Fletcher spoke Tuesday at an MSU Diversity Week lunch about citizenship, along with my colleagues Veronica Thronson and Tiffani Darden. MSU law school Jeannette Lugo moderated, cuz it was getting rowdy:
Emily and Victoria laughing it up before the talk.
The CFP is here; and the deadline is November 15.
The Wisconsin Journal of
Law, Gender & Society
Announces our 2010 Symposium:
Law, Gender and Citizenship:
Contemporary Issues for American Indians and American Immigrants
March 5, 2010
University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison, Wisconsin
From the New York Times:
The Bush administration threatened to veto Senate legislation designed to improve health care on Indian reservations, objecting to provisions involving pay and benefits for workers on some projects. The legislation would increase screening and mental health programs at the Indian Health Service, improve tribe members’ access to Medicare and Medicaid, and lead to new construction and modernization of health clinics on reservations. The bill would also require that the Davis Bacon Act, under which contractors and subcontractors must pay workers locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits, be applied to some of the projects. The administration said in a statement that the labor provision would violate longstanding administration policy.
Interestingly, NPR reported this morning that the Bush Administration’s reasoning was that the bill looses restrictions on proving citizenship in order to qualify for benefits. Guess they can’t keep their story straight….
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