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Friday, February 4, 2005

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Newsmaker: Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University Professor of Law. He’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, along with American University law professor Paul Williams, for his work in forming The Public International Law & Policy Group, an organization that advises fledgling foreign governments on how to set up legal systems, write constitutions and try former leaders for human rights violations. Scharf compares his group to the more-familiar Doctors Without Borders.

Roundtable: Elizabeth Sullivan, Plain Dealer foreign affairs writer; Harry Boomer of 19 Action News; and former broadcast journalist Emilie Knud-Hansen.

Smile, You’re on Candid Camera: It’s public policy Allen Funt would have loved. Cleveland might join the growing list of American cities with TV cameras snapping away at red light scofflaws. But Mayor Jane Campbell says it’s more about loot than lives. She’s hoping the cameras will help fill the city’s gaping budget hole.

State of the Union: President Bush outlined his agenda for the next four years in his annual State of the Union speech Wednesday night. He explained the reasoning behind his call to reform social security, challenged Congress to cut out unnecessary spending and invited other middle east nations to jump on the democracy bandwagon.

Iraq the Vote: Ignoring threats of violence and death, eight million Iraqis went to the polls and elected a national assembly that will write a constitution for the world’s newest democracy. The percentage turnout of voters in Iraq was higher than the turnout in the recent U.S. presidential election. There’s no indication yet how the outcome might affect the American military presence in Iraq.

Bill of Rights…Can I Put That on My MasterCard? American high school students know a lot more about VH-1 than they do about the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech. They told a recent survey that thought it was okay for the government to censor newspapers and that flag-burning is illegal.

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