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News Nebraska AG predicts state campaign finance laws to be overturned if challenged
Nebraska AG predicts state campaign finance laws to be overturned if challenged
Daniel Makosky
August 20, 2011 06:28:24 pm

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning on Wednesday issued an advisory opinion drawing marked parallels between the state's campaign finance laws and portions of similar Arizona regulations that were recently overturned by the US...

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News Federal judge blocks North Carolina Planned Parenthood defunding law
Federal judge blocks North Carolina Planned Parenthood defunding law
Daniel Makosky
August 20, 2011 04:16:45 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina on Friday issued a preliminary injunction against a provision in North Carolina's budget that denies state and federal funding to Planned Parenthood [advocacy...

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Mexico human rights body alleges regular police misconduct
Daniel Makosky
August 13, 2011 04:47:39 pm

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission on Friday released a report contending that military and law enforcement officials routinely conduct illegal searches in their efforts to combat the country's narcotics trade. The...

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News China begins trial against human rights activist
China begins trial against human rights activist
Daniel Makosky
August 13, 2011 03:26:10 pm

Chinese authorities in Beijing on Friday began the trial against Wang Lihong, one of the dozens of human rights activists the government detained earlier this year as part of a crackdown on dissidents in the country. Wang is charged...

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News Israel ex-president begins appeal before high court
Israel ex-president begins appeal before high court
Daniel Makosky
August 7, 2011 02:17:40 pm

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav on Sunday appeared before the Supreme Court of Israel to begin the appeal of his conviction and seven-year sentence for rape and sexual assault [JURIST...

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UN officials warn of possible Syria human rights abuses
Daniel Makosky
July 23, 2011 04:23:06 pm

Two UN rights officials on Friday expressed concern over reports of violence used by Syrian authorities against the country's own people. Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide Francis Deng ...

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News Ninth Circuit again partially reinstates ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
Ninth Circuit again partially reinstates ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
Daniel Makosky
July 23, 2011 03:01:31 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ordered that "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) , the controversial policy barring openly gay individuals from serving in...

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Federal judge issues injunction against Washington state recall contribution limits
Daniel Makosky
July 17, 2011 12:20:32 pm

A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction suspending the imposition of contribution limits in Washington state recall campaigns. Judge Robert Bryan ruled...

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News Italy appeals court upholds judgment against Berlusconi company
Italy appeals court upholds judgment against Berlusconi company
Daniel Makosky
July 9, 2011 04:10:17 pm

An Italian appeals court on Saturday ordered Fininvest , a holding company owned by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , to pay 560 million euros (USD 801 million) in damages and fees to...

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Tunisia ratifies Rome Statute, joining ICC
Daniel Makosky
June 25, 2011 02:00:00 pm

Tunisia on Friday acceded to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , which is now set to become effective in the country on September 1, 2011. EU High Representative Catherine Ashton [official...

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FDR proposed "court-packing" plan

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire.

Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing.". Listen to Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937, and review the text of his address. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative, but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.

Noriega indicted

On February 5, 1988, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. The following year, he was extradited to the United States and later sentenced to 30 years in U.S. federal prison.

In 1999, the French government requested that Noriega be extradited to France, where he has been convicted of money laundering. In that same year, the government of Panama also requested extradition of Noriega, as a result of his 1995 conviction in abstentia on murder charges.

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