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News Michigan provisional ballot ruling [US DC]
Michigan provisional ballot ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 19, 2004 10:17:00 pm

Bay County Democratic Party et al. v. Land, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Judge David Lawson, October 19, 2004 [holding that ballots cast in the correct city or township but wrong voting precinct in Michigan...

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News North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004
North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 19, 2004 01:03:00 pm

Signed into law by President Bush October 19, 2004 . Read the full text...

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News Florida provisional ballot ruling [FL SC]
Florida provisional ballot ruling [FL SC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 18, 2004 09:45:00 pm

AFL-CIO v. Hood, Florida Supreme Court, October 18, 2004 . Excerpt:We conclude that the precinct-specific provision in section...

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News Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004
Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 18, 2004 09:08:00 am

Signed into law by President Bush October 16, 2004 . Read the full text of the Act here . Reported in...

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News School of the Americas protest ruling [11th Circuit]
School of the Americas protest ruling [11th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 18, 2004 09:00:00 am

Bourgeois et al. v. Peters et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, October 15, 2004 . Excerpt: While the threat of terrorism...

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News Working mothers absentee voting ruling [7th Circuit]
Working mothers absentee voting ruling [7th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 15, 2004 06:20:00 pm

United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, October 15, 2004 [affirming a lower court's dismissal of claims by working mothers who contended that voting in person is a hardship and that the US Constitution requires Illinois to...

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News Pryor judicial confirmation ruling [US 11th Circuit]
Pryor judicial confirmation ruling [US 11th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 15, 2004 01:25:00 pm

Evans and Jordan v. Stephens, United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, October 14, 2004 [holding that President Bush acted legally when he appointed William Pryor to the appeals court bench during a holiday recess of the...

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News Puerto Rico voting case [US 1st Circuit]
Puerto Rico voting case [US 1st Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 15, 2004 10:06:00 am

Iguarta de la Rosa v. US, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, October 14, 2004 . Read the full text of...

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News Nader ballot ruling [PA Commonwealth Ct.]
Nader ballot ruling [PA Commonwealth Ct.]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 13, 2004 04:50:00 pm

In Re: Nomination Paper of Ralph Nader, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, October 13, 2004. Read the full text of the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News Intellectual property task force report [US DOJ]
Intellectual property task force report [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 13, 2004 12:46:00 pm

Report of the Department of Justice's Task Force on Intellectual Property, October 12, 2004 . An accompany DOJ press release notes that in addition to recommendations regarding civil...

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LA Riots break out following beating of Rodney King

Riots that would grip the city of Los Angeles, California for six days broke out on April 29, 1992, after LAPD officers who beat Rodney King while being filmed were acquitted by a jury. The verdict ignited a powder keg of discontent about police discrimination against LA's Black community. The riots would result in more than 60 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. Learn more about the LA Riots from NPR.

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits member nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Oliver Ellsworth born

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