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News House bill would bar taking minors across state lines for abortions
House bill would bar taking minors across state lines for abortions
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 28, 2005 07:03:00 am

The US House of Representatives passed a bill late Wednesday that would make it illegal to take minors across the state lines for abortions. The option is seen as a way of getting around parental consent laws legislated in...

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News New leaked document shows UK AG reservation on Iraq war legality
New leaked document shows UK AG reservation on Iraq war legality
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 27, 2005 07:45:00 pm

A document leaked to the BBC has raised new questions about the nature of the legal advice UK Prime Minister Tony Blair received from his Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, on the eve of the Iraq war. The document ,...

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News Lawmakers want more disclosure on Patriot Act
Lawmakers want more disclosure on Patriot Act
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 27, 2005 04:16:00 pm

Members of the US Senate Intelligence Committee told senior Bush administration officials Wednesday that lack of disclosure regarding enforcement of the Patriot Act was hurting efforts to renew 15 key provisions set to expire at the end...

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News Togo opposition leader claims presidency as court appeal prepared over poll
Togo opposition leader claims presidency as court appeal prepared over poll
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 27, 2005 03:48:00 pm

Togo opposition presidential candidate Bob Akitani Wednesday claimed he had won the presidency of the country with 70% of the vote and called for people to resist the government a day after official results put...

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News Ruling on federal preemption of state tort claim for crop damage [US SC]
Ruling on federal preemption of state tort claim for crop damage [US SC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 27, 2005 02:31:00 pm

Bates v. Dow Agrosciences, Supreme Court of the United States, April 26, 2005 [ruling that federal labelling law did not necessarily prempt a state tort claim by a group of Texas farmers against the Dow chemical company for damage caused...

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News Resolution condemning US on Guantanamo [Council of Europe]
Resolution condemning US on Guantanamo [Council of Europe]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 27, 2005 02:23:00 pm

Lawfulness of detentions by the United States in Guantanamo Bay, Resolution 1433 (2005), Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, April 26, 2005 [condemning US detention practices at Guantanamo Bay and calling on the US to adhere to international legal standards on...

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News Bush signs legislation protecting DVD filtering technology
Bush signs legislation protecting DVD filtering technology
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 27, 2005 01:52:00 pm

President Bush Wednesday signed legislation giving legal protection to developers of technologies designed to enable viewers to "self-censor" portions of DVD movies that they deem inappropriate for viewing by others or themselves. S. 167, the Family Entertainment and Copyright...

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News Supreme Court rules farmers can sue Dow for crop damage
Supreme Court rules farmers can sue Dow for crop damage
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 27, 2005 01:24:00 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Bates v. Dow Agrosciences that a group of Texas farmers could sue a chemical company for damage caused to their crops by a weed killer. Dow had argued...

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News Court TV challenging New York state ban on televised trials
Court TV challenging New York state ban on televised trials
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 27, 2005 01:02:00 pm

The New York Court of Appeal hears arguments Wednesday afternoon on whether the state's 50-year old statutory ban on the televising of trials is constitutional under state and federal law. New York temporarily allowed video coverage of trial proceedings...

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News California gay marriage bill advances
California gay marriage bill advances
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 27, 2005 12:40:00 pm

A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in California has passed its first legislative test. The California Assembly Judiciary Committee approved it 6-3 Tuesday, clearing it to move on to another committee and, if again approved, from there...

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Catholic priest Girolamo Savonarola burned at the stake

Radical Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake in the Republic of Florence on May 23, 1498 for preaching against the practices of the powerful within the Catholic Church, including Pope Alexander VI, and celebrating mass while excommunicated. Learn more about the life of Savonarola and his execution.

Captain Kidd hanged for piracy

On May 23, 1701, Captain William Kidd, convicted of piracy and murder, was hanged in London. His body was later tarred and hung up in a gibbet - an iron cage - at the mouth of the River Thames as a warning to others.

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South Carolina becomes eighth U.S. state

On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratified the US Constitution, becoming the eighth American state. Learn more about the history of South Carolina.

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