Court to rule on sobriety checks LANSING (AP) - The legal battle over sobriety check lanes in Michigan reached the legal pinnacle yesterday when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide if police na- tionwide may use them to curb drunken driving. The justices said they will review Michigan court rulings that struck down the state's program as an un- constitutional invasion of privacy. Courts in other states have upheld virtually identical checkpoint pro- grams. Howard Simon, the executive di- rector of the Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, . predicted the state rulings would be upheld. "Three Michigan courts have looked at this program, all of whom rejected it. The Legislature had op- posed it. Public opinion had opposed it, and the evidence that came out in court was that these were not effec- tive procedures for fighting drunken driving," he said. Simon said he would talk to lawmakers and try to put together a coalition in support of a measure banning check lanes and make the appeal unnecessary. Gov. Blanchard proposed the check lanes - where every motorist is stopped and checked for signs of drinking - in 1986. On May 17, 1986, troopers in the Saginaw area checked 126 vehicles in less than an hour and detained two drivers for so- briety field tests. One driver was ar- rested on a drunken driving charge. The ACLU, representing six state legislators, filed a lawsuit against the check lanes and Wayne County Circuit Judge Michael Stacey ruled they were unconstitutional. His ruling was upheld by the Michigan Court of Appeals and on Feb. 22, the State Supreme Court refused to take up the case. "I commend the Supreme Court for looking at the constitutionality of sobriety check lanes. Michigan and many other states as well need clarification of this issue," Kelly said. In his appeal, Kelly referred to the "grave and legitimate public in- terest" in fighting drunken driving and asked the justices to resolve the conflicting state court rulings. The Supreme Court in 1979 barred police from randomly stop- ping vehicles to check registration papers. In that Delaware case, offi- cers had total discretion over which vehicles were stopped. The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 3, 1989 - Page 3 'U' students recall tragedy in China 120 Michigan students join 10,000 in Washington Candlelight vigil Nuha Khory (far right ), a member of the palestinian Solidarity committee joins members of the General Union for Palestine and the New Jewish Agenda in holding candles and a flag last night while a tent was being erected on the diag in commemoration of the 1982 massacre of Palestinains at Sabra and Shatila. MSA to debate recognizing Cornerstone Christian Fellowship by Kevin Fencil Sunday afternoon in Washington D.C. 10,000 people came and gath- ered for a purpose. They assembled to commemorate the thousands of Chinese students slain in the Tiananmen Square mas- sacre in China 100 days earlier. Under the gray, thick sky banners were erected, and flags poked upward. Everyone huddled in groups as if by doing so, they could somehow keep the rain from completely drenching them. Admidst this garden arose a unique, yet easily recognizable ban- ner. Through the rain, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, one could clearly see the gold, block "M" set squarely against a blue background. Around the banner were blue and gold sweatshirts each carrying a re- quest: Democracy for China. The banner wasn't raised in victory, but rather, in support. 120 students from the University, sponsored by the International Federation for Chinese Students and Scholars, made the trip. They de- parted from Ann Arbor in two shifts, one last Friday night and the other the following evening. After a ten- hour drive, the students who left Friday evening were housed with host families or with friends and rel- atives living in the D.C. area. Saturday evening, a candlelight vigil was held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. For some, like Natural Resources sophomore Jeff Ansley, the vigil and the whole weekend were filled with the images of Tiananmen Square that had been brought to us this summer. "All I could see was the student, standing in front of four tanks, giv- ing his life for democracy," said Ansley. The rally was also a time for hope. Linan Lui, the President of the Chinese Student Solidarity Union pointed out that many students at the event had mixed emotions. "We were very angry about what happened in China, and this has given us a good chance to show our emotions. Liu expressed his appreciation for all those who marched, saying "it was important that the Chinese stu= dents not feel alone." Students from many other schools, including Princeton; Stanford, Univerity of Claifornia at Berkely, Ohio State University; University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Arizona, were present for the rally and march. Andre Liu, student leader of the Princeton delegation, said his group of graduate students, undergraduate students, and faculty had known about the event since late July. "We are not here to topple the government in China, nor are, we hear to try to force the U.S. gov- ernment to change its policies," said Liu. "We are here to show support for the students in China." Despite the crowd's wide array of emotions that day in Washington, a subdued, sad feeling seemed to hang over the event. And with the sadness came the rain, and as it began to pour, the protestors took to the streets to be- gin the twenty-block march to the Chinese Embassy. The crowd rose, and the banners were uprooted. Shouts of "Freedom" and "Democracy for China" filled the air, and wet shoes slapped the black pavement. Near the front, arms strained to hold up the 'M', and a mass of maize and blue pushed it steadily ahead. by Josh Mitnick Daily MSA Reporter Representatives from the Cornerstone Christian Fellowship will be on the hot seat tonight when the Michigan Student Assembly de- bates whether or not to recognize the campus group. The majority of campus groups received recognition at last Tuesday's meeting, but the assembly hesitated extending recognition to CCF be- cause members were concerned that the groups did not comply with a clause in the MSA Constitution, prohibiting discrimination based on sexual preference. After two hours of debate, they agreed to hold off voting on CCF until the group had a chance to ap- pear before the assembly and make their case. MSA president Aaron Williams said, "they should be recognized un- til something goes wrong, and deal with it then," he said. Last year, CCF was derecognized by the Central Student Judiciary - the judicial branch of MSA - on the grounds that it discriminated against gay men and lesbians by denying them positions of leader- ship. Assembly Vice President Rose Karadsheh maintained that CCF has shown no record of harassment or discrimination. She said she thought the group was wrongfully derecog- nized last year. "I don't want to be part of the assembly that suppresses freedom of religion," she said. CCF representative Mike Caulk - known to students as Preacher Mike - denied yesterday that his group has ever discriminated against anyone. In fact, Caulk said it is his group that has been wrongfully dis- criminated against because of the "Christian values" to which they ad- here. "We've got a radical group on campus that has denied us recogni- tion because of our beliefs... they're trying to dictate to us our member- ship," he said. Rackham rep. 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