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News GE agrees to settle SEC complaint in oil-for-food scandal
GE agrees to settle SEC complaint in oil-for-food scandal
Andrea Bottorff
July 28, 2010 08:26:24 am

General Electric Co. (GE) on Tuesday agreed to a $23.5 million settlement after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint accusing GE of bribing Iraqi officials to receive...

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News Russia court jails neo-Nazis for hate crimes
Russia court jails neo-Nazis for hate crimes
Andrea Bottorff
July 28, 2010 07:25:54 am

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced 14 neo-Nazis , including a group leader and several teenagers, to jail terms for committing hate crimes against ethnic minorities in the country. The group leader, 22-year-old Dmitry Orlov, was sentenced...

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News UK court blocks extradition of former Bosnia president
UK court blocks extradition of former Bosnia president
Drew Singer
July 27, 2010 03:42:26 pm

A UK court on Tuesday blocked the extradition of former Bosnian president Ejup Ganic to Serbia to stand trial for alleged war crimes. Ganic, who served as vice president during the outset of the 1992-1995 Bosnian...

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News ICTY denies early release of former Serb parliament head
ICTY denies early release of former Serb parliament head
Daniel Richey
July 27, 2010 02:48:17 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday denied early release to former Bosnian Serb Assembly leader and convicted war criminal Momcilo Krajisnik . Krajisnik was sentenced...

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News Serbia parliament rejects Kosovo independence in perpetuity
Serbia parliament rejects Kosovo independence in perpetuity
Dwyer Arce
July 27, 2010 01:22:25 pm

The Serbian National Assembly on Monday voted 192-26 to pass a resolution that Serbia would never recognize Kosovo as an independent nation. The declaration comes a week after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official...

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News US government increasing enforcement of immigration laws: report
US government increasing enforcement of immigration laws: report
Daniel Richey
July 27, 2010 11:05:59 am

Mounting emphasis on enforcement of existing immigration laws under the Obama administration has seen a sharp rise in deportations by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , according to a Washington Post report Monday. The new emphasis...

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News Algeria court indicts ex-Guantanamo detainee
Algeria court indicts ex-Guantanamo detainee
Dwyer Arce
July 27, 2010 10:42:31 am

The Algerian prosecutor's office said Monday that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Aziz Abdul Naji had been indicted, but did not specify the charges. The charges come after a period of detention by the Algerian...

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News New Jersey high court declines to hear same-sex marriage case
New Jersey high court declines to hear same-sex marriage case
Dwyer Arce
July 27, 2010 09:24:01 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of New Jersey's civil unions law, holding that it must first be heard in the lower courts. The lawsuit was...

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News Ex-Khmer Rouge leader to appeal conviction
Ex-Khmer Rouge leader to appeal conviction
Dwyer Arce
July 27, 2010 08:45:14 am

A spokesperson for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) confirmed Tuesday that former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," intends...

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News Rights group sues UK government over failure to report DRC conflict minerals trade
Rights group sues UK government over failure to report DRC conflict minerals trade
Andrea Bottorff
July 27, 2010 07:52:36 am

UK rights group Global Witness (GW) on Monday filed suit against the UK government for failing to report several UK companies to the UN Sanctions Committee for allegedly trading "conflict minerals" from the...

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US Supreme Court upheld discriminatory districting

On June 10, 1946, the US Supreme Court upheld uneven congressional districting plans in Colegrove v. Green. The case challenged an Illinois districting plan that concentrated voters into large districts in the center of the state and did not balance for population. The court reasoned that districting was a political question for the states to decide without judicial interference. This opinion was overturned less than 20 years later in Baker v. Carr, which set judicial standards for invoking political question doctrine. Learn more about political question doctrine from Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.

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