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News Turkish authorities arrest more journalists over alleged coup plot ties
Turkish authorities arrest more journalists over alleged coup plot ties
Daniel Makosky
March 3, 2011 02:16:22 pm

Turkish authorities on Thursday jailed an estimated 10 individuals, including several journalists, allegedly involved with aiding the Ergenekon coup plot , amid continued foreign concerns for the treatment of journalists within the country. The arrests...

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News Supreme Court rules rehabilitation may be considered in resentencing
Supreme Court rules rehabilitation may be considered in resentencing
Daniel Makosky
March 2, 2011 02:47:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 6-2 in Pepper v. United States that judges may consider a defendant's post-sentencing rehabilitation as a permissible factor supporting a...

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News California AG asks Ninth Circuit to lift same-sex marriage stay
California AG asks Ninth Circuit to lift same-sex marriage stay
Daniel Makosky
March 2, 2011 10:22:08 am

California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Tuesday requested that the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit lift the stay order prohibiting gay couples from marrying while an appeal of the invalidation...

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News ICC declines to stay proceedings against Congo militia leader Lubanga
ICC declines to stay proceedings against Congo militia leader Lubanga
Daniel Makosky
February 24, 2011 01:42:16 pm

The trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday declined a request from lawyers for accused Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo to stay the proceedings against him....

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News Supreme Court allows state seat belt action to proceed
Supreme Court allows state seat belt action to proceed
Daniel Makosky
February 23, 2011 01:23:06 pm

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously reversed a California appeals court ruling in Williamson v. Mazda Motors of America , finding that a federal minimum safety standard does...

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News House passes short-term Patriot Act extension
House passes short-term Patriot Act extension
Daniel Makosky
February 18, 2011 07:00:39 am

The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted 279-143 to extend three surveillance provisions of the USA Patriot Act through May 27. The measures were set to expire on February...

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News UN Security Council weighs Kosovo organ trafficking investigation
UN Security Council weighs Kosovo organ trafficking investigation
Daniel Makosky
February 17, 2011 05:06:58 pm

UN Special Representative to Kosovo Lamberto Zannier on Wednesday requested that the UN Security Council open an independent investigation into alleged incidents of organ trafficking , inhuman treatment and other crimes by the...

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News Ecuador constitutional court approves anti-crime constitutional reforms
Ecuador constitutional court approves anti-crime constitutional reforms
Daniel Makosky
February 16, 2011 12:56:32 pm

The Constitutional Court of Ecuador on Wednesday certified a slate of constitutional reforms submitted by President Rafael Correa . The court amended without explanation two of the 10 referendum questions...

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News Canada high court rules government may withhold national security-related evidence
Canada high court rules government may withhold national security-related evidence
Daniel Makosky
February 11, 2011 07:41:29 am

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday upheld challenged aspects of the Canada Evidence Act , ruling that national security considerations take precedence over criminal convictions. The court affirmed the constitutionality of a provision that...

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News Federal judge finds landmark cross restoration grant constitutional
Federal judge finds landmark cross restoration grant constitutional
Daniel Makosky
February 9, 2011 01:51:09 pm

A judge in the US District Court for the Central District of Illinois on Tuesday ruled that the state did not unconstitutionally advocate religion by financially contributing to the restoration of the Bald Knob Cross of Peace...

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Seventeen tried in Stalin purge

On January 23, 1937, seventeen of Joseph Stalin's political enemies went on trial in Moscow during the Soviet leader's Great Purge. This trial of seventeen represented the second of the three "Moscow Trials" in which prominent Soviet leaders were accused and convicted of conspiring to overthrow the Soviet state under Article 58 of the RSFSR Penal Code. The defendants were sentenced to execution or deportation to work camps.

24th Amendment to US Constitution ratified

On January 23, 1964, the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified. Learn more about the 24th Amendment and poll taxes from the National Constitution Center.

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