Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $12,693
15%  
Woo hoo!! And now less than $300 to reach 16%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: drunkendrivers

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • A Test of Ethnic Courts for Drunken Drivers

    02/28/2006 9:29:57 PM PST · by neverdem · 4 replies · 533+ views
    NY Times ^ | March 1, 2006 | RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
    Attacking what he called racial and ethnic segregation, the Phoenix district attorney filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against Arizona court programs set up to provide treatment for Spanish-speaking and Indian drunken-driving offenders. Andrew P. Thomas, the Maricopa County attorney, whose office serves the fourth-most-populous county in the nation, said the "race-based courts" violated the Constitution and federal laws barring discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity. The programs are not technically courts. They are probation programs that steer people to therapy and other treatment in an effort to combat alcohol addiction, though a judge may impose jail or other...
  • CA: Lawmakers OK bills targeting drunken drivers, aiding fire victims,food stamps & puppies

    09/01/2005 7:03:00 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 18 replies · 373+ views
    ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 9/1/05 | ap - Sacramento
    SACRAMENTO (AP) - Bills helping smokers quit their habit, cracking down on drunken drivers and aiding homeowners who lose their houses in fires or other natural disasters cleared legislative hurdles Thursday. DRUNKEN DRIVING: The Assembly approved a bill that would let law enforcement officers impound the vehicle of a suspected drunken driver, if that driver had a previous conviction for driving under the influence. The bill, by Sen. Jack Scott, D-Pasadena, was approved on a 55-13 vote and sent to the governor. Opponents said the bill went too far in fighting drunken driving by seizing property before a case went...