Tennessee: English-first initiative fails in courts</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Tennessee: English-first initiative fails in courts"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Tennessee,English-first,initiative,fails,in,courts"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">11-09-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Tennessee: English-first initiative fails in courts</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Tennessee, USA (AP): The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied an expedited hearing aimed at getting an initiative on the November ballot that would require the Nashville government to operate in English only. […] If passed, the measure could prevent the city from translating written materials into other languages or using interpreters to communicate with people who speak English poorly, even during emergencies. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3e560153-www.fox17.com.shtml" target="blank">www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/3e560153-www.fox17.com.shtml</a> <br> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show