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News Canada commission finds issues with accountability, communication in Afghan detainee treatment
Canada commission finds issues with accountability, communication in Afghan detainee treatment
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 27, 2012 03:16:18 pm

The Canada Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) on Wednesday announced that it would make recommendations to improve military police investigations based on its four-year investigation into allegations of misconduct in handling Afghan detainees. The MPCC...

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News DOJ asks federal judge to deny motion to dismiss Arizona police discrimination case
DOJ asks federal judge to deny motion to dismiss Arizona police discrimination case
Sung Un Kim
June 27, 2012 03:09:53 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked the US District Court for the District of Arizona to reject the request by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to dismiss the lawsuit...

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News Pakistan high court orders new PM to reopen investigation of president
Pakistan high court orders new PM to reopen investigation of president
Sung Un Kim
June 27, 2012 02:40:38 pm

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday ordered the country's new prime minister to reopen the investigation against President Asif Ali Zardari . With the order, the court gave Raja Pervez Ashraf, the new...

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News Federal judge refuses to block Florida voter purging
Federal judge refuses to block Florida voter purging
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 27, 2012 02:36:44 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Wednesday denied a request by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to issue a temporary injunction barring Florida from continuing the...

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News Turkey to abolish controversial special courts: report
Turkey to abolish controversial special courts: report
Sung Un Kim
June 27, 2012 02:13:07 pm

The Turkish ruling party plans to abolish the special courts used in coup and terrorism trials, Reuters reported Wednesday. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) plans to present a reform package including...

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News Accused 9/11 conspirator asks UN to investigate torture allegations
Accused 9/11 conspirator asks UN to investigate torture allegations
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 27, 2012 02:02:57 pm

Lawyers for alleged 9/11 conspirator and Guantanamo Bay detainee Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on Tuesday revealed that they have asked a UN official to investigate allegations of torture. Mohammed reportedly confessed...

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News ACLU files lawsuit against Puerto Rico police department
ACLU files lawsuit against Puerto Rico police department
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 27, 2012 01:12:34 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) alleging that they violated...

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News Ethiopia court convicts 24 individuals under anti-terrorism law
Ethiopia court convicts 24 individuals under anti-terrorism law
Sung Un Kim
June 27, 2012 12:44:11 pm

The Ethiopian Federal High Court convicted 24 journalists, political opposition leaders and others under the country's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation of 2009 , Human Rights Watch reported on Wednesday. The human rights group...

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News ACLU launches ‘torture database’ to search detention, interrogation documents
ACLU launches ‘torture database’ to search detention, interrogation documents
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 27, 2012 12:28:29 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday announced the launching of its Torture Database , a collection of more than 100,000 Bush-era documents recording "rendition, detention, and interrogation policies and practices." The database was...

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News Rwanda assisting armed forces in DRC: report
Rwanda assisting armed forces in DRC: report
Sung Un Kim
June 27, 2012 12:02:50 pm

The Rwandan government has helped to create armed groups including M23, which has been conducting a mutiny in North Kivu Province under the leadership of a particularly notorious group of human rights violators, and supplied them with weapons, armor...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Anita Hill testifies about Clarence Thomas sexual harassment

Attorney Anita Hill testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11, 1991 about sexual harassment she suffered from her former supervisor Clarence Thomas, who was nominated by President Ronald Regan for a seat on the US Supreme Court. The US Senate would later confirm Thomas by a vote of 52–48 despite Hill's testimony. Watch the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings on CSPAN.

Vatican II opens

On October 11, 1962, the Second Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church convened in Rome, Italy. Over the next three years, the conference modernized Church Law for the modern era. The most noticeable changes included the celebration of mass in the vernacular, a new emphasis on the role of laypersons, and a greater acceptance of other faiths. Read documents from Vatican II from Church archives.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire.

As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

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