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News Supreme Court strikes down Arizona campaign finance restriction
Supreme Court strikes down Arizona campaign finance restriction
Zach Zagger
June 27, 2011 10:53:01 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett that an Arizona campaign finance regulation that provided publicly financed candidates with additional government subsidies, which...

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News Supreme Court rules foreign subsidiary not subject to personal jurisdiction
Supreme Court rules foreign subsidiary not subject to personal jurisdiction
Maureen Cosgrove
June 27, 2011 10:40:27 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in Goodyear v. Brown that foreign subsidiaries of the American corporation Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company are...

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News Supreme Court strikes down violent video games ban
Supreme Court strikes down violent video games ban
Julia Zebley
June 27, 2011 10:26:01 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-2 in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association that a California ban on the sale of violent video games to minors violates the First...

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News Supreme Court to rule on FCC indecency policy
Supreme Court to rule on FCC indecency policy
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 27, 2011 10:04:08 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday added 11 more cases to its 2011-2012 docket. In FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. , the court will rule on whether...

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News Bangladesh jails more than 650 soldiers in connection to 2009 mutiny
Bangladesh jails more than 650 soldiers in connection to 2009 mutiny
Zach Zagger
June 27, 2011 10:01:32 am

A Bangladesh military court on Monday sentenced 657 border guards for their roles in a February 2009 mutiny . The verdict was unprecedented in the number of people convicted at once and brings...

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News Tunisia court upholds conviction of nephew of ex-president Ben Ali
Tunisia court upholds conviction of nephew of ex-president Ben Ali
Maureen Cosgrove
June 27, 2011 09:47:15 am

A Tunisian appeals court on Saturday upheld the conviction of Imed Trabelsi, businessman and nephew of ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali . The 14th Criminal Chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal...

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News Cambodia genocide tribunal begins trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders
Cambodia genocide tribunal begins trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders
Maureen Cosgrove
June 27, 2011 08:50:47 am

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday began the initial hearings in the trial of four former leaders of the communist Khmer Rouge regime [JURIST news archive;...

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News ICC issues arrest warrants for Libya leader Gaddafi, his son, head of intelligence
ICC issues arrest warrants for Libya leader Gaddafi, his son, head of intelligence
Zach Zagger
June 27, 2011 08:43:16 am

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday issued arrest warrants against Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi and two of his high-ranking officials. The Pre-Trial Chamber I issued warrants ...

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News Israel threatens 10-year ban for journalists participating in Gaza aid flotilla
Israel threatens 10-year ban for journalists participating in Gaza aid flotilla
Dan Taglioli
June 26, 2011 09:22:21 pm

Israel issued a warning to the international media on Sunday, threatening deportation and a 10-year ban from the country for any foreign journalist caught on board an aid flotilla headed for the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Government Press Office...

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News Federal judge issues injunction against Indiana abortion law
Federal judge issues injunction against Indiana abortion law
Dan Taglioli
June 26, 2011 05:55:06 pm

The US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on Friday granted a preliminary injunction against a state law that would block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN) [official...

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Bruno Hauptmann indicted for murdering Lindbergh baby

On October 8, 1934, undocumented German immigrant Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of flying pioneer Charles Lindbergh's infant son. Learn more about the case against Hauptmann.

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On October 8, 1895, the future President of Argentina, Juan Peron was born. He would serve two terms before being deposed in a coup in 1955. He was then returned to power in 1973, serving until his death the next year. His policies and personality became the inspiration for the Argentine political movement Peronism. Learn more about the legacy of Juan Peron.

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