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News Bush leads tributes to Rehnquist
Bush leads tributes to Rehnquist
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 4, 2005 10:32:00 am

President Bush Sunday paid personal tribute to Chief Justice William Rehnquist , who died Saturday evening at the age of 80 . Speaking in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, he said of the late...

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News Egyptian court backs election monitoring; rights groups campaign against Mubarak
Egyptian court backs election monitoring; rights groups campaign against Mubarak
Kate Heneroty
September 4, 2005 10:22:00 am

An Egyptian court ruled Saturday that private monitoring groups can observe next Wednesday's presidential poll, the country's first multi-candidate election . The court held that the state election committee, which had opposed outside monitors , does not...

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News New talks on Iraq constitution address Arab identity
New talks on Iraq constitution address Arab identity
Kate Heneroty
September 4, 2005 09:55:00 am

Iraqi lawmakers said Saturday that new discussions on the text of the Iraqi constitution are underway, following calls for national unity after a Baghdad stampede of Shiite religious celebrants incited by the rumor of a suicide...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Chief Justice Rehnquist dead at 80
BREAKING NEWS ~ Chief Justice Rehnquist dead at 80
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2005 11:17:00 pm

AP is reporting that Chief Justice William Rehnquist has died, according to a US Supreme Court spokeswoman. He was 80 and had been suffering from thyroid cancer; his last high-profile public appearance...

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News Legal aid heading to Katrina victims; lawyers across US donating funds, services
Legal aid heading to Katrina victims; lawyers across US donating funds, services
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2005 07:52:00 pm

The American Bar Association heads a growing list of lawyers groups organizing legal aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina . Bar associations from across the US are donating funds to support the provision of legal help to...

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News Saddam lawyer says October trial  too early as defense reorganized
Saddam lawyer says October trial too early as defense reorganized
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2005 07:02:00 pm

Saddam Hussein's Iraqi lawyer Khalil Dulaimi told Reuters Saturday that the October 19 trial date for his client indicated Friday by an Iraqi government source unconnected with the Iraqi Special Tribunal set up to try Hussein was...

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News Law and order returning to New Orleans, but justice system still shaky
Law and order returning to New Orleans, but justice system still shaky
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2005 04:53:00 pm

Federal and state officials said Saturday that with an influx of more National Guard troops and state police, civil authority had been restored to the New Orleans streets after a wave of crime and looting in the aftermath of...

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News ACLU, Georgia spar over voter ID card fees
ACLU, Georgia spar over voter ID card fees
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2005 12:49:00 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union charged Friday that Georgia had raised the fees for its new controversial voter ID cards without notice to the US Justice Department as required under federal law. The...

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News Roberts papers show nominee had doubts about genocide treaty, but advised approval
Roberts papers show nominee had doubts about genocide treaty, but advised approval
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2005 11:37:00 am

New papers by US Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. released by the National Archives Friday indicate that as a young White House lawyer in 1984 he had some doubts over American ratification of the...

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News Fifth Circuit appeals court moving to Houston after Katrina
Fifth Circuit appeals court moving to Houston after Katrina
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2005 10:26:00 am

The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals , serving Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi from the John Minor Wisdom Courthouse in New Orleans, is moving to temporary quarters in Houston, according to Chief...

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Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

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