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News East Timor court sentences rebels for presidential assassination attempt
East Timor court sentences rebels for presidential assassination attempt
Brian Jackson
March 3, 2010 08:17:00 am

A court in East Timor on Wednesday sentenced 24 individuals for the attempted assassination of the country's president and prime minister in 2008. The individuals, former government and military officials displaced after civil unrest resulted in a...

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Italy court convicts three Google executives of privacy violations
Brian Jackson
February 24, 2010 09:07:00 am

An Italian court on Wednesday found three Google executives guilty of privacy violations for allowing a video depicting bullying to be posted on its website. The court in Milan found that the three men, David Carl Drummond,...

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US Army leaders express concern over suspending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Brian Jackson
February 24, 2010 08:12:00 am

US Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey Jr. said Tuesday that he would not support a moratorium on discharging individuals from the military pursuant to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy while Congress conducted a...

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Pakistan president appoints justices selected by Supreme Court
Brian Jackson
February 18, 2010 10:58:00 am

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday appointed 34 new judges , including three to the country's Supreme Court , after Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry blocked Zardari's original selections....

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Ukraine court delays presidential election certification pending appeal
Brian Jackson
February 17, 2010 02:38:00 pm

The Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine on Wednesday delayed an official declaration of victory for the recent presidential elections pending a suit filed by election runner-up Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal...

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Group claims Google Buzz social networking service may violate privacy laws
Brian Jackson
February 17, 2010 01:49:00 pm

An Internet privacy advocacy group on Wednesday filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that the new Google social networking service Buzz violates privacy laws. The complaint was filed...

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Uruguay ex-president sentenced to 30 years in prison over 1973 coup
Brian Jackson
February 11, 2010 10:48:00 am

Former Uruguayan president Juan Maria Bordaberry was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for his role in the country's 1973 military coup. Bordaberry was elected president in 1971, and in 1973 he worked with the military to dissolve...

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Blagojevich pleads not guilty to amended corruption charges
Brian Jackson
February 10, 2010 02:32:00 pm

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich pleaded not guilty Wednesday to amended corruption charges. Blagojevich entered the plea in response to eight amended charges , including racketeering, attempted extortion, bribery, conspiracy to commit...

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UN Haiti chief urges residents to turn over escaped prisoners
Brian Jackson
February 10, 2010 12:30:00 pm

The acting head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti said Tuesday that while conditions are currently stable, the Haitian people must turn in the thousands of prisoners that escaped when the January 12 earthquake...

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Federal appeals court upholds injunction against Oklahoma immigration law
Brian Jackson
February 3, 2010 02:02:00 pm

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the majority of an injunction against an Oklahoma anti-illegal immigration law, but did permit the state to enact a provision whereby businesses would have to check their employment roster against...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First meeting of the US Supreme Court

On February 1, 1790, the Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time. The meeting was held at the Merchants' Exchange Building in New York City, then the national capital. Chief Justice John Jay presided over the first Court with five Associate Justices: James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Cushing, and John Rutledge. However, due to the limitations of 18th-century transportation technology, the meeting was postponed by Jay until the following day. The first meeting was held primarily to organize the Supreme Court. The Justices did not hear their first actual case, Chrisholm v. Georgia, until 1792.

Sir Edward Coke born

Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and author of law reports and commentaries (including, most famously, Coke on Littleton), was born on February 1, 1552. Learn more about Sir Edward Coke.

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