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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.

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