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News Thailand court orders protesters to open entrances to government building
Thailand court orders protesters to open entrances to government building
Andrew Morgan
March 31, 2009 04:54:00 pm

A Thai court on Tuesday ordered demonstrators to allow limited access to Thailand's seat of government in response to a complaint filed by the Office of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva . The Bangkok Civil Court issued an injunction...

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News South Africa appeals court upholds judicial bias complaint in Zuma corruption case
South Africa appeals court upholds judicial bias complaint in Zuma corruption case
Andrew Morgan
March 31, 2009 03:40:00 pm

The South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Tuesday held that the judges of the Constitutional Court acted lawfully in filing a grievance against Cape Judge President John Hlophe...

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News UN lawyer hints at transfer of genocide suspects to Rwanda for trials
UN lawyer hints at transfer of genocide suspects to Rwanda for trials
Bhargav Katikanen
March 31, 2009 03:35:00 pm

UN Deputy Secretary for Legal Affairs Pamela O'Brien apparently signaled a shift in official UN position by expressing sympathy for Rwanda's desire to try any remaining genocide suspects in Rwanda after the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in age discrimination in employment case
Supreme Court hears arguments in age discrimination in employment case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
March 31, 2009 01:47:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Gross v. FBL Financial Services , in which the Court will decide whether a plaintiff must...

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News Afghanistan president signs law restricting women’s rights in re-election bid: report
Afghanistan president signs law restricting women’s rights in re-election bid: report
Brian Jackson
March 31, 2009 11:57:00 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has signed into law a bill which significantly reduces women's rights, including legalizing rape within a marriage, the Guardian reported Tuesday. Critics allege that Karzai signed this bill, which...

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Federal judge enjoins child pornography prosecution of high school texters
Amelia Mathias
March 31, 2009 11:54:00 am

A judge in the US District for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued a temporary restraining order Monday blocking child pornography charges against three teenage girls who appeared in photographs distributed by cell phone throughout...

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Supreme Court dismisses Philip Morris appeal of jury verdict
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
March 31, 2009 10:09:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed as improvidently granted the writ of certiorari in Philip Morris USA v. Williams . The Court had originally granted certiorari to consider for...

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News Ex-Khmer Rouge leader ‘Duch’ apologizes for war crimes in Cambodia genocide court
Ex-Khmer Rouge leader ‘Duch’ apologizes for war crimes in Cambodia genocide court
Eszter Bardi
March 31, 2009 08:05:00 am

Former Khmer Rogue  leader Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," on Tuesday formally accepted responsibility and apologized for the torture and murder of an estimated 12,000 Cambodians at the prison he ran for the regime. Kaing...

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News US stays proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo detainee pending transfer
US stays proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo detainee pending transfer
Adrienne Lester
March 31, 2009 08:04:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia  granted a joint motion Monday for a stay of proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Ayman Saeed Batarfi, allowing for his eventual transfer....

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North Korea preparing indictments for captured US journalists
Andrew Gilmore
March 31, 2009 07:53:00 am

North Korean state media outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday that indictments are being prepared against two American journalists detained earlier this month while allegedly attempting to enter the country illegally from China....

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Dred Scott decided

On March 6, 1857, the US Supreme Court announced its landmark decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford, holding that black people—slaves as well as free—were not and could never become citizens of the United States and that the 1820 Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. Learn more about the Dred Scott case from Washington University in St. Louis (the city where Dred Scott initially filed his suit for freedom and had his case first tried). Review a selection of contemporary newspaper editorials reacting to the decision.

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