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News Ninth Circuit denies FOIA request for potential blast ranges at military base
Ninth Circuit denies FOIA request for potential blast ranges at military base
Christian Ehret
August 6, 2009 12:34:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the US Navy did not have to disclose the locations and potential blast ranges of explosive artillery stored at a Puget Sound...

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News Sexual orientation anti-discrimination bill introduced in US Senate
Sexual orientation anti-discrimination bill introduced in US Senate
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
August 6, 2009 11:31:00 am

A bill aimed at banning workplace discrimination motivated by an employee’s sexual orientation or gender identification was introduced in the US Senate on Wednesday by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) . The Employment Non-Discrimination...

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News India court sentences Mumbai bombers to death for 2003 attacks
India court sentences Mumbai bombers to death for 2003 attacks
Abigail Salisbury
August 6, 2009 11:17:00 am

A specially-mandated Indian court on Thursday sentenced three convicted terrorists to death for their roles in the 2003 Mumbai bomb attack that killed 52 people. Late last month, Ashrat Ansari, Hanif Sayed, and Fehmida Sayed...

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News Ninth Circuit prohibits construction, timber removal in National Forest System
Ninth Circuit prohibits construction, timber removal in National Forest System
Brian Jackson
August 6, 2009 09:36:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a district court ruling reinstating the Roadless Rule , which prohibited the building of roads or the use of roadless lands in National...

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News Rights groups criticize Italy for deporting Tunisia national at risk of torture
Rights groups criticize Italy for deporting Tunisia national at risk of torture
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
August 6, 2009 09:13:00 am

Human rights advocates on Wednesday accused Italy of disregarding its obligations under past European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgments by deporting terror suspect Ali Ben Sassi Toumi to his native Tunisia. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called...

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News Former congressman convicted on bribery, money laundering charges
Former congressman convicted on bribery, money laundering charges
Andrew Morgan
August 6, 2009 09:07:00 am

Former Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) was found guilty on Wednesday of 11 counts of public corruption. Jefferson was convicted of using his position on the US House of Representatives Ways and Means...

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News Illinois gives doctors 90 days to implement parental notices for abortions
Illinois gives doctors 90 days to implement parental notices for abortions
Christian Ehret
August 6, 2009 08:35:00 am

The Illinois Department of Finance and Professional Regulation (DFPR) on Wednesday granted doctors a 90-day grace period for enforcement of the state's parental notification requirement for minors obtaining abortions. The grace period came at the...

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News China authorities to charge 83 in Xinjiang riots
China authorities to charge 83 in Xinjiang riots
Andrew Morgan
August 5, 2009 03:30:00 pm

Authorities in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Tuesday announced charges of murder, intentional injury, arson, and robbery against 83 people accused of participating in violent demonstrations in the capital city of Urumqi in early July. Xinjiang...

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News Roadless rule reinstatement ruling [9th Circuit]
Roadless rule reinstatement ruling [9th Circuit]
August 5, 2009 02:21:00 pm

People of the State of California Ex Rel. Bill Lockyer v. US Department of Agriculture, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 5, 2009 [affirming the reinstatement of the Roadless Rule, which prohibited the building of roads or...

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News Karadzic sues Serbia for ‘kidnapping’ alleging failure to report his arrest
Karadzic sues Serbia for ‘kidnapping’ alleging failure to report his arrest
Christian Ehret
August 5, 2009 02:04:00 pm

War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Wednesday sued the Serbian government for allegedly kidnapping him prior to announcing his arrest last year. The former Bosnian Serb leader claims that Serbian authorities officially...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed Immigration and Nationality Act into law, ending country quotas

On October 3, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, standing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, signed into law the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. The Act ordered the elimination of the national origins quota system established in 1882 in favor of a worldwide quota blind to national origin. Immigration was redistributed by pooling unused quotas and making them available on a first-come, first-served basis to oversubscribed nations. Learn more about the 1965 Act and its aftermath.

Germany reunified

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