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News Lawyers call UK lawsuit to block US ports deal ‘woefully thin’
Lawyers call UK lawsuit to block US ports deal ‘woefully thin’
Christopher G. Anderson
February 27, 2006 04:05:00 pm

A last-minute effort by Miami-based Eller & Co. to block expected UK High Court approval of the $6.8 billion sale of US port operating rights by British company P&O to United Arab Emirates...

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News US rejects proposed UN Human Rights Council reform
US rejects proposed UN Human Rights Council reform
Krista-Ann Staley
February 27, 2006 03:34:00 pm

The US vowed Monday to reject a proposal to establish a UN Human Rights Council presented by UN General Assembly President Jan Eliasson last week. In remarks at a brief press conference , US Ambassador...

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News Canada high court nominee faces first-ever parliamentary hearing
Canada high court nominee faces first-ever parliamentary hearing
Jeannie Shawl
February 27, 2006 03:26:00 pm

Canadian Federal Court judge Marshall E. Rothstein , nominated to replace Justice John Major on the Supreme Court of Canada , was questioned by a parliamentary committee in televised hearings Monday, the first...

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News China companies helping WWII victims sue Japan for war crimes
China companies helping WWII victims sue Japan for war crimes
Krystal MacIntyre
February 27, 2006 03:16:00 pm

Several Chinese companies have reportedly donated more than $315,000 to help pay for lawsuits against the Japanese government for war crimes allegedly committed by Japanese troops during their occupation of part of China during World War II....

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News Supreme Court declines second lethal injection appeal
Supreme Court declines second lethal injection appeal
Christopher G. Anderson
February 27, 2006 03:10:00 pm

The US Supreme Court refused Monday to entertain a second appeal by convicted murderer Clarence Hill in which his lawyers argued that Florida's system of death by lethal injection amounted to a cruel and...

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News Military judge delays court-martial start for Abu Ghraib dog handlers
Military judge delays court-martial start for Abu Ghraib dog handlers
Krystal MacIntyre
February 27, 2006 02:41:00 pm

US military judge Lt. Col. Paul McConnell Monday delayed the start of a court-martial trial for an army dog handler accused in an Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. The March 8 trial date for Sgt. Santos Cardona has been...

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News Kabul prison rioters agree to truce as retrial demands go to government
Kabul prison rioters agree to truce as retrial demands go to government
Krista-Ann Staley
February 27, 2006 02:21:00 pm

Prisoners in Kabul's Policharki Prison who rioted over the weekend agreed Monday to temporarily end their disturbance and allow injured inmates to be removed for medical care, according to the chief negotiator for...

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News Federal judge blocks merit pay system for Pentagon employees
Federal judge blocks merit pay system for Pentagon employees
Krystal MacIntyre
February 27, 2006 02:03:00 pm

A federal judge blocked the Department of Defense Monday from enacting a merit pay system for its government employees. US District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said the proposed National Security Personnel System [official...

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News Mexico government report alleges crimes against humanity in ‘dirty war’
Mexico government report alleges crimes against humanity in ‘dirty war’
Alexandria Samuel
February 27, 2006 12:24:00 pm

Mexico's "scorched-earth" campaign in the 1960s and 1970s resulted in crimes against humanity, including genocide, torture, executions and disappearances, according to a draft report made public by the National Security Archive at George Washington University. The...

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News Democrats call for special counsel investigation of domestic spying
Democrats call for special counsel investigation of domestic spying
Alexandria Samuel
February 27, 2006 11:41:00 am

In a letter sent to President Bush Monday, 17 Democrats from the US House of Representatives called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate allegations that the National Security Agency conducted warrantless surveillance of US citizens...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ruled on Chinese Exclusion Act

On March 28, 1898, the US Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the US to Chinese immigrants was a US citizen and could not be deported under the terms of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Read US v. Wong Kim Ark and learn more about the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Thomas Hare born

On March 28, 1808, English jurist Thomas Hare was born in the United Kingdom. After being admitted to the Bar in 1833, Hare became a campaigner for electoral reform. He created the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of proportional representation used in many democratic countries today. He was also an early law reporter, recording important judicial decisions in The Hare Law Reports before there was any official reporting of legal opinions in the UK. Read a biography of Thomas Hare and a description of the STV system from the Electoral Reform Society.

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