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News France senate panel rejects genocide denial ban
France senate panel rejects genocide denial ban
Rebecca DiLeonardo
January 19, 2012 09:42:12 am

A committee of the French Senate voted on Wednesday to oppose a law that would outlaw genocide denial , including the World War I-era killings of more than one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers....

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in immigration cases
Supreme Court hears arguments in immigration cases
Julia Zebley
January 19, 2012 07:54:13 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday, both dealing with different aspects of immigration. In Holder v. Sawyers , consolidated with Holder v. Gutierrez, the court...

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News Supreme Court rules for death row inmate in deadline case
Supreme Court rules for death row inmate in deadline case
Sarah Posner
January 18, 2012 02:19:47 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Maples v. Thomas that death row inmate Cory Maples sufficiently established cause excusing the procedural default rule when his attorney left his law firm causing Maples...

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News Supreme Court declines to rule on county board meeting prayers
Supreme Court declines to rule on county board meeting prayers
Max Slater
January 18, 2012 01:19:32 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a case concerning whether a county board of commissioners in North Carolina violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by opening their public...

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News Supreme Court upholds Congress’ authority to restore lapsed foreign copyrights
Supreme Court upholds Congress’ authority to restore lapsed foreign copyrights
Michael Haggerson
January 18, 2012 12:52:07 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Golan v. Holder that Congress has the authority under the Copyright Act to restore copyright protection in foreign works where the work was never registered...

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News UK panel will not complete investigation into torture allegations
UK panel will not complete investigation into torture allegations
Rebecca DiLeonardo
January 18, 2012 12:33:08 pm

The chairman of the UKDetainee Inquiry said Wednesday that his panel will not complete their investigation into torture allegations against British intelligence agents. In his statement, Judge Peter Gibson said that the Secretary of State for...

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News Guantanamo commander defends policy of reading prisoner mail
Guantanamo commander defends policy of reading prisoner mail
Dan Taglioli
January 18, 2012 11:13:57 am

The new policy that allows government officials to monitor Guantanamo Bay prisoners' mail dominated the opening day of pretrial hearings for Guantanamo inmate and alleged USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri on...

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News Ethiopia government committed abuses during relocations: HRW
Ethiopia government committed abuses during relocations: HRW
Jennie Ryan
January 18, 2012 11:04:43 am

The Ethiopian government's relocation of thousands of indigenous people from the western Gambella region has resulted in possible human rights violations, according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The Gambella relocations, which...

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News Supreme Court rules federal courts can hear lawsuits under telephone act
Supreme Court rules federal courts can hear lawsuits under telephone act
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 18, 2012 10:43:29 am

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Mims v. Arrow Financial Services LLC that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not deprive the federal district courts of their federal...

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Federal judge rejects appeal by Madoff trustee in Mets case
Katherine Getty
January 18, 2012 10:20:23 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Tuesday that Madoff trustee Irving Picard cannot appeal a ruling that threw out most of his $1 billion suit...

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Taiwan opposition leader indicted

On February 13, 2007, Ma Ying-jeou, the chairman of Taiwan's opposition party was indicted on embezzlement charges from his time as Mayor of Taipei. That same day, Ma stepped down as leader of the Kuomintang Party and proceeded to announce his candidacy for the Presidency of Taiwan. In the indictment, Ma was accused by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office of embezzlement. He was ultimately acquitted of these charges by the Supreme Court and elected President of Taiwan in 2008.

Legal codifier David Dudley Field born

David Dudley Field, a champion of legal codification in the United States, was born in Haddam, Connecticut, on February 13, 1805. Learn more about the life and career of David Dudley Field.

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