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News Georgia Republicans push through revised voter ID bill
Georgia Republicans push through revised voter ID bill
Christopher G. Anderson
January 25, 2006 03:48:00 pm

The Republican majority in the Georgia legislature has pushed through a revised voter ID bill which would require all voters to show either a driver's license, military ID or state-issued identification card with a photo prior...

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News Iraqi court ‘dysfunctional’, Saddam lawyers say
Iraqi court ‘dysfunctional’, Saddam lawyers say
Christopher G. Anderson
January 25, 2006 03:03:00 pm

Recent delays in the Saddam Hussein trial have created a "dysfunctional court" that is incapable of conducting a fair hearing, members of Saddam Hussein's legal team, including former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark ,...

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News EU welcomes dropping of Turkish charges against novelist
EU welcomes dropping of Turkish charges against novelist
Christopher G. Anderson
January 23, 2006 04:41:00 pm

A European Union spokesman said Monday that Turkey's action in dropping charges against novelist Orhan Pamuk for "insulting Turkishness" was "good news". EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn cautioned,...

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News Supreme Court won’t hear BlackBerry appeal
Supreme Court won’t hear BlackBerry appeal
Christopher G. Anderson
January 23, 2006 03:09:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to reconsider a federal court ruling that the BlackBerry , the hand-held internet and email device from Research in Motion (RIM) , violated existing patent rights. Last August,...

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News Nepal government restrictions on Kathmandu lifted
Nepal government restrictions on Kathmandu lifted
Christopher G. Anderson
January 23, 2006 02:54:00 pm

A ban on public gatherings, night-time curfews and other restrictions in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal capital, has been lifted by government officials. Nepalese officials have also lifted a ban on mobile phone use and released...

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News Egypt to release detained Sudanese refugees
Egypt to release detained Sudanese refugees
Christopher G. Anderson
January 18, 2006 04:29:00 pm

Egyptian officials have said that 143 Sudanese refugees, detained by Cairo police after a three-month sit-in protest was forcibly broke up, will be released. As many 600 other Sudanese refugees, some of whom hail from the war torn region...

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News New Saddam chief judge has Baathist ties, official says
New Saddam chief judge has Baathist ties, official says
Christopher G. Anderson
January 18, 2006 03:48:00 pm

The new chief judge in the Saddam Hussein trial is a member of the banned Baath party and should be replaced, Ali Faisal, executive manager of Iraq's Debaathification Commission , said Wednesday. According...

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News Bosnia police raid fails to find genocide suspects
Bosnia police raid fails to find genocide suspects
Christopher G. Anderson
January 18, 2006 02:59:00 pm

Five hundred Bosnian police officers launched an ultimately unsuccessful operation on Wednesday near the town of Han Pijesak in an failed attempt to find and arrest either Radovan Karadzic or Ratko Mladic , both of whom...

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News Mexican high court rejects efforts to prosecute ex-president for genocide
Mexican high court rejects efforts to prosecute ex-president for genocide
Christopher G. Anderson
January 12, 2006 10:41:00 am

An attempt by a special prosecutor to try former Mexican president Luis Echeverria on genocide charges for the massacre of hundreds of students during a 1968 demonstration was rejected by Wednesday by the Mexican Supreme Court [official...

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Negotiations resume on new UN rights panel
Christopher G. Anderson
January 12, 2006 10:10:00 am

US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton and representatives from other UN member countries resumed negotiations Wednesday on the creation of a new UN rights watchdog to replace the Human Rights Commission . At the closed...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 signed into law

US President Millard Filmore signed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on September 18 of that year, obliging law enforcement to arrest escaped slaves in all US states, including those where slavery was not legal. Free black men and women were endangered by the act's passage as they were at risk of being falsely identified as escaped slaves. The act heightened tensions between abolitionists in the North and slaveholders in the South, contributing to what would become the Civil War eleven years later. Learn more about the Fugitive Slave Act from the National Constitution Center.

Jurist Joseph Story born

On September 18, 1797, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author Joseph Story was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. West Virginia University law professor James Elkins notes that Story was also a poet; learn more about Story and read a couple of his poems here.

Anti-Corn Law League created in UK

On September 18, 1838, the Anti-Corn Law League was created in the United Kingdom. As the name suggests, the purpose of the association was to press for the abolition of British Corn Laws, which were indeed repealed in 1846. After the repeal, the organization worked to oppose other protectionist measures in the UK. The weekly news publication, The Economist, was founded as part of the anti-corn law movement.

Jurist Joseph Story born

On September 18, 1797, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author Joseph Story was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts.

West Virginiia University law professor James Elkins notes that Story was also a poet - learn more about Story and read a couple of his poems here.

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