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News ACLU sues TSA over controversial passenger screening program
ACLU sues TSA over controversial passenger screening program
Colleen Mallick
March 19, 2015 11:10:36 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday in an effort to obtain documents from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ...

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News UN: Islamic State may have committed genocide, war crimes
UN: Islamic State may have committed genocide, war crimes
Alexandra Farone
March 19, 2015 11:04:24 am

The actions of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq may amount to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights reported Thursday. The report...

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News ACLU challenges Alabama law allowing fetuses legal representation
ACLU challenges Alabama law allowing fetuses legal representation
Steven Wildberger
March 19, 2015 10:32:25 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday requested, as part of their ongoing suit against the bill, that a federal judge block an Alabama law allowing fetuses legal representation in cases when minors seek...

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News Thailand ex-PM to stand trial for rice scheme
Thailand ex-PM to stand trial for rice scheme
Alexandra Farone
March 19, 2015 10:27:21 am

The Thailand Supreme Court announced Thursday that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will stand trial for negligence over the government's rice subsidy scheme. The hearing will take place May 19, and...

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News UN rights chief condemns trial of Maldives ex-president
UN rights chief condemns trial of Maldives ex-president
Jacqueline Jones
March 19, 2015 08:37:23 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday condemned the a trial of former Maldives president Mohammed Nasheed . The commissioner found several flaws in the trial...

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UN rights office urges impartial investigation of Macedonia political figures
Julie Deisher-Edwards
March 19, 2015 07:13:39 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed deep concern at the ongoing political predicament surrounding the release of incriminating audio recordings of conversations between officials in the Former Yugoslav Republic...

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News Indiana Senate approves proposal for terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs
Indiana Senate approves proposal for terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs
Matt Belenky
March 18, 2015 02:10:45 pm

The Indiana Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal to give terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs that are not sold on the market. The bill would allow patients to access treatments before they receive...

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News Russia president signs treaty ‘integrating’ South Ossetia breakaway region
Russia president signs treaty ‘integrating’ South Ossetia breakaway region
Jacqueline Jones
March 18, 2015 01:40:55 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty Wednesday to tighten control over the South Ossetia breakaway region. The treaty calls for full integration of the South Ossetia economy and military into Russia's. The...

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News Former state attorneys general ask Supreme Court to ban Oklahoma execution drug cocktail
Former state attorneys general ask Supreme Court to ban Oklahoma execution drug cocktail
Sarah Boehme
March 18, 2015 01:01:14 pm

More than a dozen former state attorneys general on Tuesday asked the US Supreme Court to rule Oklahoma's use of the three-drug execution cocktail unconstitutional. The attorneys general argue that this type of execution violates the constitutional rights...

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News Oregon, Iowa lawmakers vote to ban sexual orientation conversion therapy
Oregon, Iowa lawmakers vote to ban sexual orientation conversion therapy
Ashley Hogan
March 18, 2015 12:58:11 pm

The Oregon House on Tuesday approved House Bill 2307 , which prohibits health care professionals from providing therapy to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of young people. The lawmakers citde the mental and emotional...

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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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