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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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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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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
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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
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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

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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