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News California auto emissions waiver lawsuit [US DC]
California auto emissions waiver lawsuit [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 2, 2008 04:35:00 pm

State of California v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 2, 2008 [challenging the agency's decision to deny the state's request for a waiver that would have allowed it and 16...

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News Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act [White House]
Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act [White House]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 31, 2007 04:39:00 pm

Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007, signed by President George W. Bush, December 31, 2007 [legislation intended to pressure Sudan to stop the violence in Darfur by allowing US states and local governments to sever investment links to Sudan...

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News Muslim charity terror verdict damages ruling [7th Circuit]
Muslim charity terror verdict damages ruling [7th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 30, 2007 07:47:00 pm

Stanley Boim et al. v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [overturning a $156 million verdict awarded in 2004 by a federal jury to the family of a...

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News Hicks release statement [Australia]
Hicks release statement [Australia]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 29, 2007 08:00:00 pm

Statement by David Hicks, December 29, 2008 . Read the full text of the statement. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News India authorities arrest 2 suspects connected with courthouse bombings
India authorities arrest 2 suspects connected with courthouse bombings
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 23, 2007 09:52:00 pm

Indian police Saturday arrested two men allegedly belonging to the Bangladesh-based Harkatul Jihad Al-Islami militant group who they say were "part of a close network that provided local support to the terrorists" responsible for bomb blasts at...

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News Labor relations board rules employers can ban union e-mails
Labor relations board rules employers can ban union e-mails
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 23, 2007 08:40:00 pm

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that employers can ban union-related e-mails as part of a general policy against solicitations from outside organizations while still allowing employees to relay personal messages. In a decision made...

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News CIA insists it cooperated with 9/11 Commission inquiries despite holding tapes
CIA insists it cooperated with 9/11 Commission inquiries despite holding tapes
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 23, 2007 07:53:00 pm

A CIA spokesman insisted Saturday that the agency cooperated with the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9/11 Commission) in its requests for information and materials concerning the interrogation of...

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News Pakistan election commission refuses Sharif eligibility appeal
Pakistan election commission refuses Sharif eligibility appeal
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 18, 2007 02:36:00 pm

The Election Commission of Pakistan has refused to consider an appeal by former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif against an earlier ruling declaring him ineligible to run in January 8 parliamentary elections ,...

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News Pakistan police use batons, tear gas to stop march to Chaudhry residence
Pakistan police use batons, tear gas to stop march to Chaudhry residence
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 18, 2007 11:45:00 am

Pakistani police used batons and tear gas Monday against protesters attempting to march to the Islamabad residence of ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry , still under virtual house arrest despite the December 15 lifting of...

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News GOP senators block House measure banning CIA harsh interrogations
GOP senators block House measure banning CIA harsh interrogations
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 15, 2007 05:16:00 pm

Republican senators Friday blocked US Senate agreement to provisions in a House of Representatives intelligence funding bill passed Thursday limiting CIA interrogation methods by invoking a Senate rule against the late insertion of new language in legislation....

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Slave trade abolished in Britain

A British bill abolishing the slave trade became law on March 25, 1807.

Learn more about slavery and the slave trade in Britain.

Scottsboro Boys arrested

On March 25, 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama for allegedly raping two white women. Twelve days later, the young men were put on trial in the nearby town of Scottsboro. After numerous the proceedings culminated in two landmark decisions by the US Supreme Court, Powell v. Alabama and Norris v. Alabama. Ultimately, the death sentences issued by the jury were overturned, but the defendants were nonetheless sent to prison. The trials of the Scottsboro Boys have come to symbolize the role of race in the criminal justice system of the Jim Crow South. Read a history of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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