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News Ninth Circuit hears arguments on Arizona immigration law
Ninth Circuit hears arguments on Arizona immigration law
Zach Zagger
November 2, 2010 07:04:30 am

A three-judge panel of US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday on Arizona's controversial immigration law . The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has argued...

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News Indonesia president: soldiers to face trial over torture video
Indonesia president: soldiers to face trial over torture video
Matt Glenn
November 1, 2010 03:12:05 pm

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced Monday that Indonesian soldiers caught on video last month torturing Papuan detainees will stand trial before...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on summary judgment appeal
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 1, 2010 02:01:31 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Ortiz v. Jordan on whether a party may appeal an order denying summary judgment...

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Supreme Court to rule on juvenile Miranda rights
Ann Riley
November 1, 2010 01:01:13 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in five cases and called for views by the Acting Solicitor General on two pending petitions. In JDB v. North Carolina...

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News Yemen court sentences Somali pirates to 5 years in prison
Yemen court sentences Somali pirates to 5 years in prison
Ashley Hileman
November 1, 2010 12:32:22 pm

A penal court in the Aden province of Yemen on Sunday sentenced a group of 10 Somali pirates to five years in prison. The men were convicted on charges of committing acts of piracy against Yemeni fishing...

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News ICTR convicts former Rwanda businessman on genocide charges
ICTR convicts former Rwanda businessman on genocide charges
LaToya Sawyer
November 1, 2010 11:51:13 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday convicted former Rwanda businessman Gaspard Kanyarukiga on charges of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. Kanyarukiga was indicted [text,...

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Turkish government lifts YouTube ban
Eryn Correa
November 1, 2010 11:11:41 am

The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of Ankara on Saturday lifted a nearly three-year ban on YouTube after disputed videos were removed from the site's content. A German-based international licensing service owned by a Turkish...

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Khadr sentenced by military jury
Carrie Schimizzi
November 1, 2010 07:55:38 am

A panel of seven senior US military officers on Sunday sentenced Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr to 40 years in prison, but Khadr will serve no more than...

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Treaty of Fort Pitt signed between US and Lenape Nation

The newly independent United States and the Lenape Nation signed a treaty of alliance called the Treaty of Fort Pitt on September 17, 1778. The treaty aimed to unite both parties in a fight against the British who still claimed the 13 American colonies. However, the treaty would not last as its terms were subsequently violated by the US, including the establishment of a 14th state for Native Americans. Learn more about the Treaty of Fort Pitt and the history of the Lenape (Delaware) people.

US Constitution adopted by delegates in Philadelphia

On September 17, 1787, the United States Constitution was adopted by the 39 delegates to the federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

Learn more about the Constitution from the National Constitution Center.

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