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News Judge allows wrongful death suit in embryo mishap
Judge allows wrongful death suit in embryo mishap
David Shucosky
February 6, 2005 10:38:00 am

A Cook County (Chicago) judge has ruled that a couple may file a wrongful death suit against the fertility clinic that accidently discarded their embryos. Judge Jeffrey Lawrence held Friday that "a pre-embryo is a 'human being' ... whether...

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News Rice calls on Russia to respect rule of law
Rice calls on Russia to respect rule of law
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 6, 2005 09:45:00 am

New US Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice , currently on an eight-day get-acquainted junket through Europe and the Middle East, said Saturday in Turkey that Russia needed to improve its track record on democracy. She told reporters: It...

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News Former British Gitmo detainee to sue UK government
Former British Gitmo detainee to sue UK government
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 6, 2005 09:41:00 am

Martin Mubanga , one of four British nationals recently released from the US terror suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says he plans to sue the British government for its role in his 3-year incarceration without charge...

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News Charge dropped against Abu Ghraib soldier
Charge dropped against Abu Ghraib soldier
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 6, 2005 09:40:00 am

Military prosecutors have dropped a principal charge against former US army reservist Sabrina Harman , one of several US soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The dropped charge pertains to viewing and...

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News Shiite clerics call for Islam to play central role in new Iraq constitution
Shiite clerics call for Islam to play central role in new Iraq constitution
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 6, 2005 09:36:00 am

Top Shiite clerics in Iraq have called for Islam to be the sole source of legislation for the county's new constitution, set to be drafted by the members of the country's Transitional National Assembly chosen in the recent elections....

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News Sudan says no handover of war crimes suspects for foreign trials
Sudan says no handover of war crimes suspects for foreign trials
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 6, 2005 09:34:00 am

Sudan's state-run news agency Saturday quoted the country's vice-president as saying that Sudan would not extradite any Sudanese suspected of war crimes for trial in foreign courts. Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha said...

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News French workers demonstrate against longer workweek bill
French workers demonstrate against longer workweek bill
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 6, 2005 09:31:00 am

Hundreds of thousands of French workers took to the streets Saturday to protest pending legislation that would allow for extensions of France's 35-hour workweek. The legislation, first announced in December and scheduled for first reading in the...

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News Judge says companies can’t cut health benefits when workers qualify for Medicare
Judge says companies can’t cut health benefits when workers qualify for Medicare
Tom Henry
February 5, 2005 10:01:00 am

A federal judge, responding to a lawsuit from the nation's largest advocacy group for older Americans , has blocked the government from allowing companies to offer fewer health benefits to employees when they become eligible for Medicare....

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News Former Abu Ghraib guard sentenced to six months for prisoner abuse
Former Abu Ghraib guard sentenced to six months for prisoner abuse
Tom Henry
February 5, 2005 08:48:00 am

A nine-man military jury at Fort Hood, Texas, sentenced US Army Sergeant Javal Davis Friday to six months in military prison, reduction in rank to private and a bad-conduct discharge in connection with abuses of Irai detainees...

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News Guatemala high court drops charges in 1982 massacre case
Guatemala high court drops charges in 1982 massacre case
Gretchen E. Moore
February 4, 2005 07:42:00 pm

Guatemala's Constitutional Court Friday ordered charges dropped against soldiers accused of participating in a 1982 massacre of more than 300 civilians, citing the countrys's National Reconciliation Law . The law is a type of amnesty the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

11th Amendent to US Constitution ratified

On February 7, 1795, the 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution took effect with ratification by North Carolina. Adopted in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court's ruling in Chisholm v. Georgia, the amendment limited the jurisdiction of the federal courts to automatically hear cases brought against a state by the citizens of another state. Learn more about the meaning and history of the 11th Amendment from the National Constitution Center.

Maastricht Treaty signed, creating EU

On February 7, 1992, the Maastricht Treaty was signed by the members of the European Community, creating the European Union. Officially called the Treaty on the European Union, the original Maastricht Treaty went into force on November 1, 1993. The current Maastricht Treaty includes amendments from later EU treaties.

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