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Newsletter Articles From 1999
From the chair
By Arthur J. Inman
October 1999
This issue brings council member Doug Darch's summary of a recent 7th Circuit case which could have important implications in the gun control controversy.
From the chair
By Arthur J. Inman
August 1999
Welcome to the 1999-2000 ISBA year and to the new edition of our section council newsletter. Several new members on our council add a variety of experience to our deliberations and programs.
From the chair
By Iain D. Johnston
May 1999
This issue of the newsletter contains the agenda for a presentation sponsored by this section council and the Child Law Section Council.
From the chair
By Iain D. Johnston
February 1999
This edition of the newsletter contains material that arose from the Midyear Meeting.
From the past chair
By Iain D. Johnston
August 1999
In the past several years as a member of this section council, I have been lucky to work with smart, interesting and fun lawyers and judges, whom I now consider my friends.
Hate (thought?) crimes
By James Stern
August 1999
Clarence Darrow said: "There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action."
Minutes of section council meeting
By Michael F. O’Brien
February 1999
The meeting of the ISBA Human Rights Section Council was called to order by the Chair, Iain D. Johnston, at 9:45 a.m. on December 12, 1998, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers Ontario Room.
No gun, no work
By Douglas A. Darch
October 1999
In a twist on the slogan made popular by the TV show Paladin "Have Gun, Will Travel," the Indianapolis Police Department terminated a police officer with more than 25 years of service because he was barred by a federal statute from carrying a gun.
Nondelegation doctrine makes comeback
By Douglas A. Darch
August 1999
The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently had the opportunity to dust off one of those little used and often forgotten constitutional law principles. In American Trucking Associations v. U.S. E.P.A., 175 F.3d 1027 (D.C. Cir. 1999), the court of appeals struck down several national ambient air quality standards issued by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA").
School discipline under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
By KKathe Klare
May 1999
School discipline is an important issue for educators, parents and students. It is of special significance for students with disabilities and their parents since historically the schools had failed to adequately protect the rights of children by inconsistent and subjective decision-making particularly when dealing with discipline.
Second District holds Tort Immunity Act taxes unavailable for prospective equitable remedies
By Michael F. O’Brien
October 1999
Editor's note: Previous editions of this newsletter contained articles entitled "The Tort Immunity Act and judicial taxation" (Oct. 1997, Vol. 24, No. 2) and "Circuit Court rules Tort Immunity Act taxes cannot fund school desegregation programs" (Jan. 1998, Vol. 24, No. 3) describing Rockford's court-ordered school desegregation taxes.
Some reflections on the emergence of a new victim class
By Arthur J. Inman
May 1999
The insightful and probing television drama, The Practice, a realistic look inside a small law firm practice in a Big City, recently presented a program on a too often overlooked victim class.