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News Turkey rights situation worsening, MEPs say
Turkey rights situation worsening, MEPs say
Joe Shaulis
September 22, 2006 02:36:00 pm

Members of the European Parliament's Human Rights Subcommittee expressed concern Friday that the human rights situation in Turkey is worsening, saying they heard increased accounts of torture, abductions and other abuses during...

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News ‘Virtual fence’ plans for US borders described by DHS
‘Virtual fence’ plans for US borders described by DHS
Joe Shaulis
September 22, 2006 01:46:00 pm

The US Department of Homeland Security laid out its plans to put up a "virtual fence" along the US borders with Canada and Mexico during a press conference Friday announcing that Boeing Corp. has...

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News Taylor war crimes trial tentatively set for April
Taylor war crimes trial tentatively set for April
Joe Shaulis
September 22, 2006 01:03:00 pm

The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has set April 2 as the tentative trial date for former Liberian President Charles Taylor . Justice Julia Sebutinde announced the date Friday during...

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News UK court-martial told that senior officers’ failures led to Iraqi detainee death
UK court-martial told that senior officers’ failures led to Iraqi detainee death
Lisl Brunner
September 22, 2006 11:00:00 am

A prosecutor told a British court-martial Thursday that senior UK military officers should be held responsible for the abuse of Iraqi detainees in UK custody because they failed to develop adequate checking procedures on junior personnel. Colonel Jorge Mendonca,...

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News Thailand king endorses coup leaders in public announcement
Thailand king endorses coup leaders in public announcement
Lisl Brunner
September 22, 2006 10:09:00 am

Thailand's king has voiced his support for Tuesday's coup that brought General Sonthi Boonyaratglin to power, according to an announcement on Thai state-run television on Friday. Although the leaders of the new "Council of Administrative...

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News Chirac backs French judiciary after Sarkozy criticism
Chirac backs French judiciary after Sarkozy criticism
Lisl Brunner
September 22, 2006 09:27:00 am

French President Jacques Chirac on Friday reaffirmed his confidence in the judiciary after meeting with top members of the French judiciary who have asked Chirac to rein in French Interior Minister...

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News Constitution bars senator from serving as military judge, court rules
Constitution bars senator from serving as military judge, court rules
Kate Heneroty
September 22, 2006 08:51:00 am

US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) cannot serve concurrently as both a senator and a military judge because it violates the US Constitution's separation of powers requirement, the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ...

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News Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill to speed FOIA compliance
Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill to speed FOIA compliance
Kate Heneroty
September 22, 2006 08:34:00 am

The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved the OPEN Government Act Thursday, a bill that would punish federal agencies that fail to respond to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in...

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Detainee bill agreement [US Senate – White House]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 22, 2006 08:27:00 am

Agreement upon Common Article 3, September 21, 2006 [military commissions legislation language agreed to by Senate GOP leaders and the White House that would make the President the arbiter of the meaning of the Geneva Conventions for the United States,...

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News Federal judge says reporters to be jailed for refusing to testify in steroid leak case
Federal judge says reporters to be jailed for refusing to testify in steroid leak case
Kate Heneroty
September 22, 2006 07:58:00 am

Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will be jailed if they continue to refuse to identify the person who leaked secret grand jury testimony from Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and other athletes, regarding an investigation into the now-defunct Bay Area...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

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