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News Bahrain authorities arrest 2 former Guantanamo detainees
Bahrain authorities arrest 2 former Guantanamo detainees
Benjamin Minegar
November 24, 2013 10:51:49 am

Bahraini authorities on Saturday arrested and charged two former Guantanamo Bay detainees for plotting an attack in Bahrain. Reports indicate authorities caught the former detainees as they attempted to cross into Bahrain from Saudi Arabia...

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News Egypt interim president signs into law bill restricting protests
Egypt interim president signs into law bill restricting protests
Benjamin Minegar
November 24, 2013 10:22:04 am

Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour on Sunday signed into law a bill circumscribing citizens' right to protest in public. The law requires demonstrators to obtain permission from authorities one week in advance...

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News Media not allowed to observe Guantanamo parole-style hearing: DOD
Media not allowed to observe Guantanamo parole-style hearing: DOD
Benjamin Minegar
November 17, 2013 02:39:41 pm

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday announced that media entities and other would-be observers will not be allowed to sit in on the first session of the Periodic Review Board (PRB), a parole-style hearing process...

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News UN SG urges Nepal to conclude elections peacefully
UN SG urges Nepal to conclude elections peacefully
Benjamin Minegar
November 17, 2013 02:12:49 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged Nepalese authorities to conclude the forthcoming Constituent Assembly elections peacefully with a view toward drafting a new constitution. Political and social discord have plagued Nepal since...

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News Maldives high court delays presidential election for third time
Maldives high court delays presidential election for third time
Benjamin Minegar
November 10, 2013 02:46:08 pm

The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Sunday suspended the nation's presidential election for the third time. Former president Mohamed Nasheed received the most votes at the official election Saturday, but Maldives' protocols called for a runoff...

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News Benin government must better protect children: UN rights expert
Benin government must better protect children: UN rights expert
Benjamin Minegar
November 10, 2013 02:14:28 pm

A UN independent rights expert on Friday called on the Benin government to better protect the rights of children after a visit to the country reportedly revealed widespread abuse and exploitation. UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children,...

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News Tunisia government prolongs state of emergency
Tunisia government prolongs state of emergency
Benjamin Minegar
November 3, 2013 11:49:07 am

The Tunisian government on Sunday decided to prolong the nation's state of emergency, which has been in effect since opposition forces ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. Ben Ali fled...

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News PPACA contraceptive mandate unconstitutional: DC Circuit
PPACA contraceptive mandate unconstitutional: DC Circuit
Benjamin Minegar
November 3, 2013 10:57:50 am

A divided three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that the contraceptive mandate imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) ...

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News Egypt court judges presiding over Muslim Brotherhood trial resign
Egypt court judges presiding over Muslim Brotherhood trial resign
Benjamin Minegar
October 29, 2013 09:20:20 am

Three Cairo Criminal Court judges presiding over the trial of 35 Muslim Brotherhood members and leaders resigned from the proceedings Tuesday without elaboration. Media outlets suggest the judges stepped down because of...

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News South Africa court sentences members of extremist group
South Africa court sentences members of extremist group
Benjamin Minegar
October 29, 2013 08:54:31 am

A South African court on Tuesday sentenced 20 members of white supremacist group Boeremag to prison terms ranging from five to 20 years in the nation's first post-apartheid treason trial. The extremist group is responsible...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Carter authorizes Chrysler bailout

On January 7, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-185) into law. The act granted to Chrysler $1.5 billion to save the company from bankruptcy. Twenty-eight years later in 2008, President George W. Bush authorized $17.4 billion to again bailout Chrysler in addition to the other two major American automobile manufacturers, Ford and General Motors.

Anglo-Irish Treaty ratified

On January 7, 1922, Dáil Éireann ratified the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Signed on December 6 of the preceding year, the treaty ended the Irish War of Independence against Great Britain. The British Parliament voted to approve the treaty on December 16, 1921. Ratification was completed on January 14, 1922, when the House of Commons of Southern Ireland became the third and final party to approve the document. The Anglo-Irish treaty effectively split the island into its current state. While the lower counties of Ireland were granted autonomy under the treaty, Britain insisted that the six Protestant counties of Northern Ireland be allowed to determine their own future. On the day after the treaty was signed, these counties elected to remain part of Great Britain. Today, they remain part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

New York State Assembly expels five socialist assemblymen

The New York State Assembly, the state's lower house, expelled five duly elected assemblymen from the Socialist Party over their political affiliation on January 7, 1920. The US was in the midst of the first Red Scare, a panic resulting from the ascendancy of the Bolsheviks in Russia, which resulted in the repression of socialists across the country. The result of the expulsion vote was 140-6. Thus, Assemblymen August Claessens, Samuel A. DeWitt, Samuel Orr, Charles Solomon and Louis Waldman were removed from their posts. Learn more about the expulsions from the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York.

Rehnquist sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice

On January 7, 1972, the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist was sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Read a short profile of Chief Justice Rehnquist here.

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