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News Supreme Court declines to rule on Asian carp
Supreme Court declines to rule on Asian carp
Hillary Stemple
February 28, 2012 01:59:59 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant an injunction, and denied a petition for writ of certiorari in Michigan v. US Army Corp. of Engineers . Five states petitioned the court...

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News Germany high court rules eurozone stimulus oversight procedure unconstitutional
Germany high court rules eurozone stimulus oversight procedure unconstitutional
Hillary Stemple
February 28, 2012 12:59:01 pm

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that use of a parliamentary subcommittee to fast-track decisions related to eurozone bailouts is unconstitutional, and that such decisions require full oversight of the...

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News Supreme Court clarifies ‘aggravated felony’ for immigrant removal purposes
Supreme Court clarifies ‘aggravated felony’ for immigrant removal purposes
Hillary Stemple
February 21, 2012 02:30:04 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday in Kawashima v. Holder that, under the Immigration and Nationality Act , the making of false tax returns is a...

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News Supreme Court declines to expand definition of custodial for Miranda purposes
Supreme Court declines to expand definition of custodial for Miranda purposes
Hillary Stemple
February 21, 2012 01:21:52 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday in Howes v. Fields that a US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit categorical rule that all private questioning of prisoners about outside events is...

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News EU court limits privacy rights for public figures
EU court limits privacy rights for public figures
Hillary Stemple
February 7, 2012 02:46:41 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued two rulings on Tuesday upholding the right of the media to report on celebrities and limiting celebrities' right to privacy. In Axel Springer AG v. Germany ,...

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News Federal judge allows enforcement of Texas abortion law
Federal judge allows enforcement of Texas abortion law
Hillary Stemple
February 7, 2012 01:18:13 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled Monday that Texas can begin enforcing a state law that requires women to have a sonogram before undergoing...

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News Spain judge Garzon defends Franco-era probes
Spain judge Garzon defends Franco-era probes
Hillary Stemple
January 31, 2012 01:14:07 pm

Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon took the stand in his second trial before the Spanish Supreme Court on Tuesday and defended his investigation into war crimes allegedly committed under...

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Canada deports Rwanda war crimes suspect
Hillary Stemple
January 24, 2012 12:28:36 pm

The Canadian government on Monday deported Rwandan war crimes suspect Leon Mugesera, after a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled that the court did not have jurisdiction to rule on immigration cases. Mugesera, who has been fighting deportation...

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Spain high court begins first trial of judge Garzon
Hillary Stemple
January 17, 2012 12:50:25 pm

The trial of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon , accused of ordering illegal wiretaps in jailhouses, began on Tuesday before a seven-judge panel of the Spanish Supreme Court . The court announced in...

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France judge requests access to Guantanamo to probe torture allegations
Hillary Stemple
January 17, 2012 11:43:46 am

A French judge has requested access to information from Guantanamo Bay in order to investigate allegations of torture being made by three French citizens. Judge Sophie Clement requested access to documents, as well as access to individuals...

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FDR proposed 'court-packing' plan

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire. Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing." Review the text of Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.

Panamanian dictator Noriega indicted

On February 5, 1988, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. The following year, he was extradited to the United States and later sentenced to 30 years in US federal prison. In 1999, the French government requested that Noriega be extradited to France, where he had been convicted of money laundering. In that same year, the government of Panama also requested the extradition of Noriega, as a result of his 1995 conviction in absentia on murder charges.

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