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News Mali coup leaders draft new constitution
Mali coup leaders draft new constitution
Jennie Ryan
March 29, 2012 09:49:27 am

Mali leaders announced on Thursday that they have drafted a new constitution following last week's military coup . In a statement read on Mali state television, it was announced that the new constitution will allow citizens to demonstrate...

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News Oklahoma judge strikes down ultrasound law
Oklahoma judge strikes down ultrasound law
Saheli Chakrabarty
March 29, 2012 09:18:47 am

An Oklahoma County judge struck down on Wednesday a state law requiring doctors to perform an ultrasound and describe a woman's fetus to her before she undergoes an abortion . The...

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News Supreme Court hears final day of health care arguments
Supreme Court hears final day of health care arguments
Jaimie Cremeans
March 29, 2012 07:50:12 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the final day of arguments on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in the case of United States Department of Health and...

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FBI targeted California mosques to gather intelligence: ACLU
Julia Zebley
March 28, 2012 07:20:24 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) revealed Tuesday that it received documents confirming that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used a "Mosque Outreach" program to gather intelligence on Muslim-American citizens ....

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News Supreme Court rules against retroactive application of immigration travel law
Supreme Court rules against retroactive application of immigration travel law
Julia Zebley
March 28, 2012 06:38:30 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Vartelas v. Holder that the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) , a law designed to deny re-entry to immigrants who have committed...

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Supreme Court rules on federal court sentencing authority
Dan Taglioli
March 28, 2012 04:57:24 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Setser v. United States on whether a federal district court, in sentencing a defendant for a federal offense, has authority to order that the federal...

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News Supreme Court rules on government liability for emotional damages
Supreme Court rules on government liability for emotional damages
Dan Taglioli
March 28, 2012 03:06:43 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Wednesday in Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper that the phrase "actual damages" as found in the Privacy Act of 1974 is sufficiently ambiguous...

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News Wisconsin voter ID lawsuits head to state high court
Wisconsin voter ID lawsuits head to state high court
Max Slater
March 28, 2012 01:29:11 pm

Two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's voter ID law are heading to the Wisconsin Supreme Court after two appellate courts sent them to the state's high court on Wednesday. In the two...

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News Uganda opposition leader pleads not guilty to unlawful assembly charges
Uganda opposition leader pleads not guilty to unlawful assembly charges
Rebecca DiLeonardo
March 28, 2012 01:18:55 pm

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of unlawful assembly stemming from an incident at a protest last week. Besigye and other protesters were arrested last week after a...

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Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution

On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety took power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchmen and women had been executed by guillotine. Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

'Scottsboro boys' put on trial for alleged rape of white women

On April 6, 1931, the nine "Scottsboro boys" were put on trial in Alabama on false charges of raping two white women during a freight train trip from Tennessee. Learn more about the trial of the Scottsboro boys.

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