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News Virginia AG responds to motion to dismiss health care lawsuit
Virginia AG responds to motion to dismiss health care lawsuit
Hillary Stemple
June 8, 2010 09:57:57 am

Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli on Monday filed a response to the federal government's motion to dismiss the state's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of recently passed health care ...

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Rights commission orders closure of Guatemala gold mine
Sarah Miley
June 8, 2010 09:49:35 am

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Monday ordered Goldcorp, one of the world's largest gold producers, to shut down the company's Marlin mine in Guatemala, pending an investigation into human rights abuses and environmental...

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US Navy to appeal acquittal of Marine for Iraqi civilian killing
Dwyer Arce
June 8, 2010 08:49:49 am

The US Navy announced Monday that it will appeal an appeals court ruling overturning the conviction of US Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III . Hutchins, who was convicted in 2007 for the 2006...

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Israel launches internal military probe of flotilla attack
Ann Riley
June 8, 2010 08:27:33 am

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday launched an internal investigation of the May 31 Israeli raid on several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip . Chief of the General Staff Gabi...

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Rights group urges European states to stop deportation of Iraq refugees
Andrea Bottorff
June 8, 2010 07:41:40 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday urged European leaders to stop the upcoming deportation of asylum seekers to Iraq because their human rights may be violated in unsafe regions of the country. Authorities in the UK,...

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Rwanda judge denies bail application by US lawyer
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June 7, 2010 02:12:43 pm

A Rwandan judge on Monday denied the bail request of US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder . Judge Maurice Mbishibishi of the Gasabo Intermediate Court cited flight risk ...

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Hillary Stemple
June 7, 2010 01:36:28 pm

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced Sunday that national police chief John Numbi has been suspended as part of the ongoing investigation into the murder of human rights activist Floribert Chebeya. In...

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June 7, 2010 12:45:50 pm

Bank of America (BOA) subsidiary Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. on Monday reached a $108 million settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to resolve charges that the subsidiary collected excessive fees from...

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Dwyer Arce
June 7, 2010 12:24:05 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition for certiorari in the case of Pontiac School District v. Duncan, which challenged whether the No Child Left Behind Act [official website; JURIST...

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June 7, 2010 12:19:02 pm

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Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School. The court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez.

Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School.

The Court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia site at Northwestern University.

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