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News Supreme Court hears Navy sonar, sexual harassment cases
Supreme Court hears Navy sonar, sexual harassment cases
Joe Shaulis
October 8, 2008 02:16:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in three cases, including Winter, et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. , 07-1239, in which the...

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News DOJ asks DC Circuit to stay order releasing Uighurs from Guantanamo
DOJ asks DC Circuit to stay order releasing Uighurs from Guantanamo
Joe Shaulis
October 8, 2008 11:29:00 am

Attorneys for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late Tuesday seeking to delay the transfer of...

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News Ban rejects UN Hariri-style probe of Bhutto assassination
Ban rejects UN Hariri-style probe of Bhutto assassination
Caitlin Price
October 8, 2008 11:20:00 am

The United Nations will not open an investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told reporters Tuesday. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari [official...

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News Mexico extradites former Guatemala president  to face corruption charges
Mexico extradites former Guatemala president to face corruption charges
Caitlin Price
October 8, 2008 09:56:00 am

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited Tuesday from Mexico to Guatemala, where he is accused of authorizing transfers of $15.8 million from the budget of the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense during his presidency from...

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News Hundreds of suspected illegal aliens arrested in South Carolina raid
Hundreds of suspected illegal aliens arrested in South Carolina raid
Leslie Schulman
October 8, 2008 08:25:00 am

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Tuesday arrested more than 300 people suspected of being illegal aliens during an immigration sting at a Columbia Farms poultry processing plant in South Carolina. ICE officials...

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News China lawyers allege political pressure after aiding parents of sick infants in milk scandal
China lawyers allege political pressure after aiding parents of sick infants in milk scandal
Leslie Schulman
October 8, 2008 07:33:00 am

Lawyers providing free legal advice to parents of children in China sickened by tainted milk products have been pressured by Chinese officials to stop providing legal services, according to one of the lawyers speaking to the Associated...

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SEC begins accounting rules review as House committee probes AIG
Andrew Gilmore
October 8, 2008 06:50:00 am

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Tuesday that it has begun an agency review of US financial accounting procedures, including "mark-to-market" rules, pursuant to the recently-passed $700 billion financial rescue bill...

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News Supreme Court hears search and seizure, pension cases
Supreme Court hears search and seizure, pension cases
Joe Shaulis
October 8, 2008 06:18:00 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in three cases, including two raising issues of criminal procedure. In Herring v. United States , 07-513, the Court will decide whether...

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News Federal judge orders Uighurs released from Guantanamo
Federal judge orders Uighurs released from Guantanamo
Joe Shaulis
October 7, 2008 02:29:00 pm

A US district judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to release 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , ruling that the Constitution forbids their indefinite detention without cause. In...

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UN special rapporteurs press for greater protection of detainees
Andrew Gilmore
October 7, 2008 01:26:00 pm

Thirteen United Nations experts on Monday urged the international community to respect the rights of detainees . The statement of the 13 special rapporteurs, including Philip Alston , the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emporer

On December 25, 800 A.D., Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, Italy. During his lifetime, Charlemagne united most of Western Europe for the first time since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. He is credited with spreading the rule of law throughout his dominions as well as starting the French and German monarchies.

President Andrew Johnson pardoned Confederates

On December 25, 1868, President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to all who had been involved in "insurrection or rebellion" during the US Civil War.

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