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News Bush order limits private property seizures by federal government
Bush order limits private property seizures by federal government
Brett Murphy
June 25, 2006 09:56:00 am

President Bush issued an executive order Friday directing that US federal agencies and government departments may not seize private property unless the taking is for public use "and not merely for the purpose of advancing the...

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News Philippines president signs law abolishing death penalty
Philippines president signs law abolishing death penalty
Brett Murphy
June 24, 2006 01:39:00 pm

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines Saturday signed into law a bill abolishing the death penalty. The law repeals the country's 12-year old death penalty and converts all...

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News Bill would drop military aid ban against countries not signing ICC immunity deals
Bill would drop military aid ban against countries not signing ICC immunity deals
Brett Murphy
June 24, 2006 12:28:00 pm

A provision in the 2007 National Defense Authorization Act on its way to the US House of Representatives after being passed 96-0 Thursday by the Senate would restore military aid to countries that refuse to sign bilateral immunity...

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News US Navy begins criminal investigation after sailors’ data found on civilian website
US Navy begins criminal investigation after sailors’ data found on civilian website
Brett Murphy
June 24, 2006 11:49:00 am

The US Navy announced Friday that it has begun a criminal investigation into how information containing Social Security numbers and other personal data for 28,000 sailors was found on a civilian Web site. Although the information...

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News ABA fined $185,000 for violating law schools antitrust order
ABA fined $185,000 for violating law schools antitrust order
Brett Murphy
June 24, 2006 11:29:00 am

The American Bar Assocation (ABA) and the US Justice Department agreed on Friday that the ABA would pay the goverment $185,000 in fees and costs for violating six provisions of a 1996 court order that...

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News Kelo eminent domain plaintiffs reach deal with New London
Kelo eminent domain plaintiffs reach deal with New London
Brett Murphy
June 24, 2006 10:59:00 am

Governor M. Jodi Rell of Connecticut said Friday that a tentative agreement has been made between the city of New London and two homeowners who refused to leave their homes for a private development on their land...

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News Appeals court denies defense request for NSA wiretapping information
Appeals court denies defense request for NSA wiretapping information
Brett Murphy
June 24, 2006 09:58:00 am

The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals declined Friday to order the government to turn over information about the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program in its terrorism financing case against Yassin Aref. Aref...

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News UK judges may break tradition of silence to counter critics
UK judges may break tradition of silence to counter critics
Brett Murphy
June 18, 2006 12:07:00 pm

A leading British judge has said that sitting judges are considering breaking tradition by speaking out against recent verbal attacks on the judiciary by government ministers and elements of the press . Judge Keith Cutler, Secretary...

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News Guantanamo Bay detainees not given access to witnesses despite availability
Guantanamo Bay detainees not given access to witnesses despite availability
Brett Murphy
June 18, 2006 11:30:00 am

The Boston Globe reported Sunday that the US government has failed to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees access to witnesses even though some of those witnesses were available. The US has told detainees in the past that...

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News War crimes fugitive Mladic was hiding in Serbia until last year: Serb official
War crimes fugitive Mladic was hiding in Serbia until last year: Serb official
Brett Murphy
June 18, 2006 10:57:00 am

A Serbian government official has told AP that war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic was hiding in Serbia until last year, but his current location remains unknown. Rasim Ljajic , Serbia's Minister of...

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Connecticut adopts first modern constitution

On January 14, 1639, the first written governmental constitution in modern history was adopted in the Colony of Connecticut. The Fundamental Orders represented the first time that a government was based upon a written constitution anywhere in the world. Along with the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders served as bases for the United States Constitution 150 years later, which in turn influenced the development of later constitutions throughout the world. Three hundred and twenty-six years after the original Fundamental Orders were adopted by Connecticut, the modern Constitution of Connecticut was ratified.

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