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swanciger Terolyn Thompson and Blake Webber. Elissa Latocia Avant, a student at .Jim Bndger .Jumor High Srhool. ha, been namer! an Arademic All :\merican IJ\ the '\at ional Second an· Educall~· 8 ,t·hool \'ear The· new oflicers tor Basie's .J ROTC are Michelle Minear, com- manding oltker: Michelle Lanza, executiw ofticer: Patrick Kiley, S1:

Student, trom Mabel Hoggard Six h t,mdt Center were recog- nized for !'ompleting the Mathe- matiC'III Olvmpiacl, contes with a team core· m the top JO percent of all part ttipatm~ chools. The com- pet 1 t ion attr'H' e

Stegmuller graduates t1-i5 s Sharon Stegmullrr a re. ident of Bonsall. was among the l 250 students receiving degrees from the l ruvcrsilv of San Diego at c·omrnen< P·r 1ml exercises held '.\1a, 23 ,ind 24 siegmuller received her bac- calaureate degree in Spanish Shr was a writer for the studer•t newspaper. the Vista. for four vears and the editor-in-chief hr> r ~enior vear She was a membEr of the· Dean ·s List for a high grade point average and lhl \\ho·. Who among American Colleges and UniVl'rs1ties. Slegmuller was ehosen as one of tm candidates out of 2,500 cho~en for a position as an PmployPe benefits represen- tati\e for A Ina Life and Casual- !. She will begin tnining on .June 22 in Hartford. Conn --~~-~----/'. r ,.. -

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 123,092)

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Kathleen Ellen Delaney, daugh- ter of '.\Jr. and Mrs..Joseph P. De- lanev of Las \'egas, received a bad;elor of arts degree in English

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SPORTS CA~P - aiia day' sum- mer sports c~ for boys and girls from 8 to 17 years of age. Tourna- ment and basic tennis, girls volley- ball, boys football, girls and boys basketball, girls softball and coed swimming and soccer will be of- _fered. For details, call 260-4803./ _USO CQaches will conduct

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840)

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Judicial nominee Siegan sharply criticized by liberal group WASHINGTON - A liberal group oppo.'11og President Reagan's nomi- nation or Univ~lty of San Die~o law prof or Bernard Siegan to t e fed- ice, Democrats control the Senate. The President nominated Siegan in February to the 9th Circuit ·of sent it to the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee for review. states. "Because such rights as vot- ing, jury service and housing are po- litical rights and not natural rights, Mr. Siegan's world would allow all- white juries, all-white political pri- maries, racially restricted zoning and enforcement of racially restric- tive covenants in deeds." The report also cites Siegan's ob- jections to the Supreme Court's land- mark decision in New York Times v. Sullivan that protects the press from libel unless there is a showing of malice.

has developed," said the report sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. "In so doing, ite rejects the heart of the role of the courts as guardian of the federal Constitution." Patrick Korten, a spokesman for the Justice Department, dismissed the report as the work of "a prettv fringy bunch that doesn't exactly pul a lo of weight around her . I d n't t 10 .\'e'd care to react to what ar ying ' Th Judie! I , election ProJect is of the Alhance For Justice, nization formed by liberal groups to oppose President Reagan's conservalive judicial nominees. The group cc ·upied the front lin"s of ear- lier confirmation battles volving Mr. Reagan's nominees to high feder- al judgeships Those earlier battles were fought bile Republicans con- trolled the Senat . ow, for the first time since Mr Reagan came to off- an o

The report attacks Siegan for his view that the 14th Amendment pro- tects only "fundamental and natural rights" of life, liberty and property and not political rights such as vot- ing, office holding, jury service, pub- lic schooling. In his book, Siegan argues that those political rights must be created by the Legislature - not by the courts. But the Judicial Selection Project said the segregated "dual school sys- tems" for black and white children "would not have been dismantled" if Siegan's views had prevailed. Siegan's view that the court should protect only fundamental and natu- ral rights "would have devastating consequences for othE:r types of civil rights ca: es as well," the report

Appeals. The Senate committee has yet to schedule hearings on the nomi- nation. The report, a copy of which was obtained by Copley News Ser- vice, is due to be publicly released next week. Siegan has argued that the Su- preme Court should give more than minimal scrutiny to laws that im- pinge on property rights and eco- nomic liberties. He has also criti- cized Supreme Court decisions en- forcing school desegregation by busing and other methods. The Judicial Selection Committee focuses much of its report on Siegan's forthcoming book, "The Su- preme Court's Constitution: An In- quiry into Judicial Review and its Impact on Society " Although the book · n manuscript form, Siegan

Escondido, CA (San Diego Co.) Times Advocate (Cir. D. 32,685) (Cir. S. 34,568)

Siegan's supporters are expected to counter the report with arguments that Siegan has received endorse- ments from professors who do not share his views on American jur- isprudence. Among them is Harvard Prvfessor Alan M. Dershowitz, who has written a letter to the Judiciary Committee saying that although he disagreed with Siegan on a number of his views, "I believe there is room in the Judiciary for a wide array of accept- able views ... so long as the individu- al has a commitment to protect lib- erty and individual rights. I am con- fident that Professor Siegan fits comfortably ithin this criterion "

ral appellate bench has accused Siegan of being "so opposed to basic con Utulional principles that he would not be able to apply the Con- tltution and laws fairly," An 18-page report by the Vi ashing- ton ba d Judiclal Selection Project <-ites Siegan' books, law review arti- cles and new paper column and conclud that he "rejects the foun- d lion of our Co ll ution as it has been mterpreted o r the la t 200 y ars

The report also criticizes Siegan's views on the Supreme Court's inter- pretation of the Bill of Rights and concludes that Siegan's opinions on the freedom of the press, separation of church and state, and sex discrim- ination "call into question his ability fairly and impartially to enforce them." The report cites Siegan's belief that libel should be left entirely to the states to regulate - "a position that could lead to a return of sedition laws to insulate public officials from criticism."

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Melissa Mackno of Escondido received her bachelor's degree in business administration at the Univer_sity of San D,ego. She was the director of the Speaker's Bu- reau for 1985-86, a member of the professional business fraternity Delta Sigma Phi and recipient of the Torero Top Third Award for 1986. Melisa~ g~itduaJ;ed.with hon- / ors. "J-"\. "5 '> /

oting his personal poliU- omlc agenda, Mr. Siegan 1 all four cornerstones titutional system