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[[Image:ThomasScaliaAlito.jpg|frame|right|Supreme Court Justices (L-R) Alito, Thomas and Scalia]]<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11226 Supremely Unseemly Conduct by Supreme Court Justices Spurs Call for Mandatory Ethics Rules]</h3>by [[Lisa Graves]]<br>The Center for Media and Democracy has joined a coalition of public interest organizations in calling for the United States [[Supreme Court]] to agree to follow the Code of Conduct for U.S. judges. CMD joins the [http://www.afj.org Alliance for Justice], [http://www.aauw.org American Association of University Women], [http://citizensforethics.org Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington], [http://www.commoncause.org Common Cause], [http://www.cwa-union.org Communications Workers of America], [http://www.credoaction.com CREDO Action], [http://www.equaljusticesociety.org Equal Justice Society], [http://www.lulac.org League of United Latin American Citizens], [http://www.nela.org National Employment Lawyers Association], [http://www.pfaw.org People for the American Way Foundation], and [http://www.uspirg.org U.S. Public Interest Research Group] in a letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. The letter calls on the Court to "take it upon itself to agree to be bound by the Code," and "do so unequivocally and publicly." (The coalition's letter to Chief Justice Roberts accompanies the full article.) Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11226 here.]
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[[Image:Westin kierland acc.jpg|210px|left|frame|The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, AZ]]<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11231 ALEC and Westin/Starwood: Who is Your Hotel in Bed With While You're in Bed at Your Hotel?]</h3>by [[Lisa Graves]]Beau Hodai<br>Tucson-based civil rights attorney Stacy Scheff believes that Westin Kierland may have violated federal constitutional law when they threw a journalist (and paid guest) out into the dead of night--due to the simple fact that the journalist evicted had written critically of (and was not liked by) the organization hosting a conference at the hotel. (A new story about these events is available [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/01/11230/inside-alec-naked-contempt-press-and-public-scottsdale here]). Essentially, Scheff argues, federal law, which holds the hotel industry under heavy sway as a form of interstate commerce, provides protections for certain protected classes under the Civil Rights Act. As such, "viewpoint" (i.e. critical members of the press) may well be incorporated as such a protected class. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11231 here.]
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[[Image:SmirnoffIcewildgrape.jpg|200px|right]] <h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11212 The Alcohol Industry's Stealth "Joe Camel" Strategy]</h3>by [[Anne Landman]]<br> A new [http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300387 study] published in the January 2012 issue of the A''merican Journal of Public Health'' examines the sophisticated PR and marketing strategies that alcoholic beverage companies have used to re-make the image of distilled spirits to appeal to underage drinkers. The article, "Joe Camel in a Bottle: Diageo, the Smirnoff Brand, and the Transformation of the Youth Alcohol Market," by James Mosher, utilizes a case study of Diageo's Smirnoff brand to illustrate the tactics. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11212 here].
