from area
chapters (l, l-R) Ms. De­
Vera Redmond, Xi Omega;
Mrs. Alison Alexander, ex­
ecutive director; and Dr. Eva
L. Evans, first vice president;
(A,L-A) Mrs. Ferial S.
Bishop, president, Xi Zeta
. Omega, and Mrs. Barbara
Quick, connection chair­
man, Aho Nu Omega.
Cour judg
By JEFFREY A. SCHOENBORN POLITICAL ANALYST Bill
C.plUl N .... S.rvlc. Ballenger said of the system, "It's an
absurdity."
LANSING - With a unique elec- � He said there either should be no
toral process that is used only in party nomination at all or party iden­
Michigan, voters will cast their bal- tification indicated on the ballot. It is
lots for two state Supreme Court judi- misleading to claim the candidates
cial seats on Nov. 3. are running on a non-partisan ticket.
Incumbent Dorothy Com tock In orne sta�s, like in the federal
IINfV'I4IR r i l' d· h gOY mment, .uPre court ustice
it ��� 81$ ���' t"W are apP<9 ' •. -
ft'ttY, hcrWH9'1f1 C!bcJ�o tices are appo nted for a given term,
Circuit Court Judge Michael Talbot at the end of which they must be
is seeking to take incumbent Conrad elected by the people to tay in office.
Mallett Jr.'s spot. Many critics of the Michigan sys-
Supreme Court justices are tem feel that if it is ever altered, the
elected on a non-partisan ticket. That Missouri system would be a viable
means when. you step into the voting alternative.
booth no party identification will ac- Mallett, who is a Democratic
company the candidate on the ballot. nominee, was appointed to the court
However to get on the Supreme by Gov. Jame Blanchard in 1990 at
Court ballot, one has to be nominated the end of his term. Mallett replaced
by a political party. The exception is Justice.Dennis Archer, 'who resigned
that incumbents may, but rarely do, to pursue a private law practice. It is
nominate themselves. widely speculated that the former
'justices are eight years, but during the
first general election that comes up,
appointees must pursue election.
OIICAGO - Hispanics
in Chicago's oldest Latino
neighborhood say politi­
cians ignore them except at
election time when tbey ap­
pear at festivals, a national
study of Latino neigbbor­
hoods says,
The study released last
week covered five neigh­
borhoods -- Pilsen in Chi­
cago, Calle Ocho in Miami,
BI Barrio in New York,
Magnolia in Houston and
Boyle Heights in Los Ange­
les.
Residents of PUseD, a
predominantly 'Mexican
neighborhood on Chicago'S
Near West Side, said they
consider church-based or­
ganizations, not voting,
their most effective politi­
cal tool, said John Valadez,
an assistant profcssorofpo­
litical science at the Univer­
si ty of Wisconsin­
Whitewater.
"Both parties in this
campaign have virtually ig­
nored minority voters," said
Rodolfo de la Garza, a gov­
ernment professor at the
University of Texas. "The
campaign has almost en­
tirely been framed as a bat­
tle for the white middle
class and Hispanics just
aren't seen as part of that
constituency. "
Many community­
based organizations are
looking to 1993 when the
first Hispanics legalized un­
der the Immigration Re­
form and Control Act will
become citizens and eligi­
ble to vote, Valadez said.
Gabon
LIBREVILLE - Oil-rich
Gabon announced it ex­
pelled more than 10,000 Ni­
gerian . in a swoop o.n
illegal immigrants. Opposi­
tion and human rights
group said they had been
brutally mistreated.
Justices, secure the court
ByAMVYUHN
C.plt" NrN. Servlc.
LANSING-Justices of the
Michigan Supreme Court are rethink­
ing their open courtroom si tuation
and installing various security
measures to protect the seven jurists
on the bench.
The Supreme Court chamber, lo­
cated on the second floor of the Law
Building in Lansing, is guarded by
one desk officer who sits across the
hall from the chamber entrance.
Unlike some lower courts, there
are no mental detectors or armed
guards hovering around the door­
ways.
- But that's about to change.
CHIEF JUSTICE Michael
Cavanagh said he has suggested step­
ping up security in the Supreme
Court chambers. The U.S.
Marshall's office from Detroit, which
controls ecurity for federal courts,
has advised the justices on what
measures to implement.
"We have made significant efforts
here, but it's taken a long time,"
Cavanagh aid. "You don't like to
get paranoid but, on the other hand,
you don't want to wait until after the
fact, "
Some of the new security
measurers will include moving the
security de k closer to the chamber
doors and installing a walk-through
metal detector, said Thomas Farrell,
public information officer for the
court.' Bags and briefca es al Q will
carched, he said.
"Security has been a concern of all
courts," Farrell aid, "In urban area,
LANSING - As the Legi lature
acts to reinstate Michigan' parental­
consent law, pro-choice forces may
be looking to the s tate Supreme Court
- and its two seats up for grabs in
November - as their last hope (0
JUDGE PETER MACERONI. ,overturn it.
chief circuit judge in Macomb Coun- Right-to-life forces ay rewritten
ty, is trying to get funding to improve bill requiring pregnant teenagers to
get consent from a parent or guardian
before having an abortion will be free
of loopholes, but experts are predict-
trial courts have heavy sec uri ty.
We're not a trial court, but you never
know."
The difference between the
Supreme Court and lower courts is .
the justices hear oral arguments and
have an audience in the courtroom for
only three days each month. There
are far fewer opportunities for some­
thing to happen, he said.
CAVANAGH SAID WITH the
number of people in lower court
courtrooms-from prisoners to their
family members to spectatcrs=-he
can't believe there haven't been more
violent occurrences in courts.
"I'm surprised there haven't been
more instances of there being trouble
ion crowded courtrooms," Cavanagh
said. "Why somebody hasn't been
handed a khife or somebody hasn't
been handed a gun and somebody's
beenshot..."
One of the most violent instance
of trouble in a courtroom came in
1988 when Grand Rapids District
Court Judge Court Judge Carol Irons
was murdered by her estranged hus­
band while in her chambers.
Farrell said if someone has the
absolute desire to commit such a
crime, he or she will find a way.
"If a person wants to do it, you're
just I ucky if you can prevent them
from doing it," he said .• "It's j t
luck."
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parti
an Or no '?
� .
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enough public support to do that, and
THE SEAT THAT is sought by THERE WERE OBJECTIONS Talbot said he doesn't believe there
Mallett and Talbot, the Republican to the redistricting by ome in- . ever will be.
nominee, will be up for re-election dividuallegislators and localities, but
again in November 1996. That is the two major parties did not voice THAT lACK 0: public interest
when Archer's term would have opposition to it. evident in the election of Supreme
ended. Kelly is the Democrat-nominated Courtjusticcs. Observershave noted
Despite party nominations, Mal- oppo ition to Riley, the GOP-- for years that most people do not
lett· id l' , m � nomtlWrt'eCt'inemn 8nt. .. She ���: follow he upreme �urt races and I
C', . . ,Ips . �" ..... )"t. ��i ��W.�r ,,,. or
poUti He���.���ent .... Supreme Co'ul\, Rg.,Vli; �justi�i,nl tbf r� .. , -'3�.no If
as an example. 'tbe restructunng of frequently vote across party line. Chie us ce Michael Cavanagh
legislative districts is something that "I think judges, over hi tory, have aid people do not generally care
comes before the court every 10 generally proven themselves to be about qualificatiom. Members of the
years. independent," Riley said. executive and legislative branches
Redistricting is something, critics Complaints of ideological biases are elected, and Cavanagh aid
charge, that has historically been in the Detroit Bar Association's people want to vote for judicial can­
manipulated to the advantage of the rating of those running for the didates as well.
Republicans or the Democrats, Michigan Supreme Court have sur- "I don't think anybody can argue
depending upon which held the faced. The criticism is that the two that there isn't a degree," Cavanagh
majority of the court at the time. . Democrats running received "well said, "a certain degree, of account-
Mallett said that was not true for qualified" ratings, while all other ability in having to return to the
the current court's recent reappor- candidates got less flattering voters, and defend yout opinions;
tionment. reviews. defend your record."
"One of the things that I'm most The only way to change the cur-
proud of in my tenure is to raise my rent system is to get an alternative on
colleagues above party politics," he the ballot and amend Michigan's
said. constitution. There has never been
Abortion impacts Supreme qourt race
By ANDY HALLDORSON
C.plr., New. S.rvlc.
A Kalamazoo Circuit Court judge
declared the parental consent law un­
constitutional in August because of
an unclear definition of what con­
stitutes a medical emergency. 'the
law had been in effect more than a
year.
The House responded by p sing
a new version of the bill by a 69-35
vote before rece ing to hit the cam­
paign trail. The bill i now in the
state Senate, where experts predict it
will meet with imilar success.
Ing a legal dogfight if the bill be­
comes law as expected.
Supreme Court Chief Justice
Michael Cavanagh said the fate of
parental consent will probably be
decided in Michigan's court of last
resort."
"Somebody is going to be unhap­
py with whatever version is passed,
and invariably that mean it i�
dragged into the courts," Cavanagh
said.
"W 'LL HAVE TO see w)\at i
pas ed, but I have every confidence
it will vi it US."
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