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News Accused ‘Toronto 18’ leader pleads guilty mid-trial
Accused ‘Toronto 18’ leader pleads guilty mid-trial
Sarah Paulsworth
May 10, 2010 03:23:55 pm

The accused leader of the Toronto 18 , Fahim Ahmad, unexpectedly switched his plea to guilty on Monday in the midst of his Canadian trial on terrorism charges. Ahmad is on trial [Toronto Star...

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News US mediation board eases union election rules for airlines, railroads
US mediation board eases union election rules for airlines, railroads
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 10, 2010 02:47:41 pm

The National Mediation Board (NMB) on Monday issued a new labor rule that will make it easier for airline and railroad workers to unionize. Under the new rule, the union must only win a majority...

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News Zimbabwe high court dismisses terrorism charges against cabinet nominee
Zimbabwe high court dismisses terrorism charges against cabinet nominee
Ximena Marinero
May 10, 2010 12:47:13 pm

Zimbabwe's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed terrorism and other charges against Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer and deputy agriculture minister-nominee Roy Bennett . Bennett, a close ally of Prime...

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News Kuwait court acquits eight accused of planning attack on US base
Kuwait court acquits eight accused of planning attack on US base
Matt Glenn
May 10, 2010 11:46:42 am

A Kuwaiti court on Monday acquitted eight men accused of planning to attack a US base 70 miles south of Kuwait city whom Kuwaiti authorities say have ties to al Qaeda. Defense lawyer Mohammad al-Kundari claims that the six...

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News Obama nominates Solicitor General Elena Kagan to US Supreme Court
Obama nominates Solicitor General Elena Kagan to US Supreme Court
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 10, 2010 10:16:48 am

US President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court . If confirmed by the US Senate , Kagan would replace...

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News Obama administration seeking to limit Miranda rights in terror cases
Obama administration seeking to limit Miranda rights in terror cases
Matt Glenn
May 10, 2010 09:28:03 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that the Obama administration plans to ask Congress to enact legislation allowing interrogators to question terror suspects for a longer period of time than currently allowed before informing them of...

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News Comoros high court overturns extension of presidential term
Comoros high court overturns extension of presidential term
Dwyer Arce
May 9, 2010 03:43:14 pm

The Constitutional Court of Comoros on Saturday overturned an extension of the president's term in office, holding that his mandate will end later this month. The court ruled that after the mandate ends...

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News China disbars two human rights lawyers
China disbars two human rights lawyers
David Manes
May 9, 2010 11:06:06 am

Two Chinese human rights lawyers who have represented Falun Gong defendants were permanently disbarred Friday after being accused of disrupting courtrooms. In a Beijing Municipal Judicial Bureau [official website,...

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News Germany high court rejects temporary injunction against Greece bailout contribution
Germany high court rejects temporary injunction against Greece bailout contribution
Haley Wojdowski
May 8, 2010 01:05:15 pm

Germany's constitutional court Saturday refused to issue a temporary injunction against the German government's €22.4 billion ($28.5 billion) contribution to a bailout package for Greece, which...

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News Nokia sues Apple for alleged iPad, iPhone patent infringements
Nokia sues Apple for alleged iPad, iPhone patent infringements
Carrie Schimizzi
May 8, 2010 10:04:20 am

Finnish telecommunications company Nokia announced Friday that it has filed a complaint in the US District Court in the Western District for Wisconsin alleging that Apple iPad and iPhone 3G products...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi SS and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps. Read a biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted anti-Vietnam War bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution. Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts.

Trial of Marquess of Queensberry begins, leading to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde

On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality. Read about the trials of Oscar Wilde.

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