University Daily Kansan / Tuesdav April 21. 1992 9 High court to review federal power Justices might place new limits for overturning state rulings WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to consider putting sweeping new restrictions on the power of federal courts to overturn state criminal convictions. The Associated Press For the CALL Best Prep 843-3131 THE PRINCETON REVIEW The justices said they would use a Michigan case to decide whether federal courts generally could second-guess state courts that say a defendant's so-called Miranda rights were not violated. In the Michigan case, a federal appeals court threw out a murder conviction of a man who claimed his confession was involuntary and violated the Supreme Court's 1966 decision requiring police to warn suspects in custody that they may remain silent and are entitled to a lawyer. The justice also reopened a school-desegregation dispute in Topeka, 38 years after it used a case from that city to regenerate public schools nationwide. In the Topeka desegregation case, the justices told a federal appeals court to restudy its ruling that school officials had not done enough to counter past intentional discrimination against minority students. At issue is whether the Supreme Court will extend the scope of a key 1976 decision and bar federal courts from ruling that a defendant's Fifth Amendment rights were violated when the defendant has received a full and fair hearing on that issue in the state courts. The Fifth Amendment protects individuals from being forced to give police self-incriminating evidence. LSAT GNIAT GRE The 1976 ruling focused on claims of Fourth Amendment violations. In that ruling, the justices barred federal court review when defendants claim they have been subject to unlawful police searches that violate the Fourth Amendment. That amendment protects individuals against unreasonable police searches and seizures. The high court several times previously has declined invitations from state prosecutors to extend the 1976 decision barring Fourth Amendment claims to claims of alleged Fifth Amendment violations. The appeals court was told to restudy its ruling in light of the high court's March 31 ruling that federal courts incrementally may stop supervising previously segregated school In other action today, the court: districts if racial integration is achieved step by step. Left intact rulings aimed at assuring that 25 percent of the teachers and administrators in Boston public schools are black and that 10 percent are from other racial minorities. *Refused to order unemployment benefits for a Pennsylvania teacher fired from her parochial school job she married a divorced Catholic. The court, without comment, rejected an appeal by a teachers union that said federal courts exceeded their authority to desegregate the city's school system. The court, without comment, rejected a police union's arguments that the plan violates the rights of whites who apply to the police department. - Left intact an affirmative action plan aimed at increasing the number of black police officers in Philadelphia. The justices, without comment, rejected arguments that denying benefits violated her rights and the constitutionally required separation of church and state. TEACH OUTSIDE Now is the time to show SOLIDARITY and increase AWARENESS significant contribution we as GRADUATE EMPLOYEES University of Kansas. Please show your support for your classes OUTDOORS or true to the we y teaching Tuesday, April Wednesday, April 22 A brief held on Wednesday at 12:00 in front of Strong Hall. support!!! 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Hear the struggle for the public's right to know from a reporter who has covered 17 wars in the last 30 years. Thursday, April 23 1992 Allen Field House 8:00 p.m. Free Admission Sponsored by Student Senate and FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL STUDENT UNION ACTIVITES ยท 864-3477 The University of Kansas Commission on the Status of Women presents Women's Recognition Program "Women's History: A Patchwork of Many Lives" Tuesday, April 21, 1992 8:00 p.m. Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union Reception following in the Malott Room, Kansas Union Guest Speaker: Connie Hubbell President-Elect, Kansas State Board of Education Commission on the Status of Women is a student group funded by Student Senate.