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News US House finds AG Holder in contempt
US House finds AG Holder in contempt
Jamie Reese
June 29, 2012 06:30:11 am

The US House of Representatives voted Thursday and found US Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for failing to fully comply with subpoenas issued in regards to a failed gun trafficking...

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Federal appeals court denies Demjanjuk citizenship request
Jamie Reese
June 29, 2012 06:15:39 am

The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday rejected the request to restore the citizenship of John Demjanjuk , a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of being an accessory to over 28,000 murders as...

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News UN rights chief urges Sudan authorities to avoid protest violence
UN rights chief urges Sudan authorities to avoid protest violence
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 29, 2012 06:00:50 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Sudan authorities to take measures to prevent violence against protesters in demonstrations planned for Friday. In a statement, Pillay said the government should instruct...

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News UN failed to protect basic whistleblower rights for its employee: UN Dispute Tribunal
UN failed to protect basic whistleblower rights for its employee: UN Dispute Tribunal
Sung Un Kim
June 29, 2012 05:43:52 am

The UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) ruled that the UN Ethics Office has failed to protect the basic rights of a former UN employee, the Guardian reported on Wednesday. James Wasserstrom, a US diplomat and...

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UN condemns Iran execution of four minority men
Sung Un Kim
June 28, 2012 02:16:45 pm

Three UN Special Rapporteurs on Thursday condemned Iran for recently executing four members of the Ahwazi Arab minority. Three brothers, Abd al-Rahman Heidarian, Taha Heidarian and Jamshid Heidarian, along with Ali Sharifi, were executed ...

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Quebec court rejects injunction on law limiting demonstrations
Sung Un Kim
June 28, 2012 02:09:40 pm

The Quebec Superior Court on Wednesday rejected a request to suspend parts of an emergency law that restricts spontaneous protests until the law's constitutionality is determined later this summer. Judge Francois Rolland...

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Supreme Court strikes down law criminalizing false claims of military honors
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 28, 2012 01:55:14 pm

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 that a law criminalizing the making of false claims of military honors violates the First Amendment . In United States v. Alvarez , the Court struck...

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Mississippi abortion clinic sues to block strict abortion law
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 28, 2012 01:27:27 pm

An abortion clinic in Mississippi on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi challenging a new abortion regulation that is scheduled to go into...

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Rule of law key to protection of citizens: UN official
Sung Un Kim
June 28, 2012 01:01:59 pm

UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Patricia O'Brien said Wednesday at the 55th Annual meeting of the Russian Association of International Law that "rule of law is key to the implementation of R2P and hence, to...

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Federal judge blocks parts of South Dakota abortion law
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 28, 2012 12:41:22 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Dakota on Thursday upheld an injunction against most of a controversial South Dakota abortion law but allowed one section, requiring doctors to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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