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Discusses various aspects related to presidential papers in the U.S. and how former President Richard Nixon might benefit from it. Lawsuit filed by Nixon against the U.S. government in which he demanded that it pay him for the estimated 42 million pages of Nixon presidential papers it holds at the National Archives; Market value of Nixon's papers; Discussion on the legal status of presidential papers throughout the ages; Reasons why Nixon is exempt from the clause that all presidential papers, starting with Ronald Reagan, are the property of the government in the first place; Significance of the Watergate scandal in the control exercised by Nixon over his presidential papers and the Watergate tapes.

Focuses on advertising executive, copy writer and U.S. Congressman Bruce Barton. Discussion of the opinion that freedom of press does not entitle newspapers to publish personal scandal; Focus on a case in which Barton accused the defendant of blackmail and attempted extortion; Suppression of the case by several newspapers; Comments on the space given to Barton in several newspapers; Information on Barton's control over advertising money.

Focuses on the reply of Allen Weinstein on the review of his book "Prejury" about the Alger Hiss case by Victor Navasky, editor of the journal "The Nation," in the April 8, 1978 issue of the journal. View that the Hiss case continues to obscure the more complex truths about American Communism and anti-Communism; Report that Navasky claims to be arguing not that Hiss is innocent, but that the evidence from Weinstein and others are insufficient to establish that he is guilty; View that all of Navasky's challenges concern only two subjects--the existence of a Communist underground in the United States, and communist Whittaker Chambers' participation in it.

Focuses on the treatment of the U.S. government over the impoverished and neglected American Indians with emphasis on their claims in Maine. Discussion on the past and present activities related to a claim for some 10 million acres of land made by Indians of Maine which is owned by big paper companies; Difficulties associated with bringing the tribes and the state at an amicable settlement; Citation of efforts of non-Indian lawyer Tom Tureen in achieving the successes for Indians in the case.

Presents information on constitutional rights in the U.S. Collision of constitutional rights in a publicized case that relates to mass murder committed in mid-October in Sutherland, Nebraska in 1975; Conflict related to the issue whether newspapers should print confessions or otherwise inflame potential jurors; Discussion of the guidelines announced by the a committee of lawyers and media representatives; Information on a ban on the reporting of the exact nature of the limitations of publicity; Description of a case related to the constitutional rights; Reference to the article "Blackmun Backs a Curb on Press in Nebraska Case" that was published in a previous issue of the periodical "The New York Times"; Decision that the only parties over whom the district court had jurisdiction were the newspapers and media representatives who voluntarily intervened in the criminal case.

Reports on decision of the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the freedom of speech in military regulations. Description of the rulings given by the Supreme Court in two separate cases which restrict freedom of speech of military personnel; Details about earlier Supreme Court decisions in which it forbid pre-licensing system; Views of various judges regarding whether there should be a prior restraint on military regulations or not.

The article presents commentary on various domestic U.S. politics and law as of the week of July 3, 1971. The legal case between the Department of Justice and the New York Times over the publishing of Vietnam War documents is discussed in detail. The book "Hopes and Fears of the American People," by J. Irwin Miller is highlighted. A federal ruling banning the distribution of fingerprint records by the Federal Bureau of Investigation outside of crime enforcement is reviewed.

Presents news briefs, related to political developments of several nations. Comments of President Calvin Coolidge on the Conference of Allied nations in London, England, for the reconstruction of Europe, after the World War I; Features of the Dawes Plan, formulated by U.S. politician Charles Dawes, discussed at the Conference; Benefits of the Conference to France; Agreement of the U.S. to cooperate in the control to be exercised over Germany; Achievements of the Conference; Features of the political campaigns of presidential candidate John W. Davis and President Calvin Coolidge; Use of humble origin and homely personality by Coolidge to promote his campaign; Attack of Davis on the Republican corruption and inefficiency in his campaign; Attitude of many politicians towards the candidacy of Senator Robert La Follette, forming his own Progressive Party; Description of the menace of "syndicate journalism," when a chain of newspapers is owned by a single individual; and uses his power for improper private ends; Steps taken by Attorney-General Harlan P. Stone, to get rid of William J. Burns by abolishing the system of espionage; Trial of several persons convicted of the murder of Lieutenant Warren Grimm of the American Legion in an attack on the I.W.W. hall during a parade on Armistice Day, 1919; Eye witnesses to the murder.

Discusses the stand of Harvard University president Abbott Lawrence Lowell on the truth behind the alibi of Nicola Sacco in the controversial Sacco-Vanzetti case in the U.S. Contention of Sacco that he was in Boston seeking passport to Italy at the time of the murder in South Braintree, Massachusetts; Testimonies of fellow Italians Felice Guadagni and Albert Bosco on their claim that they were with Sacco in Boston at the time of the murder: Assertion of Guadagni and Bosco that they went into a banquet hosted by members of the Italian community in honor of editor James T. Williams of the "Boston Evening Transcript"; Results of the investigations suggests that Sacco was lying because Guadagni-Bosco testimonies did not coincide with the actual date of the banquet; Citation of the account of Sacco counsel William G. Thompson that the alleged banquet took place, it was just a matter of typographical error in the paper which said it otherwise; Questions regarding the basis of the court for convicting Sacco despite favorable evidences proving Sacco's innocence.

The article focuses on the support gathered by Reverend Sun Myung Moon, who was convicted on charges of tax evasion in 1982 in the U.S. There are several advertisements published in favor of Moon in all major newspapers. The campaign to vindicate Moon was set up by the so-called Committee to Defend the U.S. Constitution, a Unification Church group. The matter is serious as Moon and one of his aides were also convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Reports on the censorship against mass media in the U.S. Prohibition of the selling the book "An American Tragedy," by Theodore Dreiser; Comparison between the harm done to liberty by censorship and the harm resulting from the suppression of the particular book, speech, pamphlet or play; Conviction of Mary Ware Dennett of a crime by a New York jury in a federal court for sending through them mails her pamphlet for the instruction of the young on "The Sex Side of Life."

The article focuses on the case of U.S. government employees John Peters and Otto Nathan. Neither had the remotest connection with the military or the diplomatic security measures taken by this country. Neither aspired to any such connection. Peters' job was to hold in check the mange and the colic. The charge brought against him was that at some time in the past he had joined the communists. As for Nathan, all he wanted was a, chance to go abroad to check up on some of the papers of the physicist Albert Einstein. Nathan wanted to consult certain people who had worked with, Einstein in Europe.

The article discusses Chinese agricultural espionage against U.S. genetically modified corn seed companies, noting a case against alleged spy Mo Hailong involving the attempted theft of corn seeds. Topics include the theft of corn seeds on behalf of the agricultural firm Kings Nower Seed, the involvement of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the matter, and the history of hybrid corn seeds.

The article discusses copyright issues regarding videotape copies of television programs. The copyright act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1977 and a suit filed by Universal Studios and Walt Disney Productions against Sony Corp. and codefendants that calls for the removal of videotape recorders (VTR) from the market are addressed. Moreover, the possibility of compelling VTR makers and buyers to pay compensation to producers of copyrighted material by courts is tackled. The effects of VTR on motion picture and television industries are also discussed.

Presents several cases of people in the U.S. who were convicted of sending unauthorized letters from prison. Conviction and sentencing of the antiwar priest Philip Berrigan; Allegation laid down on Berrigan that he was sending one letter and trying to send three more to nun Elizabeth McAlister and attempting to operate outside the knowledge of authorities at the federal penitentiary where he is confined; Statement that the letters sent to the nun had to be smuggled because she was not on the priest's list of authorized correspondents; Information on another case of gangster Harold Konigsberg, an inmate at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, who also attempted to send unauthorized letters from the prison; Information that he was released last year to the State of New York to serve a sentence there; Punishment given to entrepreneur John C. Alessio, for committing the same crime; Statement that all the cases showed the level of injustice in the U.S..

Focuses on the controversy surrounding the case of U.S. Army Private James H. Watson who was arrested for possession of marijuana. Argument of Watson's commanding officer that he should be court martialled rather than let him be tried by a civilian court; Watson lawyers' motion for the drug charges to be dismissed because military courts have no business taking the case; Negative impact of the case on the administration of military justice.

The article focuses on the U.S. investigation of entrepreneur Tom Petters and the Ponzi scheme associated with his Petters Company Incorporated (PCI) business. Details about the educational, business, and criminal background of Petters and his evangelicalism of his business colleague Frank Vennes are included. The false investments, donations to political campaigns such as that of U.S. politician Michele Bachmann, and business deals with evangelical Christians and business are also discussed. The U.S. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) investigation into the fraud is described along with the prison sentence of Petters and the potential sentencing of Vennes.

In this article the author discusses the fact that the U.S. National Security Agency secretly collected the phone data of millions of Americans and that Congress is doing very little about it. Civil libertarians have filed lawsuits against the agency and it appears as if Congress is going to leave the matter to the courts. The author warns against this, stating that the courts have an imperfect record in protecting civil liberties.

The article discusses the speech made by Erin Brockovich-Ellis, the famous environmental crusader, for Beverly Hills High School parents and alumni at the hotel's Crystal Ballroom. She was there to warn that current and former students at the school on which "Beverly Hills 90210" was based are being poisoned by toxic emissions from nearby oil wells. In the mid-'90s Brockovich and her boss, lawyer Ed Masry, helped uncover groundwater contamination in the central California town of Hinkley and as a result won a massive settlement from Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). But the preponderance of evidence suggests that the Beverly oil wells are not having any discernible impact on the health of Beverly students. Nor is Beverly an isolated case. Many of Brockovich-Ellis and Masry's other toxic-contamination lawsuits have been supported by questionable scientific evidence at best, dating all the way back to the case that made them famous. The failure to demonstrate elevated levels of benzene in the air isn't the only weakness in Masry and Brockovich-Ellis's case. It's not even clear that there are increased rates of Hodgkin's disease or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma around Beverly.

Examines the influence of the abortion issue in the United States. Effect of the decision of the Supreme Court to take the pro-life issue on the politics; Religious interpretations regarding beginning of human life; Difference between conception and birth; Information obtained from electroencephalogram readings of fetus' brains; Analysis of the sequence of the growth of human life; Discussion about the history of abortion law in the country; Impact of abortion restrictions on the rights of American women; Mental issues associated with the termination of pregnancy.

Comments on various political issues in the U.S. as of December 21, 1998. Decision of a jury on a case against former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy; Reactions to a remark made by Judge A. Leon Higginbotham during the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on December 1, 1998.

Focuses on several political and social developments in the U.S. Criticism of the leadership of Amnesty International head Jack Healy; Appreciation of the writing style of editorial page of the newspaper "The Wall Street Journal"; Description of the hearings presided over by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Presents updates on U.S. politics and business lawsuits, as of December 1961. Status of the antitrust dry ice conspiracy case involving Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. and three other defendants in New York; Political contributions of the late New Hampshire Senator Henry Styles Bridges; Decision of U.S. President John F. Kennedy to handle problems the U.S. government has with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev.

Comments on the stand of Montana Federal District Court Judge George Bourquin on the case of the warrant-less arrest of a suspected Communist John Jackson, a member of a local International Workers of the World. Denial of civil rights to Jackson; Order of the court for the release of Jackson since the whole process was a violation to the Constitution; Basis for the decision of Jackson; Assertion of the author that the decision will restore the faith of the citizen in the moral integrity of the judiciary.

Discusses the powers of Supreme court in the U.S. with special reference to two recent Supreme court decisions, one validating Louisiana law which imposed discriminatory taxes on newspapers with large circulation and one upholding the federal government's right to contract for the transmission of power under the Tennessee Valley Authority. Intervention by the court to protect freedom of the press; Powers of the court in the enactment of a legislation; Factors affecting the decisions of the court; Arguments related to the court's power to protect civil liberties.

Presents quotes from various publications related to political and social events that took place around the world. Comments of Fulton J. Sheen on the sincerity of Catholic priests in prayers for the Soviet Union; Report of the newspaper "The New York Herald Tribune" that the War Production Board has rejected the application of the city of Larchmont, New York, for ninety seven feet of wire for an air-raid siren; Report of the trial of Australian actor Errol Flynn in the newspaper "The New York Post" in which Betty Hansen, the victim, has given her clarification for her alleged association with Flynn; Opinion expressed by a reader through a letter published in the newspaper "The Dallas News" that segregation on street cars has increased in the U.S.; Advertisement of Edgeworth Tobacco by biscuit manufacturing company Blue Tin.

Examines the efforts of the American firm Sears Roebuck & Co. to use the civil rights issue in its fight against the enforcement of federal equal employment opportunity laws. Sears' filing of a lawsuit to seek affirmation of its claim that corporations have a constitutional right to be regulated only by agencies and rules that are consistent; Claim that corporations have a right not to held liable for employment discrimination; Legal representation of Sears by civil rights lawyer Charles Morgan Jr.; Questions on Sears' employment practices related to the promotion of women employees; Claim that the lawsuit was filed in anticipation of an employment discrimination lawsuit against Sears by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Focuses on the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution with a ruling in favor for freedom of speech in the U.S. Information on the case of dermatologist Howard Levy, who was court-martialed as he spoke out against the Vietnam war and refused to go to the war; Statement of a federal court of appeals that the court-martial on these grounds was unconstitutional because, under binding Supreme Court decisions, statements of the kind made by Levy could not constitutionally be punished under a catch-all law; Laws made by the U.S. Supreme Court on obscene words and materials; Ruling of the Court that the film "Carnal Knowledge," was obscene under Georgia law and under the new Supreme Court standard so that manager of the movie theater where it was shown could be fined and sentenced to jail for showing the movie; Defense of the Directors Guild of America and the Authors Guild of America, by highlighting the artistic and literary qualities of the film; Pronouncements delivered by the Supreme Court affecting freedom of speech and press.

Focuses on the request of Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski for additional notes, memoranda and tapes of key presidential conversations in the U.S. Request for the telephone conversation of U.S. President Richard Nixon with attorney general Richard Kleindienst; Preparation of the Nixon's counsel to give the prosecutor other requested taped conversations; Irony with the apparent White House compliance; Discussion of the 1972 campaign "dirty tricks"; Fact that the major subject of the Cox inquiry was unlawful campaign contributions and any government actions that may have been taken as a result of specific contributions.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. U.S. President Richard M. Nixon has announced a temporary freeze on retail prices to combat inflation. The author suggests that the Ervin Select Senate Committee failed to properly interrogate Maurice Stans, finance chairman of the re-election committee for President Nixon, about his activities during the break-in at the Watergate Hotel. The U.S. Senate has approved a legislative bill to provide direct payments to farmers.

Discusses the lawsuit filed by physician Jeffrey MacDonald against the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1997. Background of the massacre case against MacDonald in 1979; Flaws in the practices of the crime laboratory of the agency; Allegations against the manipulation of the forensic evidence of the clients by the agency.

Focuses on the lawsuit filed by Joyce Brown, a homeless mentally ill person, on her forcible hospitalization in New York City. Effort of the state government to save the homeless mentally ill; Assertion that the standard for the involuntary commitment of the homeless mentally ill is wrong; Assertion that rebuilding an asylum system is one problem one can and should throw money at.

The article discusses issues related to U.S. politics. The author suggests public confidence in the U.S. government has been shaken by increased involvement in the war in Vietnam and the expulsion of representative Adam Clayton Powell. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson has delayed food shipments to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. The U.S. National Advisory Commission on Selective Service has issued a report on draft reform to President Johnson.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. The author suggests an increase in spending for the war in Vietnam will detract funds from efforts to combat U.S. poverty. The U.S. National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts reports that state governments have contributed little to conservation water and soil sources. Soviet writers Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli M. Daniel were arrested by Soviet authorities on charges they published books outside the Soviet Union.

The article offers news briefs for the week of November 20, 1965. Particular focus is given to the war on poverty in the U.S. and the advocacy of placing poor individuals in roles of power within poverty programs. The article also discusses U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam and the U.S. stance on peace negotiations. Further article topics include a damage suit involving Gold Bond trading stamps and a California Supreme Court decision regarding the use of operating expenses as charity.

This article offers world news briefs for the week of August 8, 1964. The political attributes of former U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and his relationship to former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, are discussed. Details of a trial involving President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, James R. Hoffa, is discussed. U.S. legislation pertaining to the "forgotten 30,000" drafted soldiers, who were ineligible to serve in the Vietnam War due to their married status, are discussed.

This article presents world news briefs for the week of May 30, 1964. Various issues concerning U.S. politics and government are discussed. The U.S. Supreme reviewed the case of Dewey McLaughlin and Connie Hoffman, a racially integrated couple who were living together. Very few African Americans participated in the March for Democratic Schools in New York.

The article provides world news briefs. U.S. President John F. Kennedy's tax cut proposals are being criticized by business, labor, and economists for not cutting corporate taxes. Thomas Carlton Wansley, an African American living in Lynchburg, Virginia, was convicted of committing rape by two all-Caucasian juries and has been given the death sentence. The U.S. Senate's Steering Committee is, the article states, reassigning senators to committees based on how they voted during the filibuster.

Focuses on J. William Fulbright, a member of the U.S. Senate representing Arkansas. Criticism that resulted from the public silence of Fulbright at the time of the school desegregation crisis at Little Rock; Decision of Fulbright to file a legal brief of his own with the U.S. Supreme Court asking for a cooling off period before any further attempt was made to integrate Central High School; Association of Fulbright with the Federal Water Shed Program; Relations of Fulbright with other members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. Bernard Barker, a defendant in the break-in of the Watergate Hotel, drew money from a bank account funded by checks sent to the Committee for the Re-election of the President. Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. has dismissed indictments against former government official Daniel Ellsberg regarding the leak of government documents. The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation to cut funding of U.S. bombing in Vietnam.

This article presents news including HEW Secretary Caspar Weinberger's discussion regarding the avoidance of tax increases and inflation in the United States, the duty of the Ervin Select Senate Committee to lay out the scope of the 1972 Republican Party espionage and sabotage campaign against the Democratic Party and its presidential candidates, and the economic and environmental benefits of geothermal power.

This article presents news including the release of documents by the United States Congress on the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation obstruction of justice case, a meeting of the Democratic National Committee with Chairman Robert Strauss on March 21, 1973, and the pressure of property tax on land developers in the United States.

This article presents news including the printing of counterfeit Vietnamese money by those in the United States, the 14-nation meeting in Paris, France, on March 16, 1973, which focused on the value of the dollar and exchange rates for foreign trade, and documents confiscated by the United States Justice Department, which belong to the International Telephone and Telegraph corporation and relate to an obstruction of justice charge.

Presents information on the legal status of tenants in the U.S. Tenant law and legislation; Problems faced by tenants; Impact of the relationship between tenants and landlords on agriculture; Topic of leases; Details of cases involving breach of lease by the tenant.

Focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court case of trial of Chicago, Illinois-based drug dealer James White for drug dealing who was caught with the help of an informer, Harvey Jackson, of the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics. Description of meetings of the informer with White; Information regarding the radio transmitter which Jackson was wearing during meetings with White; Information that White's case has received four full-scale appellate hearings; Decision of the court on the case.

Focuses on the need of a reform of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in the U.S. Limitations of the Code established in the year 1950; Possibility for the influence of commanders on action of a court-martial; Features of an omnibus bill related to military justice; Provision for the right of a civil servant to a full hearing before his dismissal; Opinion that weaknesses of the 1950 Code are seriously impairing the quality of military justice; Increase in the civilian standards through various points of the Code; Impact of Supreme Court decisions on the military. INSET: Pray-In at Ft. Jackson..

The article offers world news briefs for the week of August 13, 1945. Particular focus is given to a review of military operations in the latter stages of the Pacific theater of war during World War II. Landowners of the Columbia River Basin in Washington have voted to sign contracts with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding irrigation. A war criminal trial involving French military official Henri Pétain is also discussed.

Focuses on the difference of opinions among the U.S. Supreme Court judges regarding various cases. Reason for the emphasis on the personal aspect of Court relations in the public mind is, primarily, that newspapers are seldom able to present more significant aspects of decisions to their readers; Difference among the members of the Court are real in the sense that they go to the merits of particular cases; Information on the two major categories on which justices are divided; Description of the anti-monopoly cases; Discussion of the civil-liberty cases that arise in so many forms that easy generalization becomes difficult; Opinion that differences were largely personal and they might easily be compromised in the interest of a larger security.

The article offers news briefs related to political events in the U.S. Army soldiers Walter Trumbull and Paul Crouch has been sentenced for imprisonment at hard labor by a court martial in Hawaii in for communism. Roger Baldwin of the American Civil Liberties Union has been sentenced to jail for six months for taking part in a meeting of striking silk workers in New Jersey. The Ku Klux Klan has been declining in membership and activity, and in some regions it has been reported to be dying.

Focuses on the criminal syndicalism (CS) in the U.S. Report that more than half of the U.S. states adopted an almost uniform statute, which created the new crime of criminal syndicalism and was directed mainly against the Industrial Workers of the World; Definition and provisions of the CS as given in the California Statute; Reference to the trial of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in California; Report that on July 16, 1923, the Attorney General applied to the Superior Court in Sacramento County, California, for an injunction against the Industrial Workers of the World, and various specified committees, officers, and members of the organization; Report that the Sacramento injunction combines two significant legal tendencies of recent years, governmental suppression of radical discussion and organizations, and governmental use of the injunction instead of criminal prosecutions to maintain law and order; Information on the advantages and disadvantages of the injunction; Charges made in the California case against the IWW that the IWW exists to teach CS, and is attempting thereby to fan flames of discontent among all laboring men and women and all employees in the state; View that instead of these get-peace-quick methods, people should tighten up the machinery of criminal justice to punish violent acts with all the swiftness and sureness of which the jury system is capable.