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News New York lawyer pleads guilty in $400 million investment scheme
New York lawyer pleads guilty in $400 million investment scheme
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 12, 2009 08:30:00 am

New York lawyer Mark Dreier pleaded guilty Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to fraud charges for perpetrating a scheme that cost investors more than $400 million. Appearing before Judge...

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News Afghanistan parliament calls for regulation of foreign forces in wake of air strikes
Afghanistan parliament calls for regulation of foreign forces in wake of air strikes
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 11, 2009 03:02:00 pm

Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga , the lower house of the Afghan parliament, on Monday demanded that restrictions be placed on foreign forces to avoid further civilian casualties before recessing in protest of recent air strikes. Wolesi Jirga secretary Abdul...

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News Indigenous Sami people file suit against Sweden for violating land use rights
Indigenous Sami people file suit against Sweden for violating land use rights
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 11, 2009 01:50:00 pm

The Swedish Sami Association (SSR) on Monday brought a lawsuit against the Swedish government claiming that the state is violating the hunting rights [application summary, PDF,...

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News DOJ to reverse Bush administration antitrust policies
DOJ to reverse Bush administration antitrust policies
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 11, 2009 12:42:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that it is reversing Bush administration antitrust policies that made it difficult to act against large companies that harm the interests of smaller companies. In a speech...

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News Rights groups decry Obama military commissions revival plan
Rights groups decry Obama military commissions revival plan
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 11, 2009 10:47:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Saturday harshly criticized the Obama administration's reported consideration of reviving the military commissions system to try Guantanamo Bay detainees . ACLU Executive Director Anthony...

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News FBI failing to maintain accurate terrorist watchlist: DOJ report
FBI failing to maintain accurate terrorist watchlist: DOJ report
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 11, 2009 08:59:00 am

The FBI has failed to maintain an accurate and effective terrorist watchlist by failing to include known terrorism suspects and to remove records of people that have been cleared, according to a report ...

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News US military contractor gets probation after pleading guilty to shooting Afghan detainee
US military contractor gets probation after pleading guilty to shooting Afghan detainee
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 8, 2009 02:50:00 pm

A US military contractor who pleaded guilty in February to voluntary manslaughter for the 2008 shooting of an Afghan detainee was sentenced in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ...

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News Obama administration to keep Bush-era rule on polar bear global warming protections
Obama administration to keep Bush-era rule on polar bear global warming protections
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 8, 2009 01:34:00 pm

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) will maintain a controversial Bush-era rule that limits how polar bears are protected from global warming , Secretary of the Interior Ken...

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News Supreme Court justice rejects stay of deportation for accused Nazi guard
Supreme Court justice rejects stay of deportation for accused Nazi guard
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 7, 2009 03:36:00 pm

US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday denied an application for stay of deportation filed by accused Nazi prison guard John Demjanjuk . Demjanjuk faces deportation...

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News Blackwater security firm ends Baghdad operations as contract expires
Blackwater security firm ends Baghdad operations as contract expires
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 7, 2009 01:20:00 pm

The security company known formerly as Blackwater Worldwide on Thursday concluded its operations in Baghdad as its contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq ended. A spokesperson from the US Embassy in Iraq [official...

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Memphis Massacre of 1866 breaks out

The Memphis Massacre of 1866 broke out on May 1 of that year after Black Union veterans and police were involved in an altercation surrounding the arrest of a Black soldier. The ensuing skirmish spiralled out of control due to the racial tensions that followed the end of the US Civil War, lasting for two days and claiming the lives of 46 Black people and six whites.  The riot later cemented support for what would become the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Consitution, ensuring equal protection under the law. Learn more about the Memphis Massacre.  

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States. Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.

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