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News Vietnam deports American for distributing pro-democracy pamphlets
Vietnam deports American for distributing pro-democracy pamphlets
Devin Montgomery
May 18, 2008 01:55:00 pm

The Vietnamese government Saturday deported Nguyen Quoc Quan , a US citizen sentenced for planning to distribute pro-democracy pamphlets in the communist country. He received a six-month jail term Tuesday, but was credited for time he spent awaiting...

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News Bush election commission nominee withdraws, ends partisan stalemate
Bush election commission nominee withdraws, ends partisan stalemate
Devin Montgomery
May 17, 2008 04:03:00 pm

Hans von Spakovsky, nominated by President Bush to serve on the six-member US Federal Election Commission (FEC) , withdrew his name from consideration for the appointment Friday. The withdrawal ends a two-and-a-half-year stalemate between the administration and Senate...

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News Texas group sues Chertoff to block border fence construction
Texas group sues Chertoff to block border fence construction
Devin Montgomery
May 17, 2008 03:04:00 pm

The Texas Border Coalition , a group of Texan officials and business owners, filed a class action lawsuit Friday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to enjoin the Department of...

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News US to build new prison in Afghanistan
US to build new prison in Afghanistan
Devin Montgomery
May 17, 2008 01:37:00 pm

The US plans to build a new military detention facility in Afghanistan as a replacement for its current make-shift prison at Bagram Air Base , the New York Times reported ...

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News Schwarzenegger nixes California mass prisoner release: report
Schwarzenegger nixes California mass prisoner release: report
Devin Montgomery
May 13, 2008 12:25:00 pm

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has abandoned a 2007 plan to release approximately 22,000 "lower risk" prisoners who have less than 20 months of their sentences remaining, according to a Tuesday report in the Sacramento Bee. The proposal...

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News Colombia extradites ex-paramilitary leaders to face US drug charges
Colombia extradites ex-paramilitary leaders to face US drug charges
Devin Montgomery
May 13, 2008 11:21:00 am

Colombia Tuesday extradited 14 former militia leaders suspected of organizing violent massacres and drug smuggling operations to the United States to face drug trafficking charges. The guerrilla leaders had surrendered to Colombian authorities under a peace...

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News Japan arrests 5 for fraud in China WWII chemical weapons removal
Japan arrests 5 for fraud in China WWII chemical weapons removal
Devin Montgomery
May 13, 2008 10:04:00 am

Japanese authorities on Tuesday arrested five officials of Pacific Consultants International and its affiliate, Abandoned Chemical Weapons Disposal Corp. (ACWDC), for allegedly defrauding the Japanese government of $1.1 million in connection with a government program to remove...

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News Some Guantanamo detainees could pose threat if released: Gates
Some Guantanamo detainees could pose threat if released: Gates
Devin Montgomery
May 9, 2008 12:07:00 pm

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that a number of current Guantanamo Bay detainees would pose a new threat to the US if they were returned to their home countries. Of the 500...

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News Nuclear powers say Iran threatening nuclear treaty goals
Nuclear powers say Iran threatening nuclear treaty goals
Devin Montgomery
May 9, 2008 10:33:00 am

The world's five major nuclear powers - Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US - cited Iran's uranium enrichment program as a major threat to the goals of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in...

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News India PM backs special courts for corruption cases
India PM backs special courts for corruption cases
Devin Montgomery
April 20, 2008 02:53:00 pm

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for the establishment of special courts to deal specifically with corruption charges, telling a convention of high-ranking justices and government ministers on Saturday that "apart from pendency and delayed justice,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Anita Hill testifies about Clarence Thomas sexual harassment

Attorney Anita Hill testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11, 1991 about sexual harassment she suffered from her former supervisor Clarence Thomas, who was nominated by President Ronald Regan for a seat on the US Supreme Court. The US Senate would later confirm Thomas by a vote of 52–48 despite Hill's testimony. Watch the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings on CSPAN.

Vatican II opens

On October 11, 1962, the Second Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church convened in Rome, Italy. Over the next three years, the conference modernized Church Law for the modern era. The most noticeable changes included the celebration of mass in the vernacular, a new emphasis on the role of laypersons, and a greater acceptance of other faiths. Read documents from Vatican II from Church archives.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire.

As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

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