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News Senegal, Chad sign agreement allowing probe of former Chad dictator
Senegal, Chad sign agreement allowing probe of former Chad dictator
Julie Deisher-Edwards
May 6, 2013 02:49:32 pm

Senegal Justice Minister Aminate Toure and Chadian Justice Minister Jean-Bernard Badare signed an agreement Friday allowing Senegalese judges to carry out investigations in Chad in preparation for the prosecution of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...

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News European Commission investigating Motorola for abuse of injunctions against Apple
European Commission investigating Motorola for abuse of injunctions against Apple
Julie Deisher-Edwards
May 6, 2013 02:14:19 pm

The European Commission on Monday sent a Statement of Objections informing Motorola Mobility, a telecommunications equipment corporation owned by Google , of its preliminary view that the company's seeking and enforcing of an injunction...

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News Germany court opens neo-Nazi terrorism trial
Germany court opens neo-Nazi terrorism trial
Cynthia Miley
May 6, 2013 10:55:45 am

Trial began in Germany Monday for Beate Zschaepe, a neo-Nazi member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), for alleged complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek and a German policewoman in Germany between 2000 and 2007, as...

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News Libya Congress bans Gaddafi senior officials from new administration
Libya Congress bans Gaddafi senior officials from new administration
Cynthia Miley
May 6, 2013 10:39:58 am

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) on Sunday approved the political isolation law, which would ban anyone who worked as a senior official under Muammar Gaddafi from...

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News Bahrain court sentences protesters to 15 years
Bahrain court sentences protesters to 15 years
Keith Herting
May 5, 2013 01:17:24 pm

A Bahrain court on Sunday issued 15 year prison sentences to 31 protesters for their role in firebomb attacks as part of anti-government protests, according to a defense lawyer. The sentence came after the protesters were arrested...

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News Group of MPs pushing for EU referendum before 2015
Group of MPs pushing for EU referendum before 2015
Keith Herting
May 5, 2013 12:21:08 pm

A group of 20 Tory MPs on Saturday have urged UK Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a nationwide referendum on remaining within the European Union (EU) prior to the next general election in 2015....

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News Phoenix police holds gun buyback before gun resale law takes effect
Phoenix police holds gun buyback before gun resale law takes effect
Cynthia Miley
May 5, 2013 11:15:34 am

The Phoenix, Arizona police department on Saturday held the first of three gun buyback programs in an attempt to complete the buyback before a law signed by Governor Jan Brewer ...

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News Libya Congress to vote on ban of Gaddafi regime officials from new administration
Libya Congress to vote on ban of Gaddafi regime officials from new administration
Cynthia Miley
May 5, 2013 10:27:35 am

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) met Sunday to vote on a draft law that could ban anyone who worked for Muammar Gaddafi , including Libya's Prime Minister, Ali...

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News Iowa high court rules both same-sex parents must be listed on birth certificates
Iowa high court rules both same-sex parents must be listed on birth certificates
Addison Morris
May 4, 2013 02:46:56 pm

The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Friday that the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) must list both spouses of a same-sex couple on their children's birth certificates. Melissa and Heather Gartner...

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News China sentences former government official to life in prison for accepting bribes
China sentences former government official to life in prison for accepting bribes
Addison Morris
May 4, 2013 02:05:40 pm

China's Nanjing Intermediate People's Court issued a life sentence on Saturday to Huang Sheng, the former provincial deputy governor of Shandong Province, for accepting almost $2 million in bribes from 21 organizations and numerous individuals between 1998 and 2011....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First meeting of the US Supreme Court

On February 1, 1790, the Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time. The meeting was held at the Merchants' Exchange Building in New York City, then the national capital. Chief Justice John Jay presided over the first Court with five Associate Justices: James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Cushing, and John Rutledge. However, due to the limitations of 18th-century transportation technology, the meeting was postponed by Jay until the following day. The first meeting was held primarily to organize the Supreme Court. The Justices did not hear their first actual case, Chrisholm v. Georgia, until 1792.

Sir Edward Coke born

Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and author of law reports and commentaries (including, most famously, Coke on Littleton), was born on February 1, 1552. Learn more about Sir Edward Coke.

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