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News Top Iraqi officials facing trial for helping sectarian militia
Top Iraqi officials facing trial for helping sectarian militia
Howard Kline
November 17, 2007 02:21:00 pm

Former Iraq Deputy Health Minister Hakim Zamili and another top ministry official will be put on trial for allegedly assisting Shi'ite militias, the Iraqi government said Saturday. A spokesman said that the trial shows...

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Congo militia leader to face first ICC trial in March 2008
Howard Kline
November 12, 2007 06:01:00 pm

The trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a decision Monday setting the trial date for former Union of Patriotic Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga for March...

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New Jersey legislature to consider abolishing death penalty
Howard Kline
November 10, 2007 12:14:00 pm

New Jersey Assembly speaker Joseph Roberts, Jr. said Friday that the State Assembly will vote Dec. 13 on a proposal to abolish the death penalty . If the vote passes, New...

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News Florida death row inmate asks state high court to rehear lethal injection decision
Florida death row inmate asks state high court to rehear lethal injection decision
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November 5, 2007 05:56:00 pm

Florida death row inmate Ian Deco Lightbourne on Monday asked the state supreme court to reconsider its decision last week that Florida's revised lethal injection protocols do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of...

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Bush reaffirms support for AG nominee Mukasey in radio address
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November 3, 2007 03:09:00 pm

US President George W. Bush praised attorney general nominee Micheal Mukasey in his weekly radio address on Saturday, predicting that the former federal judge would be confirmed by the Senate on...

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Torture routine in Sri Lanka: UN rights expert
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October 29, 2007 06:04:00 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said Monday that torture was widespread and routine throughout Sri Lanka. Nowak visited Sri Lanka in early October and reported to the Third Committee ...

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Chertoff lifts environmental barriers to border fence construction
Howard Kline
October 22, 2007 06:50:00 pm

US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Monday utilized his power under the Real ID Act to circumvent a federal district court decision handed down last week that on environmental grounds ordered the...

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Canada government introduces new security certificates bill after high court debacle
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October 22, 2007 05:54:00 pm

The Canadian government Monday introduced a new security certificates bill in the House of Commons in response to a February Supreme Court decision that gave it one year to re-write existing law or have...

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October 20, 2007 03:51:00 pm

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday became the latest high court member to publicly criticize the possibility of televising the court's proceedings. Speaking at the University of Virginia, Alito joked that televising...

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Venezuela rights activists slam Chavez over proposed constitutional reforms
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October 20, 2007 02:47:00 pm

Venezuelan human rights activists and church leaders Friday criticized new constitutional reforms proposed by President Hugo Chavez that they say would suspend legal due process and centralize power in an authoritarian presidency....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

American Bar Assocation founded

The American Bar Association (ABA) was founded on August 21, 1878, by a group of 75 lawyers. The organization would become the US's foremost association of attorneys, although its membership declined substantially from 2009 to 2019. Learn more about the history of the ABA.

American Bar Association organized

On August 21, 1878, the American Bar Association was organized at a meeting in Saratoga Springs, New York.

The original ABA constitution, which is still substantially the charter of the association, defined its mission as "the advancement of the science of jurisprudence, the promotion of the administration of justice and a uniformity of legislation throughout the country....".

Dumbarton Oaks Conference opens

On August 21, 1944, the Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security opened in the Dumbarton Oaks mansion in Washington, DC, US. From the opening of the conference until its close on October 7, representatives of the US, USSR, the UK, and the Republic of China laid the groundwork for the United Nations and the post-WWII world. Learn more about the Dumbarton Oaks Conference from the United Nations.

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