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News Egypt appoints new judges in NGO trial
Egypt appoints new judges in NGO trial
Brandon Gatto
March 3, 2012 12:14:55 pm

Egypt has appointed new judges to hear the trial of 43 non-governmental organization (NGO) workers just days after six Americans among those charged left the country after a nearly $5 million bail was paid by the US government. The...

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News Fifth Circuit rules Army Corps of Engineers liable for Katrina damage
Fifth Circuit rules Army Corps of Engineers liable for Katrina damage
Brandon Gatto
March 3, 2012 10:38:14 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed that the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is liable to a number of Louisiana property owners for its inadequate work...

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News Ninth Circuit upholds Washington immigrant food stamp cuts
Ninth Circuit upholds Washington immigrant food stamp cuts
Brandon Gatto
March 1, 2012 02:22:33 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the state of Washington did not violate the constitutional rights of certain legal immigrants when it discontinued their food stamp benefits to...

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News France constitutional court declares genocide denial ban unconstitutional
France constitutional court declares genocide denial ban unconstitutional
Brandon Gatto
February 28, 2012 03:10:36 pm

The Constitutional Council of the French Republic on Tuesday ruled that a French law making it a crime to deny that Armenians suffered a genocide by the Ottoman Empire...

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News Guantanamo detainee agrees to testify for plea deal
Guantanamo detainee agrees to testify for plea deal
Brandon Gatto
February 23, 2012 05:14:52 pm

A Guantanamo Bay detainee reached a plea agreement with military prosecutors on Wednesday that included an agreement to testify against other detainees. Under the agreement, detainee Majid Khan , a 31-year-old former Baltimore-area resident, will be...

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News Italy violated human rights by transferring migrants to Libya: ECHR
Italy violated human rights by transferring migrants to Libya: ECHR
Brandon Gatto
February 23, 2012 01:41:36 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled that Italy violated international human rights laws when a group of Somalian and Eritrean migrants traveling from Libya were intercepted by Italian authorities and returned to...

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Israel to release Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike
Brandon Gatto
February 22, 2012 07:07:13 am

A Palestinian held without trial ended his 66-day hunger strike on Tuesday after Israeli authorities announced his release as part of a deal that avoids judicial review of the Israeli detention policy. The prisoner, Khader Adnan, is a 33-year-old...

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Italy court orders trial for accused Somali pirates
Brandon Gatto
February 21, 2012 01:44:37 pm

The Tribunale Ordinario di Roma on Monday ordered nine alleged Somali pirates to be tried in Italy's first international piracy trial on charges of attacking the Montecristo, an Italian cargo vessel, off...

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News Prosecutors ask Roman court to try Italy ex-PM Berlusconi for tax evasion
Prosecutors ask Roman court to try Italy ex-PM Berlusconi for tax evasion
Brandon Gatto
February 16, 2012 02:23:25 pm

La Procura di Roma, the public prosecutors of Rome, has asked the Tribunale Ordinario di Roma to put former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and his son on trial for...

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Tunisia court drops charges against former PM of Libya
Brandon Gatto
February 14, 2012 01:29:22 pm

A Tunisian court on Tuesday dropped charges against former Libyan prime minister Al Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi for illegally entering the country, but the former figurehead under the regime of Muammar Gaddafi ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Read a biography of Nelson Mandela from the Nobel Foundation.

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