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News ICTY temporarily releases reporter indicted for exposing witness identity
ICTY temporarily releases reporter indicted for exposing witness identity
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 23, 2008 12:37:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Friday provisionally released a Kosovar journalist indicted on contempt of court charges for allegedly publishing the identity of a witness in the...

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News US military judge denies request to delay trial of accused 9/11 conspirators
US military judge denies request to delay trial of accused 9/11 conspirators
Devin Montgomery
May 23, 2008 12:13:00 pm

US military judge Col. Ralph Kohlmann Thursday denied a request by military-appointed defense lawyers to postpone the arraignment of the five Guantanamo Bay detainees charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks . The lawyers...

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News DOD to verify number of juvenile enemy combatants detained
DOD to verify number of juvenile enemy combatants detained
Andrew Gilmore
May 23, 2008 11:57:00 am

The US will re-check its detention records to verify the accuracy of a report filed last week by US officials with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the number...

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News DOD audit finds Iraq reconstruction contracts fail to meet anti-fraud guidelines
DOD audit finds Iraq reconstruction contracts fail to meet anti-fraud guidelines
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 23, 2008 11:53:00 am

The US military has failed to ensure that over $8 billion dollars in Iraq reconstruction contracts awarded between 2001 and 2006 complied with federal anti-fraud laws, according to a report released Thursday by the Department of Defense...

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News German upper house passes EU Treaty of Lisbon
German upper house passes EU Treaty of Lisbon
Andrew Gilmore
May 23, 2008 11:16:00 am

The German Bundesrat , the upper house of the German parliament, voted Friday to approve the EU reform treaty, known formally as the Treaty of Lisbon . All but one of the sixteen states...

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News China implements new death penalty review procedures
China implements new death penalty review procedures
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 23, 2008 11:01:00 am

The Supreme Court of China and the country's Ministry of Justice have released new rules to clarify China's death penalty review procedures, state media reported Friday. Under the new system, three Supreme Court judges must review all...

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News Council of EU committee reaches agreement on draft immigration proposal
Council of EU committee reaches agreement on draft immigration proposal
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 23, 2008 10:04:00 am

The Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council of the European Union Thursday agreed on a draft proposal for new rules to combat illegal immigration. Under the proposal, illegal aliens caught within the EU could...

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News Rice defends Bush administration approval of harsh interrogation tactics
Rice defends Bush administration approval of harsh interrogation tactics
Andrew Gilmore
May 23, 2008 09:43:00 am

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday defended the Bush administration's authorization of the use of harsh interrogation tactics, including waterboarding , on suspected terrorist detainees. In her comments at the headquarters...

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News Conservative group petitions for stay of California same-sex marriage decision
Conservative group petitions for stay of California same-sex marriage decision
Andrew Gilmore
May 23, 2008 09:00:00 am

Alliance Defense Fund , a conservative Christian legal advocacy group, petitioned the Supreme Court of California Thursday to stay its May 15 decision overturning a ban on same-sex marriage until...

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Alaska filing legal challenge to polar bear endangered species listing
Allyson Amster
May 22, 2008 10:27:00 pm

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced Thursday that her office intends to launch a court challenge to last week's listing of the polar bear on the US endangered species list. The suit will be filed in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Germany surrenders unconditionally, ending WWII in Europe

On May 7, 1945, General Gustav Jodl, on behalf of Germany, signed an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe. The surrender was formally accepted by the Allied Powers the next day, May 8, which came to be known as Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

Read World War II legal documents, treaties, and declarations from the Avalon Project at the Yale University School of Law.

27th Amendment to US Constitution ratified

On May 7, 1992, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, barring Congress from granting its members pay raises in the middle of terms. The Amendment had initially been proposed in 1789 by James Madison, but only became law after a grass-roots campaign in the 1980s against "excessive" Congressional privileges. Learn more about the Twenty-seventh Amendment.

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