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News Guinea authorities arrest nearly 80 suspects after attack on president
Guinea authorities arrest nearly 80 suspects after attack on president
Erin Bock
July 21, 2011 08:34:50 am

Guinea authorities have arrested between 70 and 80 suspects accused of plotting an attack on President Alpha Conde Wednesday. Assailants launched rocket-propelled grenades at Condes' home, and three people were killed, including one of his bodyguards. The...

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News Bangladesh judge indicts 430 civilians for 2009 mutiny
Bangladesh judge indicts 430 civilians for 2009 mutiny
Julia Zebley
July 20, 2011 03:48:20 pm

A judge in the Court of Metropolitan Sessions, a criminal court in Bangladesh, on Wednesday indicted 430 people for their roles in a February 2009 mutiny . Bangladesh has conducted a series of military and...

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News Ohio governor signs bill banning abortions after 20 weeks
Ohio governor signs bill banning abortions after 20 weeks
Maureen Cosgrove
July 20, 2011 03:43:01 pm

Ohio Governor John Kasich on Wednesday signed into law a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks. The legislation requires doctors to determine the viability of the fetus and seek a...

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News Ex-hedge fund trader sentenced to 30 months in prison
Ex-hedge fund trader sentenced to 30 months in prison
Julia Zebley
July 20, 2011 03:31:51 pm

Former hedge fund trader Danielle Chiesi was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to three criminal counts of conspiracy...

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News European rights official denounces burqa bans
European rights official denounces burqa bans
Maureen Cosgrove
July 20, 2011 02:27:49 pm

Council of Europe (COE) Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg on Wednesday condemned the flurry of burqa and niqab bans that have been implemented recently around...

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News California inmates on hunger strike to protest solitary confinement
California inmates on hunger strike to protest solitary confinement
Julia Zebley
July 20, 2011 02:02:09 pm

At least 400 inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison have been on a hunger strike since the end of June and are being joined by prisoners in at least 10 other California prisons. Inmates of Pelican Bay's...

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Republican lawmakers urge Obama to define terror suspect detention policy
Maureen Cosgrove
July 20, 2011 01:03:30 pm

Top Republican lawmakers on Wednesday urged US President Barack Obama to define terror suspect interrogation, detention and prosecution procedures. In a letter to the president, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Howard...

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News Google gets extension to negotiate book scanning settlement
Google gets extension to negotiate book scanning settlement
Julia Zebley
July 20, 2011 12:34:06 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday extended settlement negotiations for an additional two months in The Authors Guild et al v. Google Inc. , a copyright...

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News UN dismisses ICTY staff member’s appeal of contempt conviction
UN dismisses ICTY staff member’s appeal of contempt conviction
Julia Zebley
July 20, 2011 11:23:06 am

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday upheld the contempt conviction of former spokesperson Florence Hartmann . A specially appointed chamber...

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Taiwan launches anti-corruption agency
Maureen Cosgrove
July 20, 2011 11:23:05 am

Taiwan established an anti-corruption agency Wednesday in an effort to quell corruption among government officials. The Agency Against Corruption (AAC) aims to reduce and deter corruption , raise conviction rates for corrupt officials and protect human rights. The...

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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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