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News US Senate votes to block FCC reinstatement of Fairness Doctrine
US Senate votes to block FCC reinstatement of Fairness Doctrine
Caitlin Price
February 26, 2009 04:08:00 pm

The US Senate on Thursday voted 87-11 to approve an amendment that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reinstating the Fairness Doctrine . Under the doctrine, which was...

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Ex-CIA official sentenced to 37 months in defense contract corruption case
Caitlin Price
February 26, 2009 03:27:00 pm

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Thursday sentenced former CIA executive director Kyle Foggo to 37 months in prison for wire fraud related to charges that he accepted bribes...

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News Khadr lawyers denied client access amid ethics investigation
Khadr lawyers denied client access amid ethics investigation
Caitlin Price
February 25, 2009 11:55:00 am

Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr were blocked from attending a scheduled Tuesday meeting with Khadr at Guantanamo Bay . Officials have launched an investigation into the ethics of the defense...

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Google seeks to join European Commission antitrust case against Microsoft
Caitlin Price
February 25, 2009 10:38:00 am

Internet search company Google, Inc. will apply to join a European Commission (EC) antitrust proceeding against Microsoft , accusing the software giant of hindering competition, according to a message from Google Vice President Sundar...

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News Italy court sentences former Berlusconi lawyer to prison for accepting bribe
Italy court sentences former Berlusconi lawyer to prison for accepting bribe
Caitlin Price
February 18, 2009 11:48:00 am

An Italian court on Tuesday sentenced David Mills , a British barrister and former lawyer to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , to four-and-a-half years in prison for accepting a $600,000 bribe...

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Federal judge rejects jurisdictional challenge by indicted Blackwater guards
Caitlin Price
February 18, 2009 10:29:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday rejected two motions challenging the court's ability to hear the case filed on behalf of five indicted Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news...

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Federal court rejects cases linking childhood vaccines to autism
Caitlin Price
February 12, 2009 02:57:00 pm

The US Court of Federal Claims on Thursday rejected arguments made in three test cases against the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by families alleging that their children's autism was...

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UN SG Ban urges Bashir to comply with possible ICC indictment
Caitlin Price
February 11, 2009 11:58:00 am

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir must cooperate with any indictment or decision the International Criminal Court (ICC) may issue against him, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday. On...

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Afghan justice ministry attacked by Taliban
Caitlin Price
February 11, 2009 10:25:00 am

Taliban insurgents on Wednesday targeted the Afghan Ministry of Justice , the Prisons Directorate and other government buildings in coordinated attacks in the capital city of Kabul. Early estimates reported 28 killed and more than...

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UK terrorism suspects maintaining contacts despite control orders: official report
Caitlin Price
February 4, 2009 11:54:00 am

Some terror suspects living under control orders have managed to maintain contact with terror cells, the UK's counter-terrorism law ombudsman said in his fourth annual report Tuesday. Lord Carlile of Berriew [JURIST...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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