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News Tucson shooter pleads guilty to killing federal judge, wounding congresswoman
Tucson shooter pleads guilty to killing federal judge, wounding congresswoman
Brandon Gatto
August 8, 2012 08:21:45 am

The man charged with killing six people and wounding 13 others in the January 2011 Tucson shooting pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of California [official...

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Obama announces new sanctions against Iran
Brandon Gatto
August 2, 2012 12:59:11 pm

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced two new economic sanctions on Iran's oil exports that aim to cut the country's financial transactions with the Chinese and Iraqi banks...

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News Arafat widow asks France to investigate suspected murder of the former Palestine leader
Arafat widow asks France to investigate suspected murder of the former Palestine leader
Brandon Gatto
August 2, 2012 09:43:26 am

The widow and daughter of Yasser Arafat on Tuesday asked a French court to investigate what they believe to be the murder of the former Palestinian leader. The allegations of Suha and Zahwa Arafat...

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News Federal court invalidates EPA water guidelines in Appalachia mining dispute
Federal court invalidates EPA water guidelines in Appalachia mining dispute
Brandon Gatto
August 2, 2012 08:57:48 am

The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) infringed on the authority given to state regulators by the Clean Water Act [text;...

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News Proposition 8 supporters appeal to US Supreme Court
Proposition 8 supporters appeal to US Supreme Court
Brandon Gatto
August 1, 2012 09:46:23 am

Supporters of Proposition 8 , California's same-sex marriage ban, asked the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold the law after two federal courts found it unconstitutional. In their nearly 500-page petition...

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Fiji ex-PM convicted of corruption
Brandon Gatto
August 1, 2012 08:58:52 am

The High Court of Fiji on Tuesday found Laisenia Qarase , the country's last democratically-elected prime minister, guilty of nine counts of corruption under the Fiji Penal Code . Suva Court Justice Priyantha...

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ECCC appoints US judge to investigate new war crimes cases
Brandon Gatto
July 31, 2012 09:48:45 am

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , Cambodia's UN-supported war crimes tribunal, announced Monday that it has appointed a US judge to investigate two new Khmer Rouge cases, strongly opposed by...

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Putin signs Russia-US child adoption agreement
Brandon Gatto
July 31, 2012 09:09:40 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a new agreement with the US that tightens the rules for Americans adopting children from the Russian Federation. Specifically, a foreign family can adopt a...

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Russia lawmaker proposes media restriction to reduce racial violence
Brandon Gatto
July 29, 2012 05:27:01 pm

A lawmaker from the centrist political party United Russia on Friday announced a bill that would ban the media from disclosing the ethnic backgrounds of suspects, victims and other individuals during reports on crimes and...

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International bodies express concern over ongoing violence in Syria
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July 29, 2012 04:33:22 pm

The United Nations and the Arab League on Sunday each expressed concern over the recent increased violence in Syria . UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos expressed particular...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died in police custody

On September 12, 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died in police custody after having suffered a massive head injury during interrogation following his arrest. The story of journalist Donald Woods' investigation into the circumstances of Biko's death was the basis of the 1987 film Cry Freedom. Read an address on Stephen Biko delivered by then-South African President Nelson Mandela on the 20th anniversary of Biko's death in 1997.

Supreme Court unanimously rejects state challenge Brown v. Board of Education

On September 12, 1958, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected a state government challenge to Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka Kansas, which had overturned segregation. In Cooper vs. Aaron, the State Government of Arkansas challenged the authority of the Court to implement desegregation. The Court responded by forcefully re-asserting its authority and the authority of the federal government over the states.

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