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News New York governor announces same-sex marriage legislation
New York governor announces same-sex marriage legislation
Andrew Gilmore
April 16, 2009 04:14:00 pm

New York Governor David Paterson announced Thursday the introduction of legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. If passed, the legislation would amend the state's Domestic Relations Law to...

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Bolivia president ends hunger strike after final version of election law passed
Andrew Gilmore
April 15, 2009 07:31:00 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales ended his five-day hunger strike after the Bolivian National Congress approved the final version of a new election law ....

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Sixth Circuit stays deportation of accused Nazi guard
Andrew Gilmore
April 15, 2009 06:27:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted Tuesday a stay of deportation of accused Nazi prison guard John Demjanjuk . The court issued the stay while it considers...

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Pakistan president signs legislation to implement Sharia law in province
Andrew Gilmore
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari signed legislation Monday that would establish Islamic Sharia law in the volatile North West Frontier Province (NWFP) area of Swat, sending the bill [Daily...

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Serbia to seek US extradition of Nazi war crimes suspect
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April 14, 2009 06:20:00 am

Chief prosecutor of the Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said Monday that Serbia would ask the US for the extradition of alleged Nazi war criminal Peter Egner after his US citizenship is revoked....

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Afghan cleric defends law limiting women’s rights
Andrew Gilmore
April 11, 2009 05:09:00 pm

Mohammad Asif Mohseni, a key Shi'ite cleric in Afghanistan, defended a controversial law Saturday that critics say limits women's rights in the country. The measure, called the Shi'ite Personal Status Law , was signed into law [JURIST...

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Federal judge rules Madoff can be forced into personal bankruptcy
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April 11, 2009 04:20:00 pm

A federal judge ruled Friday that investors who lost money in Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme can force Madoff into personal bankruptcy to recover lost funds. The ruling from Judge Louis Stanton of the US District...

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Fiji military chief reappointed to head government after constitution suspended
Andrew Gilmore
April 11, 2009 02:39:00 pm

Commodore Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama , the head of the Fijian military, was reappointed Saturday as prime minister of the country by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo a day after Iloilo suspended the country's constitution...

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Obama administration to appeal Bagram detainees habeas ruling
Andrew Gilmore
April 11, 2009 01:46:00 pm

The administration of US President Barack Obama will appeal a ruling made last week by Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia that allowed detainees being held by the...

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North Korea to revise constitution
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April 9, 2009 03:29:00 pm

Officials in North Korea announced Thursday that the country would revise its constitution . The announcement came during a meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) attended by the country's leader, Kim Jong-Il. According...

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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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