Same-sex marriage reciprocity ruling [DC Election & Ethics Board] News
Same-sex marriage reciprocity ruling [DC Election & Ethics Board]

In re: Marriage Initiative of 2009, District of Columbia Board of Election and Ethics, November 17, 2009 [holding that Washington DC's Jury and Marriage Act, which allows DC to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in other jurisdictions, could not be challenged by a ballot initiative because overturning the law would violate the DC Human Rights Act].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on legal issues surrounding same-sex marriage.

THIS DAY @ LAW

US judge upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans

On September 1, 1942, a federal judge in Sacramento, California, US, upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans and Japanese nationals during World War II. Learn more about Japanese-American internment.

ANZUS Treaty signed

On September 1, 1951, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States signed ANZUS, a mutual defense accord similar to NATO in Europe. The alliance between the US and New Zealand, however, has been suspended since 1985, after the institution of New Zealand's nuclear-free zone prohibited US nuclear warships from entering New Zealand's ports.