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News Iraq court sentences top Saddam officials to 15 years for merchant killings
Iraq court sentences top Saddam officials to 15 years for merchant killings
Andrew Gilmore
March 11, 2009 11:41:00 am

The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid and former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz Wednesday to 15 years in prison, respectively, for their...

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Trial lawyers propose changes to discovery rules
Andrew Gilmore
March 11, 2009 10:18:00 am

High litigation costs are impeding the advancement of justice in the United States, and significant changes should be made to federal discovery rules, according to a report issued Wednesday by a special task...

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News Sudan president affirms commitment to peace process, derides expelled aid groups
Sudan president affirms commitment to peace process, derides expelled aid groups
Andrew Gilmore
March 7, 2009 02:56:00 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir pledged his commitment to the peace process in his country at a Saturday rally, while deriding expelled aid groups and the arrest warrant issued against him by the...

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News Blagojevich loses bid to force prosecutor Fitzgerald from case
Blagojevich loses bid to force prosecutor Fitzgerald from case
Andrew Gilmore
March 7, 2009 02:27:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday rejected an attempt by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to have US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of the US Attorney's...

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Whole Foods reaches settlement with FTC over Wild Oats merger
Andrew Gilmore
March 6, 2009 04:48:00 pm

Organic grocer Whole Foods Market agreed to a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday over its 2007 merger with rival grocer Wild Oats Market [corporate...

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Supreme Court dismisses al-Marri ‘enemy combatant’ appeal as moot
Andrew Gilmore
March 6, 2009 02:45:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted a motion by the US government to dismiss as moot an appeal challenging the indefinite detention of suspected al Qaeda operative Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri...

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Federal judge upholds guilty verdicts in Fort Dix conspiracy
Andrew Gilmore
March 5, 2009 04:01:00 pm

A federal judge at the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Thursday upheld the guilty verdicts reached by a jury against five men convicted of plotting to kill US soldiers at...

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Europe rights court holds Russia responsible for Chechen death
Andrew Gilmore
March 5, 2009 03:23:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Russia is liable for the death of an ethnic Chechen at the hands of Russian forces in 2000, finding Russia in violation of the European...

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New Khodorkovsky trial begins in Moscow with preliminary hearings
Andrew Gilmore
March 4, 2009 07:57:00 am

Preliminary hearings began Tuesday in the new trial of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky in a Moscow courtroom. Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev are facing new charges [JURIST...

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Massachusetts same-sex couples file federal lawsuit challenging Defense of Marriage Act
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March 4, 2009 07:05:00 am

A group of Massachusetts plaintiffs who are or have been married under the state's same-sex marriage law filed a lawsuit against the US federal government Tuesday in the US District Court...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ruled on Chinese Exclusion Act

On March 28, 1898, the US Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the US to Chinese immigrants was a US citizen and could not be deported under the terms of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Read US v. Wong Kim Ark and learn more about the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Thomas Hare born

On March 28, 1808, English jurist Thomas Hare was born in the United Kingdom. After being admitted to the Bar in 1833, Hare became a campaigner for electoral reform. He created the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of proportional representation used in many democratic countries today. He was also an early law reporter, recording important judicial decisions in The Hare Law Reports before there was any official reporting of legal opinions in the UK. Read a biography of Thomas Hare and a description of the STV system from the Electoral Reform Society.

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