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News Son of former Israeli PM gets reduced sentence on appeal of corruption verdict
Son of former Israeli PM gets reduced sentence on appeal of corruption verdict
Gabriel Haboubi
June 25, 2007 01:08:00 pm

A court in Tel Aviv ruled Monday on an appeal by Omri Sharon , reducing his prison sentence for corruption from nine to seven months. Sharon, son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, pleaded...

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News China loosens proposed restrictions on media during national emergencies
China loosens proposed restrictions on media during national emergencies
Michael Sung
June 25, 2007 12:02:00 pm

China's National People's Congress on Sunday revised a proposed law regulating media during national emergencies after delegates and local people's congresses criticized the law as improper. The proposal, first introduced last June, would have imposed...

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News Supreme Court rules in student free speech, faith-based funding, campaign finance cases
Supreme Court rules in student free speech, faith-based funding, campaign finance cases
Jeannie Shawl
June 25, 2007 10:15:00 am

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in five cases Monday, including Morse v. Frederick , where the Court held that public schools do not violate the First Amendment...

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News Declassified CIA documents detail past illegal operations
Declassified CIA documents detail past illegal operations
Michael Sung
June 25, 2007 09:46:00 am

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Monday declassified a 693-page file detailing the CIA's illegal activities compiled from a comprehensive internal investigation initiated in May, 1973 by then-CIA director James R. Schlesinger ...

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News Russian prosecutor urges censoring Internet to combat extremism
Russian prosecutor urges censoring Internet to combat extremism
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
June 25, 2007 09:33:00 am

Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Ivan Sydoruk has said that the country should police Internet sites to prevent the spread of extremist material, according to the newspaper Kommersant Friday. Extremism has recently been a major concern for Russian...

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News China legislature considers legal practice reforms
China legislature considers legal practice reforms
Michael Sung
June 25, 2007 09:15:00 am

China's National People's Congress Sunday began considering measures to codify legal ethics, improve criminal suspects' access to defense lawyers and evidence, and allowed experienced lawyers to establish individual private law firms. The reforms, which guarantee lawyers the...

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News Egypt sentences accused Israeli spy to life in prison
Egypt sentences accused Israeli spy to life in prison
Michael Sung
June 25, 2007 08:46:00 am

An Egyptian state security court convicted Muhammad Sayed Saber of spying for Israel's Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (Mossad) Monday and sentenced the former Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency employee to life in prison. Two...

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News Taylor continues boycott of war crimes trial
Taylor continues boycott of war crimes trial
Michael Sung
June 25, 2007 08:01:00 am

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor continued his boycott Monday of the judicial proceedings against him during the second day of his trial at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official...

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News Former FISC judge criticizes warrantless wiretapping program
Former FISC judge criticizes warrantless wiretapping program
Natalie Hrubos
June 24, 2007 08:44:00 pm

A former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge criticized US President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping program Saturday in an address to the American Library Association's annual convention in Washington. The program has allowed the...

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News Saddam cousin al-Majid sentenced to death for Anfal campaign against Kurds
Saddam cousin al-Majid sentenced to death for Anfal campaign against Kurds
Natalie Hrubos
June 24, 2007 08:07:00 pm

Ali Hassan al-Majid - Saddam Hussein's cousin known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali" - and two other Hussein regime officials received death sentences Sunday for the slaughter of tens of thousands of...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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