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News Spyware suit [Federal Trade Commission]
Spyware suit [Federal Trade Commission]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 12, 2004 03:38:00 pm

Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Seismic Entertainment Productions, Inc., SmartBot.net, Inc., and Sanford Wallace, Defendants., United States District Court, District of New Hampshire, filed October 6, 2004. Read the full text of the complaint here and the memorandum in...

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News Kentucky Ten Commandments cert. petition [US Supreme Court]
Kentucky Ten Commandments cert. petition [US Supreme Court]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 12, 2004 02:00:00 pm

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, petition to the US Supreme Court for writ of certiorari . Read the petition here ,...

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News Civil rights record of the Bush administration [US Commission on Civil Rights]
Civil rights record of the Bush administration [US Commission on Civil Rights]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 11, 2004 09:37:00 am

US Commission on Civil Rights staff report released October 5, 2004 ....

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News American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 [US Senate]
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 [US Senate]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 11, 2004 08:52:00 am

HR 4520, passed in the House Thursday on the basis of a conference committee report and awaiting approval in the Senate, October 11, 2004 [providing $136 billion in tax cuts for corporations and repealing a $5 billion annual subsidy for...

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News Justice For All Act of 2004 [US Senate]
Justice For All Act of 2004 [US Senate]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 9, 2004 09:21:00 pm

HR 5107, passed in the House and passed by voice vote in the Senate without amendment, October 9, 2004 [to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA...

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News Brief supporting state laws against same-sex marriage [AG CA]
Brief supporting state laws against same-sex marriage [AG CA]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 8, 2004 09:29:00 pm

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, October 8, 2004 [California's opening brief in the San Francisco gay marriage case in San Francisco Superior Court; in an acompanying press release the AG's office noted that "Pursuant to the Attorney General's duty to...

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News National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 [US Senate]
National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 [US Senate]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 7, 2004 10:35:00 am

S 2845, United States Senate, passed October 6, 2004 . Read the full text here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. This legislation must be reconciled with a pending House version before it can...

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News European Commission report on EU membership for Turkey
European Commission report on EU membership for Turkey
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 6, 2004 01:31:00 pm

Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission - The Commission's Report and Recommendation on Turkey's Application; Presentation to the European Parliament, October 6, 2004. Excerpt: As you know, the first task allotted to us by the Copenhagen European Council was...

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News Indictment of "shoe-bomber" co-conspirator [US DOJ]
Indictment of "shoe-bomber" co-conspirator [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 5, 2004 10:55:00 am

United States District Court, District of Massachusetts. Indictment of Saajid Mohammed Badat , October 4, 2005. Read the indictment here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News UN-Cambodia Khmer Rouge genocide trials agreement
UN-Cambodia Khmer Rouge genocide trials agreement
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 4, 2004 10:31:00 am

Agreement Between the United Nations and the Royal Government of Cambodia Concerning the Prosecution Under Cambodian Law of Crimes Committed During the Period of Democratic Kampuchea [setting up a UN-backed tribunal that will put leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Attica NY prison revolt ended in assault killing 41

On September 13, 1971, National Guardsmen stormed the Attica Correctional Facility in New York state after a four-day standoff with rioting prisoners. This photo, released by New York state authorities, shows Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald in the Attica prison yard after it was retaken. Thirty-two prisoners and nine guards died in the final assault. Learn more about the Attica revolt and the conditions the prisoners were trying to improve in this retrospective.

Khrushchev takes over leadership of USSR

On September 13, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev was appointed General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, taking over leadership of the country after the death of Joseph Stalin. Soon after taking office, Khrushchev exposed many of the crimes of his predecessor. He was later forced from power in 1964, largely in response to his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read an obituary of Nikita Khrushchev from the New York Times.

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