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News Federal judge rules that Arizona voter ID law not poll tax
Federal judge rules that Arizona voter ID law not poll tax
Gabriel Haboubi
August 30, 2007 01:07:00 pm

A federal judge Wednesday rejected several claims in a legal challenge to Arizona's voter ID law filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) , including a claim that the...

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News Australia High Court reinstates voting rights for some prisoners
Australia High Court reinstates voting rights for some prisoners
Joshua Pantesco
August 30, 2007 11:20:00 am

The High Court of Australia on Thursday struck down an amendment to Australia's Commonwealth Electoral Act passed in 2006 that took voting rights away from all prisoners regardless of the length of their sentence,...

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News Australia prisoners voting rights reinstatement ruling [Australia HC]
Australia prisoners voting rights reinstatement ruling [Australia HC]
August 30, 2007 11:00:00 am

Vickie Lee Roach v. Electoral Commissioner and Commonwealth of Australia, High Court of Australia, August 30, 2007 [strucking down a 2006 amendment to Australia's Commonwealth Electoral Act that took voting rights away from all prisoners regardless of the length of...

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News China legislature passes anti-monopoly law
China legislature passes anti-monopoly law
Joshua Pantesco
August 30, 2007 10:47:00 am

The Chinese National People's Congress passed anti-monopoly legislation Thursday aimed at protecting China's economic security and easing the Chinese economy away from state-run monopolies. The new law establishes a series of...

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News Fifth Circuit blocks Louisiana AG class action against Army Corps of Engineers
Fifth Circuit blocks Louisiana AG class action against Army Corps of Engineers
Joshua Pantesco
August 30, 2007 10:10:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday blocked the Attorney General of Louisiana from filing suit on behalf of nearly 35,000 Hurricane Katrina victims against the US Army Corps of Engineers under the...

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News HRW condemns indiscriminate Hezbollah civilian attacks in 2006 conflict
HRW condemns indiscriminate Hezbollah civilian attacks in 2006 conflict
Joshua Pantesco
August 30, 2007 09:28:00 am

Hezbollah recklessly and sometimes intentionally fired rockets at civilian targets during the summer 2006 Lebanon conflict , according to a 128-page report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). Hezbollah was not legally justified...

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News Russia releases two suspects in Politkovskaya killing
Russia releases two suspects in Politkovskaya killing
Joshua Pantesco
August 30, 2007 09:05:00 am

Russian prosecutors have released two of the 10 suspects who were arrested Monday in connection with last October's killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya , and a third person is no...

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News North Carolina Medical Board asks judge to dismiss death penalty lawsuit
North Carolina Medical Board asks judge to dismiss death penalty lawsuit
Leslie Schulman
August 29, 2007 05:53:00 pm

Lawyers for the North Carolina Medical Board argued in court Wednesday that a lawsuit filed against them earlier this year by the North Carolina State Department of Corrections was filed prematurely and should...

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News UK prison guards end surprise strike after agreeing to negotiations
UK prison guards end surprise strike after agreeing to negotiations
Leslie Schulman
August 29, 2007 05:25:00 pm

A widespread strike by UK prison guards Wednesday ended the same day after the Prison Officers' Association (POA) agreed to negotiate new pay terms with the government this coming Friday. The surprise strike, which began...

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News Philippines high court asked to block anti-terror law
Philippines high court asked to block anti-terror law
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 29, 2007 05:17:00 pm

Several lawyers' groups and legislators Wednesday filed a challenge against the Human Security Act 2007 with the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The act, signed in March by President Gloria Arroyo, authorizes the...

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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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