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News Three Somali pirates charged in highjacking that killed 4 Americans
Three Somali pirates charged in highjacking that killed 4 Americans
Andrea Bottorff
July 9, 2011 12:02:28 pm

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday charged three Somali pirates with 26 counts for acts of piracy in the hijacking of a US vessel that resulted in the deaths of four...

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News UN rights chief: US execution of Mexico national violated international law
UN rights chief: US execution of Mexico national violated international law
Andrea Bottorff
July 9, 2011 10:30:49 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday criticized the US execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia a day earlier, saying that the sentence violated international law. Pillay said that the US...

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News UN calls for international regulations on independent security contractors
UN calls for international regulations on independent security contractors
Julia Zebley
July 8, 2011 04:07:02 pm

The UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries on Friday proposed international legislation to create mechanisms for prosecuting contractors and mercenaries when they violate the law. The Chairman of the UN Working...

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News Senegal to deport former Chad president Habre
Senegal to deport former Chad president Habre
Julia Zebley
July 8, 2011 03:27:26 pm

The Senegalese government announced on Friday that they will be deporting former Chad president Hissene Habre to Chad, where he is likely to be tried for war crimes [AP-Senegal report,...

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News Federal appeals court reinstates Indonesia lawsuit against Exxon Mobil
Federal appeals court reinstates Indonesia lawsuit against Exxon Mobil
Zach Zagger
July 8, 2011 03:13:41 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Friday revived a lawsuit brought by 15 Indonesian citizens against the US corporation ExxonMobil Corp. alleging that its wholly-owned subsidiary hired security...

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News ACLU files lawsuit challenging Alabama immigration law
ACLU files lawsuit challenging Alabama immigration law
Zach Zagger
July 8, 2011 01:53:15 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Friday that it is filing a lawsuit challenging a controversial Alabama law that expands restrictions on undocumented immigrants. The lawsuit, filed in the US...

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News Honduras truth commission says coup against Zelaya was unconstitutional
Honduras truth commission says coup against Zelaya was unconstitutional
Julia Zebley
July 8, 2011 12:27:55 pm

The Honduran Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Thursday released their final report on the June 2009 coup that removed Manuel Zelaya from power, declaring the coup unconstitutional, but...

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News Planned Parenthood seeks to block North Carolina from defunding it
Planned Parenthood seeks to block North Carolina from defunding it
Zach Zagger
July 8, 2011 11:50:35 am

Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina (PPCNC) filed a lawsuit Thursday to block the enforcement of North Carolina's budget that denies state and federal funds used to subsidize Planned Parenthood family planning services and teen...

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News Yemen pirate pleads guilty to hijacking that killed 4 Americans
Yemen pirate pleads guilty to hijacking that killed 4 Americans
Zach Zagger
July 8, 2011 10:42:40 am

A Yemeni man pleaded guilty Thursday to acts of piracy for a hijacking of a US vessel that resulted in the deaths of four US citizens. Mounir Ali pleaded guilty in the US District Court for the...

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News Supreme Court denies stay of execution of Mexican national
Supreme Court denies stay of execution of Mexican national
Julia Zebley
July 8, 2011 09:19:27 am

The US Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the planned execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia . When Leal Garcia was arrested for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, he...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

UK parliament rejected J.S. Mill's proposal to give women the vote

On May 20, 1867, the British Parliament rejected by 196-73 an amendment to the 1867 Reform Act presented by John Stuart Mill that would have permitted women to vote. Review Mill's 1869 work The Subjection of Women.

Supreme Court applies Free Exercise Clause to state governments

On May 20, 1940, the United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment applied to state governments in Cantwell v. Connecticut under the incorporation doctrine, which applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more about the Incorporation Doctrine from the Cornell Law Schools' Legal Information Institute.

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