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News State of Utah v. Thomas Arthur Green [UT]
State of Utah v. Thomas Arthur Green [UT]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 4, 2004 07:30:00 pm

Utah Supreme Court, issued September 3, 2004. Read the opinion. Excerpt: ...Utah's bigamy statute does not attempt to target only religiously motivated bigamy. Any individual who violates the statute, whether for religious or secular reasons, is subject to prosecution. See,...

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News Decision by the Deputy Registrar in Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic [ICTY]
Decision by the Deputy Registrar in Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic [ICTY]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2004 05:44:00 pm

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, issued September 2, 2004. Read the full decision by the Deputy Registrar. Excerpt: CONSIDERING the Trial Chamber's oral Order of 2 September 2004, by which "ursuant to the Chamber's decision to assign counsel,...

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News Arrests under UK anti-terrorist legislation since September 11, 2001 [UK]
Arrests under UK anti-terrorist legislation since September 11, 2001 [UK]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2004 04:25:00 pm

Institute of Race Relations , issued September 2, 2004. From the press release: The Institute of Race Relations publishes today a catalogue that details how hundreds of Muslims have been arrested under terrorism powers before being released without charge; how...

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19th Amendment adopted

On August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was adopted, granting women full suffrage. The Amendment states that "[t]he right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." Learn more about the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment from the National Archives.

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