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News Sixth Circuit rules against Michigan voter removals
Sixth Circuit rules against Michigan voter removals
Leslie Schulman
October 30, 2008 03:15:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday upheld an injunction granted by a federal judge earlier this month ordering Michigan voting officials to reinstate on voter rolls the...

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News Myanmar court sentences nine activists for disrupting prison trial
Myanmar court sentences nine activists for disrupting prison trial
Benjamin Klein
October 30, 2008 10:57:00 am

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced nine activists to six months in prison after they complained that their trials were being held in secret, according to a statement by one of their...

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News Croatia justice minister proposes special courts to try organized crime cases
Croatia justice minister proposes special courts to try organized crime cases
Andrew Morgan
October 30, 2008 10:55:00 am

Croatia's recently appointed Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic on Wednesday proposed a set of legal reforms intended to combat the country's organized crime problem. In an address to the Croatian parliament [official...

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News South Korea court upholds adultery ban
South Korea court upholds adultery ban
Benjamin Klein
October 30, 2008 10:09:00 am

The Constitutional Court of South Korea upheld a law criminalizing adultery on Thursday, rejecting complaints that the 55-year-old law is outdated and constitutes an invasion of privacy. The challenge was brought by the lawyers of popular South...

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News Federal judge sides with DOD on FOIA exemptions for Guantanamo transcripts
Federal judge sides with DOD on FOIA exemptions for Guantanamo transcripts
David Weber
October 30, 2008 10:05:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment Wednesday for the Department of Defense (DOD) , holding that unredacted transcripts allegedly containing evidence of torture used against...

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News DOJ antitrust division approves Delta-Northwest merger
DOJ antitrust division approves Delta-Northwest merger
Devin Montgomery
October 30, 2008 09:41:00 am

The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division on Wednesday approved a merger of Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines after determining the deal would not significantly decrease competition. The department said the merger would...

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News Chaudhry still ‘constitutional’ chief justice of Pakistan: new bar president
Chaudhry still ‘constitutional’ chief justice of Pakistan: new bar president
Andrew Gilmore
October 30, 2008 08:44:00 am

Ali Ahmad Kurd, the newly-elected president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), called ousted Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry the "constitutional" chief justice of Pakistan Wednesday, and said...

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News UN General Assembly adopts resolution urging US to drop Cuba embargo
UN General Assembly adopts resolution urging US to drop Cuba embargo
Ximena Marinero
October 30, 2008 08:22:00 am

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday adopted by 185-3 a resolution urging the US to lift its longstanding embargo on Cuba . Only the US, Israel, and Palau voted...

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News Top FDA officials opposed rule limiting tort claims against drug companies: report
Top FDA officials opposed rule limiting tort claims against drug companies: report
Jake Oresick
October 30, 2008 07:57:00 am

The US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday issued a report revealing that top Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials opposed FDA regulations that preempt consumers’ ability to bring tort...

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News Ecuador selects new high court judges by lottery
Ecuador selects new high court judges by lottery
Safiya Boucaud
October 30, 2008 07:52:00 am

Ecuador selected a new temporary Supreme Court on Wednesday via lottery, but the judges picked plan to reject their appointments. The previous Supreme Court was abolished under a new constitution that took effect last week. The...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Terrorists launch airplane attacks on major US targets

On September 11, 2001, terrorists allegedly associated with al Qaeda hijacked four US commercial airliners, two of which were crashed into the World Trade Center Towers in New York City, with a third hitting the Pentagon in Washington DC. The fourth plane went down in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The attacks spawned an immediate tightening of aviation security regulations and in October 2001 led to Congressional passage of the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, giving the executive broad new national security powers.

Israel and Egypt agree to peace deal

On September 11, 1978, Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt agreed to the Camp David Accords, a plan for peace between the two countries. This led to the signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. U.S. President Jimmy Carter played a major role in the negotiations.

Starr Report detailing case for Clinton impeachment delivered to Congress

On September 11, 1998, Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr delivered an extensive report to Congress accusing President Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses - including perjury, obstruction of justice, tampering with witnesses and abuse of his powers of office - in connection with his relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Within minutes of its much-anticipated release on the Internet, JURIST carried the report here.

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