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News FCC requires broadband, Internet phone companies to pay wiretap access costs
FCC requires broadband, Internet phone companies to pay wiretap access costs
Chris Buell
May 3, 2006 04:26:00 pm

The US Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday voted to require broadband and Internet phone companies to cover the costs of providing mandatory wiretap access to law enforcement authorities....

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News US religious freedom commission concerned about former Soviet republics
US religious freedom commission concerned about former Soviet republics
Chris Buell
May 3, 2006 03:51:00 pm

The US government Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) on Wednesday called for increased action to combat decreasing religious freedom in former Soviet republics Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and for more monitoring of Belarus and...

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News Ginsburg criticizes Congressional proposal for judicial watchdog
Ginsburg criticizes Congressional proposal for judicial watchdog
Chris Buell
May 3, 2006 03:06:00 pm

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has blasted recent suggestions that a watchdog post be created to oversee conduct of federal judges. Ginsburg said the judiciary was "under assault" and called for lawyers to defend judges...

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News Army documents suggest US officials knew of detainee abuses before Abu Ghraib
Army documents suggest US officials knew of detainee abuses before Abu Ghraib
Chris Buell
May 2, 2006 04:34:00 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday released new US Army documents it obtained through a Freedom of Information Act action purportedly showing that officials had knowledge of reports of abuse at detention facilities in...

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News No proof of CIA rendition flights: EU foreign policy chief
No proof of CIA rendition flights: EU foreign policy chief
Chris Buell
May 2, 2006 03:54:00 pm

No proof exists that the CIA used secret prisons in eastern Europe for terror suspects, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Tuesday. Solana, the high representative for common foreign and security policy in the EU, also...

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Sunnis push to head Iraq constitution amendments committee
Chris Buell
May 2, 2006 03:21:00 pm

The dominant Sunni Arab political party Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF) on Tuesday called for a leading role on a legislative committee that will consider possible amendments to the Iraqi constitution in upcoming months. Senior...

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Ten states challenge new federal fuel economy rules
Chris Buell
May 2, 2006 02:59:00 pm

Ten states sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday over new fuel economy standards the agency adopted in March . The states, led by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer , are arguing...

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News Immigrants boycott jobs, protest legislation across US
Immigrants boycott jobs, protest legislation across US
Chris Buell
May 1, 2006 04:44:00 pm

Hundreds of thousands of US immigrants boycotted work and participated in protests across the country Monday as part of the "Day Without Immigrants" , a nationwide, day-long effort to influence the ongoing immigration reform debate...

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Retrial of Enron broadband executives set to begin
Chris Buell
May 1, 2006 04:03:00 pm

The retrial of two Enron broadband executives on conspiracy and fraud charges is set to begin Tuesday, nearly a year after a jury acquitted five former executives on some charges and failed to reach...

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South Africa eyes prosecutions after military role in apartheid violence revealed
Chris Buell
May 1, 2006 03:36:00 pm

South Africa is considering how to handle the recent declassification of a 1992 report made by a top general to former South Africa President FW de Klerk detailing involvement by the...

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Patent of Toleration grants religious freedom to Protestants in Holy Roman Empire

On October 21, 1781, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II issued the Patent of Toleration, which granted religious freedom to Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire.

First West law reports published

On October 21, 1876, the West Publishing Company, founded by John B. West, published its first law reporter, The Syllabi, which promised to provide Minnesota lawyers with legal intelligence that was "prompt, interesting, full, and at all times thoroughly reliable." The Syllabi eventually became the Northwestern Reporter, which later evolved into West's National Reporter System.

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