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News Supreme Court hears criminal procedure, voting rights cases
Supreme Court hears criminal procedure, voting rights cases
Joe Shaulis
October 14, 2008 02:55:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases, including Pearson v. Callahan , 07-751, in which the Court will review a July 2007 ruling [opinion,...

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News Bolivia president begins march for constitutional referendum
Bolivia president begins march for constitutional referendum
Caitlin Price
October 14, 2008 01:35:00 pm

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday joined an estimated 10,000 supporters as they began a 120-mile march from Caracollo to La Paz seeking congressional approval ...

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News Thailand Constitutional Court takes case on disbanding ruling party
Thailand Constitutional Court takes case on disbanding ruling party
Devin Montgomery
October 14, 2008 12:54:00 pm

The Constitutional Court of Thailand on Tuesday agreed to consider dissolving the ruling People's Power Party (PPP) and two others because of election fraud allegedly committed by one...

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News Bosnia war crimes prosecutor arrests four suspected of crimes against humanity
Bosnia war crimes prosecutor arrests four suspected of crimes against humanity
Caitlin Price
October 14, 2008 11:57:00 am

Four former Bosnian Serb officers have been arrested on suspicions of crimes against humanity in connection with the August 1992 massacre of 200 civilians in Koricanske Stijene, the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia &...

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News Bush signs strengthened IP rights enforcement bill into law
Bush signs strengthened IP rights enforcement bill into law
Devin Montgomery
October 14, 2008 11:13:00 am

US President George W. Bush Monday signed into law a bill that will provide for additional intellectual property (IP) rights enforcement resources and stronger penalties for violators of those rights. The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for...

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News Supreme Court rejects Davis death penalty petition, takes supplemental jurisdiction case
Supreme Court rejects Davis death penalty petition, takes supplemental jurisdiction case
Joe Shaulis
October 14, 2008 10:15:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition to hear a Georgia death row inmate's appeal, lifting a stay on his execution, while agreeing to hear a case dealing with...

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News Ukraine president dissolves Kiev court that blocked early elections
Ukraine president dissolves Kiev court that blocked early elections
Deirdre Jurand
October 14, 2008 09:40:00 am

Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko Monday abolished the Kiev District Court by decree after it decided Saturday to block a previous presidential decree dissolving parliament and directing parliamentary elections in the wake of...

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News Sudanese Darfur prosecutor nearing completion of war crimes reports
Sudanese Darfur prosecutor nearing completion of war crimes reports
Deirdre Jurand
October 14, 2008 08:53:00 am

Sudan Justice Minister Abdel-Basit Sabdarat said Monday that a special prosecutor named to investigate and try war crimes suspects from the country's Darfur region has almost completed reports on some crimes in the region,...

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News ICTY president urges arrest of remaining war crimes fugitives
ICTY president urges arrest of remaining war crimes fugitives
Andrew Gilmore
October 13, 2008 11:20:00 pm

Judge Fausto Pocar , President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , called Monday for the arrest of Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic and Croatian Serb leader...

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News UK House of Lords drops 42-day detention period from anti-terror bill
UK House of Lords drops 42-day detention period from anti-terror bill
Joe Shaulis
October 13, 2008 02:37:00 pm

The UK House of Lords on Monday rejected a proposal supported by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to increase the amount of time authorities may detain terrorism suspects without charge. The upper house of Parliament voted 309-118 to...

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Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

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