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News Iceland parliament to consider EU accession
Iceland parliament to consider EU accession
Devin Montgomery
May 11, 2009 10:12:00 am

Iceland Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir said Sunday that the country's parliament will consider applying to join the European Union (EU) by holding a referendum when it meets on May...

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News US judge rejects delay of first military commission hearing since suspension order
US judge rejects delay of first military commission hearing since suspension order
Devin Montgomery
May 11, 2009 09:03:00 am

Military judge Colonel James Pohl has rejected a motion to delay a military commission hearing for Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi , according to a Sunday report by the Miami...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in deportation, double jeopardy cases
Supreme Court hears arguments in deportation, double jeopardy cases
Devin Montgomery
April 27, 2009 04:08:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Nijhawan v. Holder , the Court will consider whether convictions for mail, bank,...

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News Burundi urged to repeal law criminalizing homosexuality
Burundi urged to repeal law criminalizing homosexuality
Devin Montgomery
April 26, 2009 09:56:00 am

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and 60 other groups on Friday urged the Burundian government to repeal a new law criminalizing homosexuality in the country. The law was promulgated...

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News US lobbyist groups protest restrictions on administration contact
US lobbyist groups protest restrictions on administration contact
Devin Montgomery
April 26, 2009 08:50:00 am

Leaders of the American League of Lobbyists, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and American Civil Liberties Union on Friday asked the administration of US President Barack Obama to eliminate or...

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Ashcroft, Rice approved harsh interrogation methods: Senate committee report
Devin Montgomery
April 23, 2009 11:56:00 am

The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday released a report by the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicating that former attorney general John Ashcroft and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in 2002...

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China high court spokesman starts blog to open public communication
Devin Montgomery
April 22, 2009 04:23:00 pm

The spokesman for China's Supreme People's Court , Sun Jungong, announced Wednesday that he had started writing his own blog in order to directly communicate with the public. Sun said...

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Supreme Court hears arguments in employment discrimination case
Devin Montgomery
April 22, 2009 02:53:00 pm

 The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Ricci v. DeStefano , where the Court will consider whether a government employer may refuse to...

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Iran president orders prosecutor to recognize rights of detained journalists
Devin Montgomery
April 19, 2009 04:48:00 pm

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday issued an order to prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi to recognize the legal rights of detained journalists Roxana Saberi and Hossein Derakhshan , according to a report...

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France police arrest alleged Basque separatist leader
Devin Montgomery
April 19, 2009 03:14:00 pm

French police arrested Jurdan Martitegi Lizaso , the alleged leader of Spain's Basque separatist group ETA , and two others during Saturday raids in which Spanish police also arrested six other...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

28 countries unite against Axis Powers

On January 2, 1942, twenty-eight countries formally agreed not to make peace with the Axis Powers separately. At the time, all twenty-eight were fighting against the Axis as Allies in World War II. The agreement was part of the Declaration by the United Nations, signed the previous day. In December of 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to this group of allies as the "United Nations."

US government agents arrested thousands in Palmer raids

On January 2, 1920, over 500 government agents acting on the direction of US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer carried out a massive counter-terror operation in 33 US cities, arresting between six and ten thousand aliens suspected of Communism, radicalism and anarchism. The "Palmer Raids" and the detentions and deportation proceedings that followed them were denounced by a number of prominent lawyers and judges who later established the American Civil Liberties Union. Read an excerpt from Attorney General Palmer's 1920 article, The Case Against the 'Reds' and learn more about the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare of 1919-20.

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