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News Gaza rights situation not improving despite Israel easing blockade: report
Gaza rights situation not improving despite Israel easing blockade: report
Zach Zagger
November 30, 2010 04:19:53 pm

Six months after Israel announced that it was easing the blockade of the Gaza Strip , there is little sign of economic improvement for the struggling territory, according to a report published Tuesday by 25 human rights groups...

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News Supreme Court hears California prison overcrowding case
Supreme Court hears California prison overcrowding case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 30, 2010 03:22:23 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Schwarzenegger v. Plata on an order to reduce the California prison population [JURIST news...

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News ICJ orders DRC to compensate Guinea for false detention of businessman
ICJ orders DRC to compensate Guinea for false detention of businessman
Julia Zebley
November 30, 2010 02:16:31 pm

On Tuesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to pay an undetermined amount to Guinea for the 1988 arbitrary imprisonment of a Guinean businessman. The tribunal found [judgment,...

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News Serbia requests extradition of accused Nazi living in US
Serbia requests extradition of accused Nazi living in US
Matt Glenn
November 30, 2010 01:51:37 pm

Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic said that Serbia has filed documents asking the US to extradite accused Nazi war criminal and naturalized US citizen Peter Egner to Serbia so that he can stand trial...

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EU announces antitrust probe into Google business practices
John Paul Putney
November 30, 2010 01:15:31 pm

The European Commission on Tuesday announced a formal investigation into allegations that Google abused its dominant market position by manipulating search results to give its own services preferential placement. The...

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Supreme Court upholds limits on municipal liability
Matt Glenn
November 30, 2010 01:14:07 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Los Angeles County v. Humphries that, when alleging a municipality violated their civil rights under 42 USC § 1983 ,...

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News First UK hate crimes report reveals 50,000 incidents reported last year
First UK hate crimes report reveals 50,000 incidents reported last year
Drew Singer
November 30, 2010 01:03:32 pm

More than 50,000 hate crimes were reported last year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, according to a report released Tuesday, the first time such a report has been made public. The Association of Chief...

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News Second US soldier charged in probe into Afghan civilian deaths
Second US soldier charged in probe into Afghan civilian deaths
Aman Kakar
November 30, 2010 12:10:12 pm

Major General Curtis Scaparrotti of the US Army on Monday ordered a court-martial for Staff Sergeant David Bram stemming from a larger case involving five soldiers accused of killing Afghan citizens. Bram is charged with...

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Federal judge sentences Somali pirate to 30 years
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
November 30, 2010 09:28:41 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday sentenced Somali citizen Jama Idle Ibrahim to 30 years in prison for an April attack on the USS Ashland in...

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Federal judge blocks Oklahoma Islamic law ban
Zach Zagger
November 30, 2010 08:54:27 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on Monday ordered a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of the controversial Oklahoma constitutional amendment banning the courts...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

New law makes Hitler dictator of Germany

On August 3, 1934, the German Parliament passed a law that combined the offices of President and Chancellor, making Adolf Hitler the supreme leader (Fuehrer und Reichskanzler) of Germany. Prior to the law's passage, Hitler had been the German Chancellor with Paul von Hindenberg serving as President. However, Hindenberg died on August 2, and Parliament was pressured to combine the two offices instead of holding an election to replace the deceased President of Germany.

US Congress passed first law regulating immigration

On August 3, 1882, Congress passed the first federal law regulating immigration. Under the statute, state-run boards under contract to the US Secretary of the Treasury were to inspect immigrants according to rules that were uniform in all ports. Boards were prohibited from admitting any immigrant found to be a "convict, lunatic, idiot or any person unable to take care of him or herself without becoming a public charge."

Learn more about eugenics laws restricting immigration.

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