DreamWorks puts new spin on Moses tale
A song in the animated film about Moses from the DreamWorks studio is called Playing with the Big Boys, a title that may prophetic for the epic’s mastermind, Jeffrey Katzenberg. His $100 million (£60 million) biblical story from Exodus, The Prince of Egypt, opens tonight…
The Latest War on Terrorism
The declaration of the Bush administration to wage open-ended “war” against international terrorism will have definite implications for dissent at home. They estimate the campaign will last five to ten years. In wartime, the US government has always used fear to expand its powers and…
Reno v. American Arab anti-Discrimination
RENO V. AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATIONCOMM. (97-1252) 525 U.S. 471 (1999) 119 F.3d 1367, vacated and remanded. Opinion of the Court NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter...
Terrorism and Racial Profiling Essay
"Before September 11 we had almost succeeded in eliminating racial profiling, After September 11, it's a whole new world," says Michel Shehadeh of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in the western region. "One thousand Arab Americans have already been detained and we don't know who...
‘L.A. eight’ case another government failure
Last week, a federal immigration judge dismissed the government’s case against two Palestinian men arrested with six other residents because of their alleged connections to Palestinian terrorists 20 years ago. Judge Einhorn, of the Los Angeles Immigration Court, executed an order to terminate the deportation...
And then there were two
FOR two decades, the U.S. government has been trying to deport two Palestinians living in Southern California — middle-aged men who have been lawful permanent residents of this country for three decades. The Department of Homeland Security, which must soon make a decision on the...
Patriot Act Used In 16-Year-Old Deportation Case
Patriot Act Used In 16-Year-Old Deportation Case Administration Revives 1987 Effort By R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, September 23, 2003; Page A03 The Bush administration has decided to pursue a 16-year-old effort to deport two Palestinian activists who as students distributed...
Lives of Worry, Sadness, ‘Why?’
The L.A. 8, arrested in 1987 for allegedly aiding terrorists, still express bewilderment over it all. And the government still presses its case. June 30, 2005|Peter H. King | Times Staff Writer Picture a tidy, two-story house on the far eastern fringe of metropolitan...
Do Immigrants Have First Amendment Rights?
Revisiting the Los Angeles Eight Case by Jeanne A. Butterfield published in MER212 “War on Terrorism Hits LA,” the headline of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner screamed on January 27, 1987. The Los Angeles Eight, as the seven Palestinians and a Kenyan came to be known, are still fighting...
The Forgotten Government Plan to Round Up Muslims
In the early morning hours of January 26, 1987, federal agents across Los Angeles charged into the homes of seven men and one woman and led them away in handcuffs. More than 100 law enforcement officers—city, state and federal—were involved. “War on Terrorism Hits LA,”...