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News Alabama files new lawsuit over US health care law
Alabama files new lawsuit over US health care law
Addison Morris
October 28, 2013 03:29:40 pm

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange and Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) , a Roman Catholic broadcasting network, filed a suit on Monday in federal court to challenge the constitutionality of the Patient...

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News Israel agrees to attend UN Human Rights Council review
Israel agrees to attend UN Human Rights Council review
Addison Morris
October 28, 2013 02:19:04 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that Israel will participate in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) review of its human rights record, ending an 18-month boycott. All members of the UN...

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News UK national indicted on charges of hacking US government systems
UK national indicted on charges of hacking US government systems
Peter Snyder
October 28, 2013 11:32:51 am

The US Attorney for the District of New Jersey filled charges Monday against a UK national for allegedly hacking into thousands of computer systems operated by the US government. The accused, Lauri Love and three...

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News ICC prosecutor asks court to require Kenya president to attend trial
ICC prosecutor asks court to require Kenya president to attend trial
Peter Snyder
October 28, 2013 10:55:20 am

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) asked the court Saturday to set aside their decision earlier this month allowing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta not...

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News UN mission condemns attacks against Afghanistan civilians
UN mission condemns attacks against Afghanistan civilians
Matthew Pomy
October 28, 2013 10:35:09 am

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday condemned the recent attack on civilians in south-eastern Afghan province of Ghazni that killed 19 individuals. The attack used an improvised explosive device (IED)...

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News Rights groups: Middle East not adequately protecting domestic workers
Rights groups: Middle East not adequately protecting domestic workers
Max Slater
October 28, 2013 10:28:05 am

Nations in the Middle East and North Africa are failing to provide protections for domestic workers, according to a joint report issued by three human rights organizations on Monday. The report was co-authored by Human...

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News Kuwait court upholds 10-year prison sentence for Twitter commentator
Kuwait court upholds 10-year prison sentence for Twitter commentator
Max Slater
October 28, 2013 09:48:46 am

An appeals court in Kuwait on Monday affirmed a 10-year prison sentence against Hamad al-Naqi, a commentator on Twitter for posts deemed offensive to Islam, according to rights activist Nawaf al-Handel. Al-Naqi was originally sentenced ...

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News US ambassador called to Spain regarding spying allegations
US ambassador called to Spain regarding spying allegations
Matthew Pomy
October 28, 2013 09:46:48 am

US Ambassador to Spain, James Costos, was summoned by the Spanish Foreign Ministry Monday to discuss recent reports that the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on more than 60 million phone calls...

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News Bahrain court reduces sentences for police officers convicted of torture,
Bahrain court reduces sentences for police officers convicted of torture,
Benjamin Minegar
October 27, 2013 01:02:43 pm

A Bahrain appellate court on Sunday reduced the prison sentences of two police officers convicted of torturing and murdering a detainee after opposition protests in March 2011. The lower court sentenced the officers to seven years in prison in...

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UN rights expert urges laws supporting right to food
Benjamin Minegar
October 27, 2013 12:17:39 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food , Olivier De Schutter, on Friday praised the international community's collective adoption of laws, policies and strategies further entrenching the right to food over the past decade. De Schutter emphasized...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

FDR proposed 'court-packing' plan

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire. Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing." Review the text of Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.

Panamanian dictator Noriega indicted

On February 5, 1988, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. The following year, he was extradited to the United States and later sentenced to 30 years in US federal prison. In 1999, the French government requested that Noriega be extradited to France, where he had been convicted of money laundering. In that same year, the government of Panama also requested the extradition of Noriega, as a result of his 1995 conviction in absentia on murder charges.

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