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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

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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