Doe v. Ashcroft [Patriot Act ruling] News
Doe v. Ashcroft [Patriot Act ruling]

Judge Victor Marrero, United States Distrcit Court, Southern District of New York, September 29, 2004 [ruling that the section of the USA Patriot Act allowing authorities to demand financial records from companies in terrorism investigations is unconstitutional]. Read the opinion here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Republic of Ireland Act enters force

On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland. The Act repealed the Executive Authority Act, which had given governing authority in Ireland to the King of England.

Treason charges against poet Ezra Pound dropped

On April 18, 1958, treason charges against American poet Ezra Pound, first laid in 1943 in connection with his wartime broadcasts for the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, were dropped.

Read Jonas Doberman, The Treason Debate: Ezra Pound and his Rome Radio Broadcasts[PDF].

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