We all hear about late term abortions or as Charles Canady (R-Fla) coined in 1995 “partial birth abortions”.  This November the 8th, the United States Supreme Court is going to be hearing a case where they will determine the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003.  This is an act “to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion”.  They are looking at to see if the act is invalid because it “lacks a health exception”, which Congress determined unnecessary to preserve the health of the mother, and then to see if it is unconstitutional for any other reasons that may arise.  The cases presented are Gonzales, Attorney General, v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., et al; and Gonzales, Attorney General, v. Carhart, et al.

6pm at Dodson Auditorium. We will have Dr. Schafer speaking on critical thinking in politics and the news. Whole meeting should last 60 - 90 minutes, not required to stay whole time.
We will have be accepting new members - fees are $15 a semester or $25 a year.
Membership includes:

• Question & Answer sessions with speakers after their presentation. Food and drinks supplied.
• Free entrance to debates
• Movie Nights
• LSU funding for trips

Written by Maria Paulina Villalvazo from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City

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In April, a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) entitled “Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States” was published. An NIE is a coordinated summation of the judgments of sixteen US Intelligence agencies, which is then approved by the Director of National Intelligence. This means it represents a unified assessment of a certain issue pertaining to national security.

NIEs are literally estimates which show a general trend in the current state of affairs in relation to the past. They tend to shy away from being strictly predictions, and usually serve more of an informational role with suggestions for the future. This NIE was partially declassified on September 26th by President Bush.