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News Bush administration opposes Gitmo commissions appeal to Supreme Court
Bush administration opposes Gitmo commissions appeal to Supreme Court
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 08:17:00 pm

The Bush administration has asked the US Supreme Court to reject an appeal from a US DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision supporting the administration's use of military commissions to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...

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News US grants visa to Iranian president for UN summit
US grants visa to Iranian president for UN summit
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 07:56:00 pm

The US has provided Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad a visa, allowing him to attend the UN World Summit 2005 next week in New York, despite some suspicions that he was part...

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News Ebbers granted bail pending appeal; Ohio gets $94 million WorldCom settlement
Ebbers granted bail pending appeal; Ohio gets $94 million WorldCom settlement
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 07:26:00 pm

A federal judge Wednesday granted bail for former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, allowing him to remain free while he appeals a conviction for his involvement in the $11 billion fraud scandal that led to the collapse of...

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News Saddam defends ordering attack on Kurds
Saddam defends ordering attack on Kurds
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 07:01:00 pm

Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein reportedly admitted to ordering deadly attacks on Kurds in north Iraq, but he argued the attacks were legal because they were made in retribution, an Iraqi Special Tribunal official...

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News Bush, O’Connor deliver eulogies at Rehnquist funeral service
Bush, O’Connor deliver eulogies at Rehnquist funeral service
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 04:44:00 pm

President Bush paid tribute to the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist during his funeral service at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington Wednesday, saying in a eulogy that he would be remembered for the integrity...

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News Anti-gay marriage initiative allowed on ballots in MA, AG says
Anti-gay marriage initiative allowed on ballots in MA, AG says
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 04:15:00 pm

A proposed ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in Massachusetts can move forward after state Attorney General Tom Reilly ruled Wednesday that Article 48 of the state constitution allows voters...

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News Army reservist acquitted of Afghanistan abuse charges
Army reservist acquitted of Afghanistan abuse charges
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 03:54:00 pm

US Army Sgt. Christopher W. Greatorex was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he beat a detainee at a facility at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan who later died from the injuries. A three-person military jury...

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News EPA proposes rule barring children, pregnant women from pesticide testing
EPA proposes rule barring children, pregnant women from pesticide testing
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 03:31:00 pm

Children and pregnant women cannot be included in pesticide testing on humans, according to a proposed rule released Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency . Under the proposed regulations, an independent oversight board would be charged...

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News Chile high court to hear Pinochet immunity appeal
Chile high court to hear Pinochet immunity appeal
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 03:02:00 pm

Chile's Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by deposed Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet of a lower court decision in July that stripped him of immunity from prosecution. Pinochet, 89, is...

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News Egyptian appeals court overturns ruling allowing monitors for presidential election
Egyptian appeals court overturns ruling allowing monitors for presidential election
Chris Buell
September 6, 2005 04:16:00 pm

The Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court has overturned a lower court decision allowing rights groups to monitor polling stations during the country's first multi-candidate presidential elections on Wednesday. The holding, in which the court ruled that the Presidential...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Confederate rebels' voting rights restored under amnesty

On May 22, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the General Amnesty Act, allowing all but about 500 Southern male voters denied voting rights as a punishment for rebellion under the XIVth Amendment to regain their right to vote and hold office. General amnesty was finally made universal on June 6, 1898.

Sri Lanka constitution ratified

On May 22, 1972, the former British colony of Ceylon ratified a new constitution, becoming the Republic of Sri Lanka.

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