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News Holder calls for increased global effort against corruption
Holder calls for increased global effort against corruption
Hillary Stemple
June 1, 2010 01:16:46 pm

US Attorney General Eric Holder called Monday for increased international efforts in fighting corruption. Speaking to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Holder reaffirmed the US commitment toward fighting corruption and called on...

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News Supreme Court rules discriminatory state tax claims lack federal jurisdiction
Supreme Court rules discriminatory state tax claims lack federal jurisdiction
Sarah Miley
June 1, 2010 12:30:34 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Levin v. Commerce Energy that federal courts lack original jurisdiction over state tax claims based on discrimination. The...

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News Supreme Court holds ‘right to remain silent’ must be unambiguously expressed
Supreme Court holds ‘right to remain silent’ must be unambiguously expressed
Hillary Stemple
June 1, 2010 12:23:30 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 5-4 in Berghuis v. Thompkins that when Miranda warnings are properly given, a person wishing to invoke the right to...

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News Supreme Court rules sex offender registration law does not apply retroactively
Supreme Court rules sex offender registration law does not apply retroactively
Hillary Stemple
June 1, 2010 11:49:46 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Carr v. United States that the failure to register provision of the Sex Offender Registration...

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News Supreme Court rules foreign officials not immune from suit
Supreme Court rules foreign officials not immune from suit
Dwyer Arce
June 1, 2010 11:27:23 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Samantar v. Yousef that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) [28 USC §§ 1330, 1602 et...

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News Security Council calls for inquiry into disputed Israel action against Gaza aid ships
Security Council calls for inquiry into disputed Israel action against Gaza aid ships
Andrew Morgan
June 1, 2010 11:06:33 am

The UN Security Council Tuesday called for a "prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation" into a weekend raid by Israeli commandos on an aid flotilla bound for the blockaded Gaza strip in which 10 civilians...

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News Supreme Court to rule on tax exemption for medical residents
Supreme Court to rule on tax exemption for medical residents
Sarah Miley
June 1, 2010 10:45:19 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research v. United States to decide whether medical students working as full-time...

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News Supreme Court rules in interstate radioactive waste disposal suit
Supreme Court rules in interstate radioactive waste disposal suit
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 1, 2010 10:24:10 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday decided in Alabama v. North Carolina to adopt the recommendations of the Special Master in an interstate dispute over the disposal...

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News UN SG hails ‘age of accountability’ at ICC review conference
UN SG hails ‘age of accountability’ at ICC review conference
Dwyer Arce
June 1, 2010 09:21:40 am

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday hailed the dawning of an "age of accountability" during the opening day of the review session of the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Ban described the first Review...

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News China judicial authority bans use of evidence obtained through torture
China judicial authority bans use of evidence obtained through torture
Hillary Stemple
June 1, 2010 09:09:28 am

China's Supreme People's Court announced Sunday that evidence obtained through violence or intimidation will be barred from use in criminal trials and death penalty cases. The new regulations require prosecutors to provide...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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