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News Federal judge skeptical about new Guantanamo access to counsel restrictions
Federal judge skeptical about new Guantanamo access to counsel restrictions
Dan Taglioli
August 18, 2012 11:41:16 am

The US District Court for the District of Columbia held a hearing Friday regarding a challenge to new restrictions on lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees who have had their habeas corpus challenges denied or dismissed....

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News Federal court denies Florida attempt to limit early voting days
Federal court denies Florida attempt to limit early voting days
Dan Taglioli
August 18, 2012 09:07:07 am

The US District Court for the District of Columbia declined to approve changes to Florida election law that would have reduced the number of early voting days in five of the state's 67 counties....

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News UNICEF concerned over recruitment of child soldiers in norther Mali
UNICEF concerned over recruitment of child soldiers in norther Mali
Dan Taglioli
August 18, 2012 08:19:03 am

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday that it has received "credible reports" of armed groups in Mali recruiting children for military purposes. UNICEF called on all parties to protect children from the reportedly...

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News Tymoshenko ally sentenced to additional 2 years in prison
Tymoshenko ally sentenced to additional 2 years in prison
Dan Taglioli
August 18, 2012 07:44:13 am

A Ukrainian court on Friday handed down a two-year prison sentence to the former interior minister under ex-Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . Yuriy Lutsenko was convicted and sentenced for negligence in authorizing an illegal...

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News Moscow court upholds 100-year city ban on gay pride marches
Moscow court upholds 100-year city ban on gay pride marches
Dan Taglioli
August 17, 2012 02:58:00 pm

A city court in Moscow on Friday refused to overturn the municipal government's ban on gay pride marches for the next century. The court affirmed the Moscow municipal government ruling that any public gatherings that could be classified as...

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News Federal appeals court again validates cancer gene patents
Federal appeals court again validates cancer gene patents
Dan Taglioli
August 17, 2012 12:32:29 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Thursday ruled for the second time in Association for Molecular Pathology v. US Patent and Trademark Office (AMP) that a Utah company does have...

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News Russia punk feminists receive 2-year prison sentence on hooliganism conviction
Russia punk feminists receive 2-year prison sentence on hooliganism conviction
Dan Taglioli
August 17, 2012 11:58:49 am

The controversial trial of three members of the Russian feminist activist group Pussy Riot ended Friday with the announcement of a guilty verdict and two-year prison sentence for each of the three women. The Khamovnichesky...

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News ICC urged to investigate Rwanda president for arming DRC rebels
ICC urged to investigate Rwanda president for arming DRC rebels
Dan Taglioli
August 17, 2012 10:10:10 am

The International Criminal Court on Friday received requests to investigate Rwandan President Paul Kagame for backing armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) . Rwandan and...

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News New Zealand high court denies US appeal to limit evidence disclosure in copyright case
New Zealand high court denies US appeal to limit evidence disclosure in copyright case
Dan Taglioli
August 17, 2012 07:17:27 am

The Supreme Court of New Zealand declined Wednesday to overturn a lower court decision holding that US authorities must turn over a large amount of evidence in order to secure the extradition of Megaupload.com founder...

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News Ukraine high court denies opposition leaders’ appeals to run in parliamentary elections
Ukraine high court denies opposition leaders’ appeals to run in parliamentary elections
Dan Taglioli
August 16, 2012 03:30:48 pm

Ukraine's Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday declined to overturn a lower court decision prohibiting former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former interior affairs minister Yuriy Lutsenko from running in the upcoming parliamentary elections....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius Caesar assassinated on Ides of March

Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated at the Roman Forum by a number of his own senators led by Marcus Brutus on March 15, 44 BC over concerns that he was becoming too powerful. The assassination wound up being a political failure as the Roman citizenry ended up becoming incensed at the conspirators and a civil war broke out, which Brutus and his supporters lost to Mark Antony and Octavian (later Augustus). William Shakespeare later wrote in his eponymous play about the assassination, "Beware the ides of March." Learn more about the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg born

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933.

Learn more about Justice Ginsburg from Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia project at Northwestern University.

Code Napoleon promulgated

On March 15, 1803, the Code Napoleon (French Civil Code) was promulgated in France. The Code is considered the first successful legal code in Europe and is still used today as the basis for the modern French Civil Code. Napoleon's conquests spread his Code across the European Continent, influencing modern legal codes in Portugal, Austria, Italy, and other nations. Read a history of the Code Napoleon.

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