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News Mentally disabled immigrants facing deportation accorded right to representation
Mentally disabled immigrants facing deportation accorded right to representation
Erin Bock
December 28, 2010 04:39:07 pm

A federal judge has ruled that US Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officials must provide representation to two mentally disabled immigrants who are challenging deportation proceedings. The ruling was a landmark decision in immigration...

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News SEC sues investors for insider trading in acquisition of biosciences corporation
SEC sues investors for insider trading in acquisition of biosciences corporation
Matt Glenn
December 28, 2010 03:53:55 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an insider trading complaint against unknown investors in Martek Biosciences Corp. , claiming that the investors purchased an unusually large number of call options in Martek...

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News Telecom company reaches settlements with DOJ and SEC in bribery case
Telecom company reaches settlements with DOJ and SEC in bribery case
Erin Bock
December 28, 2010 03:43:03 pm

Global telecommunications organization Alcatel-Lucent on Monday agreed to pay more than $137 million to resolve investigations into its sales practices by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) . The...

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News Khodorkovsky verdict draws international criticism
Khodorkovsky verdict draws international criticism
Matt Glenn
December 28, 2010 03:00:55 pm

International human rights organizations and numerous governments criticized Russia's justice system following Monday's guilty verdict against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev on embezzlement charges. Amnesty International (AI)...

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News Afghanistan president orders tribunal to hear parliamentary election fraud complaints
Afghanistan president orders tribunal to hear parliamentary election fraud complaints
Zach Zagger
December 28, 2010 12:47:01 pm

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai issued a decree Sunday allowing the country's Supreme Court to go forward with its plan to set up a tribunal to hear complaints of fraud during the September...

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News Nine men charged in UK for terror plot against US Embassy
Nine men charged in UK for terror plot against US Embassy
Zach Zagger
December 28, 2010 10:59:51 am

Nine men were charged and taken custody on Monday in the UK for conspiring to bomb the US Embassy and the London Stock Exchange . The charges come after British authorities had apprehended 12 men on...

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News Gibbs acknowledges Guantanamo will remain open for foreseeable future
Gibbs acknowledges Guantanamo will remain open for foreseeable future
Aman Kakar
December 27, 2010 02:48:25 pm

Detainees will continue to be held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay for the foreseeable future, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs acknowledged Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." The statement...

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News Russia court finds Khodorkovsky guilty of embezzlement
Russia court finds Khodorkovsky guilty of embezzlement
Maureen Cosgrove
December 27, 2010 10:21:42 am

The Khamovnichesky District Court in Moscow found former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev guilty of embezzlement Monday. Khodorkovsky, the former owner of...

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News Pennsylvania appeals court allows evidence obtained with GPS technology
Pennsylvania appeals court allows evidence obtained with GPS technology
Eryn Correa
December 26, 2010 02:10:02 pm

A Pennsylvania appeals court has overturned a Chester County Court of Common Pleas decision banning the use of evidence obtained with global positioning systems (GPS) technology. The three judge panel of the appeals court allowed the admission...

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News Iran postpones execution of Kurdish law student
Iran postpones execution of Kurdish law student
Jay Carmella
December 26, 2010 01:00:13 pm

The scheduled execution of Kurdish student Habibolah Latifi on Sunday was postponed by the Iranian government in order to investigate irregularities in the case, his defense lawyer Nemat Amadhi told ISNA news agency ....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Sandra Day O'Connor confirmed as first female US Supreme Court justice

On September 21, 1981, the US Senate approved the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the US Supreme Court by a vote of 99-0, making her the first female Supreme Court justice. Learn more about Justice O'Connor from Oyez.

Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines

On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation 1081, implementing martial law in the Philippines. Marcos used the proclamation not only to suppress a communist insurgency but to eliminate political opponents as well. He remained in power until he was forced from office and into exile by the People Power Revolution in 1986.

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