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News Federal judge upholds guilty verdicts in Fort Dix conspiracy
Federal judge upholds guilty verdicts in Fort Dix conspiracy
Andrew Gilmore
March 5, 2009 04:01:00 pm

A federal judge at the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Thursday upheld the guilty verdicts reached by a jury against five men convicted of plotting to kill US soldiers at...

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News Europe rights court holds Russia responsible for Chechen death
Europe rights court holds Russia responsible for Chechen death
Andrew Gilmore
March 5, 2009 03:23:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Russia is liable for the death of an ethnic Chechen at the hands of Russian forces in 2000, finding Russia in violation of the European...

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News Sudan president Bashir derides ICC warrant
Sudan president Bashir derides ICC warrant
Devin Montgomery
March 5, 2009 03:06:00 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday scoffed at the warrant for his arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) earlier this week. Speaking to a crowd...

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News Iran to seek INTERPOL arrest warrants for Israeli war crimes suspects
Iran to seek INTERPOL arrest warrants for Israeli war crimes suspects
Caitlin Price
March 5, 2009 03:01:00 pm

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court will seek INTERPOL arrest warrants for more than 100 Israelis on war crimes charges stemming from the conflict in Gaza , prosecutors said Thursday. Iran announced in December that it would establish...

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UN rights chief warns Afghanistan situation worsening
Benjamin Hackman
March 5, 2009 12:19:00 pm

Afghanistan's human rights progress has been thwarted by armed conflict, censorship, abuse of power, and violence against women, according to a report delivered Thursday to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ...

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Federal judge partially overturns sailor terrorism conviction
Andrew Morgan
March 5, 2009 12:09:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Connecticut on Thursday reversed a former Navy signalman's conviction for material support of terrorism. Judge Mark Kravitz set aside the conviction of Hassan Abu-Jihaad,...

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Safiya Boucaud
March 5, 2009 11:49:00 am

A Singaporean member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group admitted his role in plotting the foiled 2001 attack of an Indonesian airport, while testifying at the trial of two Indonesian terrorist suspects in...

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Steve Czajkowski
March 5, 2009 10:55:00 am

Former White House advisor Karl Rove and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers will provide testimony before the US House Judiciary Committee concerning the firing of US Attorneys , allegedly for political reasons,...

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Europe court rules UK mandatory retirement law not discriminatory
Steve Czajkowski
March 5, 2009 09:16:00 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that UK regulations permitting mandatory retirement policies for workers who reach the age of 65 do not violate an EU anti-discrimination law. The case was...

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Zimbabwe high court invalidates regional court decision on land reform
Ximena Marinero
March 5, 2009 08:08:00 am

The Zimbabwe High Court ruled on Wednesday that the Southern Africa Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal) is not superior to the courts of the individual SADC member countries, in a decision invalidating a SADC Tribunal...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience

On June 7, 1893, Mohandas Gandhi committed his first act of civil disobedience in South Africa. Because he was an Indian, Gandhi was ordered to move to the third class section of a train, despite holding a first-class ticket. When he refused, Gandhi was thrown off of the train. Gandhi would go on to organize efforts by Indians living in South Africa to oppose racial discrimination thereby founding the Natal Indian Congress. He would then return to his native India to lead its drive for independence from Great Britain. Learn more about the Natal Indian Congress from the South African History Archive.

US Supreme Court ruled contraceptive use protected by privacy right

On June 7, 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, the US Supreme Court held that the use of contraceptives was protected by the constitutional right of privacy.

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