ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss American Support of Anti-Terrorism Legislation.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001 TOPIC: According to a New York Times/CBS News poll, Americans are largely supportive of anti-terrorism legislation targeted at non-citizens, but they are uncomfortable when such rules are made by executive order and fearful that they may eventually impinge on the rights of citizens. According to the New York Times, 8 in 10 of the 1,052 surveyed said they believed the president should make changes in the criminal justice system in consultation with Congress, rather than by executive order. About 65 percent said they were worried about losing their own rights, while the vote was split evenly, 43 to 45 percent, when asked which worried them more -- that the government would fail to enact strong anti-terrorism laws or that the government would enact new anti-terrorism laws that excessively restrict the average person's civil liberties, the story said. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Prof. Bruce Altschuler is a political scientist at the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. , Oswego. His expertise includes civil liberties, Constitutional law and the U.S. Presidency. 315/341-2350 Professor Allen Wernick is a nationally recognized attorney, immigration law expert and 12-year veteran columnist for the New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. . In addition, Professor Wernick is the author of the King Features syndicated column titled, "Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. and Citizenship." Professor Wernick is a widely published author whose book, "U.S. Immigration and Citizenship: Your Complete Guide, Revised 2nd Edition," is the leading popular guide on the topic of immigration. He is a professor at Hostos Community College Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York is a community college in the City University of New York system. Located in the Bronx, New York City, Hostos Community College was created by an act of the Board of Higher Education in 1968 in response to , CUNY CUNY City University of New York and a visiting professor at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . Professor Wernick currently serves as chair of the Citizenship and Naturalization naturalization, official act by which a person is made a national of a country other than his or her native one. In some countries naturalized persons do not necessarily become citizens but may merely acquire a new nationality. Project of the City of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and practices law as counsel to the firm of Glenn Bank in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . PR: Shakira Brown 212-725-2295 ext 14; shakirab@tryloncommunications.com Prof. Joel Aberbach is Director of the UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution Brookings Institution, at Washington, D.C.; chartered 1927 as a consolidation of the Institute for Government Research (est. 1916), the Institute of Economics (est. 1922), and the Robert S. Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government (est. 1924). . Aberbach's research ranges widely over topics in American and comparative politics, with emphasis on legislative-executive relations and broader issues of executive politics and policy making. His current research project is a collaborative study of how bureaucracies in four major western democracies (United States, Great Britain, Germany and Sweden) have adapted to changing conceptions of the role of the state. PR: Harlan Lebo; Stuart Wolpert hlebo@college.ucla.edu; stuartw@college.ucla.edu Dr. David Wegge is a Principal at IntellectualMarketing and an internationally recognized expert on research and polling. PR: Michael Bina Associates 920/465 7330; mbina@new.rr.com ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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