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News Rights group brings FOIA suit against US agencies over Honduras coup
Rights group brings FOIA suit against US agencies over Honduras coup
Erin Bock
March 27, 2011 04:03:04 pm

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a complaint on Thursday to compel the release of documents related to the 2009 Honduras coup . The complaint names the US Department of Defense (DOD) and...

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News Federal appeals court reinstates wiretapping suit
Federal appeals court reinstates wiretapping suit
Erin Bock
March 21, 2011 03:51:21 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that the plaintiffs in Amnesty v. Blai have standing to sue the US government over the constitutionality of a federal eavesdropping law,...

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UN rights council adopts outcome of US review
Erin Bock
March 19, 2011 01:04:25 pm

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday held a debate and adopted the outcomes from its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the US. The review provided the US with 228 recommendations in 10 different...

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News Yemen president declares state of emergency
Yemen president declares state of emergency
Erin Bock
March 19, 2011 12:12:25 pm

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared a state of emergency throughout the country on Friday. The state of emergency will last 30 days and gives security forces greater powers to maintain order...

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News Ex-police officer indicted for role in Srebrenica massacre
Ex-police officer indicted for role in Srebrenica massacre
Erin Bock
March 14, 2011 02:15:32 pm

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday confirmed the indictment of a former police officer for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . Bozidar Kuvelja was ordered into custody...

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News India high court rules ‘passive euthanasia’ permitted under certain circumstances
India high court rules ‘passive euthanasia’ permitted under certain circumstances
Erin Bock
March 7, 2011 04:12:27 pm

The Supreme Court of India on Monday rejected a petition for mercy killing, but ruled that passive euthanasia was permissible under certain circumstances. The case centered around Aruna Shanbaug, a former nurse who was raped...

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News France ex-president Chirac goes on trial for corruption
France ex-president Chirac goes on trial for corruption
Erin Bock
March 7, 2011 11:16:32 am

A French court on Monday began the trial of former president Jacques Chirac but immediately suspended proceedings. The trial was suspended in light of claims made by co-defendant Remy Chardon, Chirac's former...

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Supreme Court rules dying victim’s statement admissible at trial
Erin Bock
February 28, 2011 01:38:43 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-2 in Michigan v. Bryant that preliminary inquiries of a wounded citizen concerning the perpetrator and circumstances of the shooting...

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Egypt chief prosecutor seeks to freeze ex-president’s foreign assets
Erin Bock
February 21, 2011 03:13:21 pm

Egypt's chief prosecutor on Monday requested that Foreign Ministry officials take steps to freeze any foreign assets belonging to former president Hosni Mubarak and his family.Prosecutor Abdel Magid made the request even though Mubarak...

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Iran creating special court for media crimes
Erin Bock
February 14, 2011 03:02:55 pm

The Iranian government will set up a special court to try media and culture crimes, state news agency IRNA reported Sunday. The judiciary has set up a special prosecutors office to handle alleged...

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John Marshall declared US judicial supremacy over states

On February 20, 1809, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in United States v. Peters that the legal power of the federal judiciary is greater than that of any individual state: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery; and the nation is deprived of the means of enforcing its laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals."

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