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News Federal appeals court allows domestic spying to continue pending appeal
Federal appeals court allows domestic spying to continue pending appeal
Alexis Unkovic
October 4, 2006 04:35:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the US government can continue to operate its domestic surveillance program pending appeal of US...

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Alexis Unkovic
October 4, 2006 03:13:00 pm

As the United States and European Union continue to negotiate a new joint airline passenger data-sharing agreement, US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff reportedly reassured EU Justice and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini ...

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Senate approves US-Mexico border fence bill
Alexis Unkovic
September 30, 2006 12:24:00 pm

The US Senate passed the Secure Fence Act of 2006 Friday by a vote of 80-19 , authorizing the construction of a 700-mile fence along the US-Mexico border . President...

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Wireless providers back pretexting ban at House hearing
Alexis Unkovic
September 30, 2006 11:10:00 am

Lawyers from several of the top US wireless telephone providers testified Friday at a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee that they would support legislation...

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Congress sends military commissions bill to White House
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September 30, 2006 10:19:00 am

The US Congress sent its final version of the military commissions bill to President Bush late Friday after the House voted 250-170 to approve the Senate's version of the legislation . The House...

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Federal judge dismisses most counts of No Child Left Behind lawsuit
Alexis Unkovic
September 27, 2006 08:12:00 pm

US District Judge Mark Kravitz Wednesday dismissed three of four counts of a lawsuit filed by the state of Connecticut against the US Department of Education claiming that provisions of the federal No Child...

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September 27, 2006 07:41:00 pm

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 into law Wednesday, marking the approval of the first US bill designed to restrict greenhouse gas emissions. Among other...

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House passes military commissions bill as Senate limits debate ahead of vote
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September 27, 2006 06:39:00 pm

The US House of Representatives approved its version of the controversial military commissions bill Wednesday by a margin of 253-168 with 160 Democrats voting against the legislation. After passage, Speaker Dennis...

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September 23, 2006 12:11:00 pm

A range of rights groups, military lawyers and legal scholars Friday ripped into the deal on military commissions legislation reached Thursday between top Senate Republicans and the White House. American Civil Liberties Union [advocacy...

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North Dakota faces first execution in over 100 years
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September 23, 2006 11:13:00 am

A federal jury in North Dakota sentenced a man convicted of kidnapping and murdering a college student to the death penalty Friday after almost two days of deliberation. Convicted sex offender Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. was originally...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress set minimum federal sentences for drug offenders

On November 2, 1951, President Harry Truman signed the "Boggs Act" into law, setting minimum federal sentences for drug offenders.

Read Richard J. Bonnie and Charles Whitebread, The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition, 56 Virginia Law Review (1970).

Balfour Declaration issued

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the United Kingdom's formal statement regarding Jewish people in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration was later endorsed by the World War I Allied Powers. It stated the British intention to support a national homeland for Jewish people and became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement.

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