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News Federal judge rules Yemeni Guantanamo detainee is ‘enemy combatant’
Federal judge rules Yemeni Guantanamo detainee is ‘enemy combatant’
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 29, 2009 08:18:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday that the US may continue to hold Yemeni detainee Ghaleb Nassar Al Bihani at the Guantanamo Bay prison...

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News Senate committee approves AG nominee Holder
Senate committee approves AG nominee Holder
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 28, 2009 12:07:00 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 17-2 Wednesday to approve the nomination of Eric Holder to serve as Attorney General. Holder won the approval of all the Democrats on the committee, as well as some...

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News Supreme Court takes <i>habeas</i>, discovery, interrogation cases
Supreme Court takes habeas, discovery, interrogation cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 26, 2009 10:37:00 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in three cases. In McDaniel v. Brown , the Court will consider whether the evidence underlying the defendant’s conviction for sexual...

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News Obama orders Guantanamo prison closed within a year
Obama orders Guantanamo prison closed within a year
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 22, 2009 11:36:00 am

US President Barack Obama issued an executive order Thursday directing that the Guantanamo Bay military prison be closed "as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of...

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News Guantanamo judges grant Obama motions to suspend military commission proceedings
Guantanamo judges grant Obama motions to suspend military commission proceedings
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 22, 2009 08:11:00 am

A military judge on Wednesday suspended for 120 days the military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay against five alleged 9/11 co-conspirators , including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , granting a...

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Supreme Court hears criminal procedure and deportation cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 21, 2009 03:10:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Corley v. United States , the Court heard arguments on whether federal statutory [18 U.S.C....

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News Supreme Court eases standard of immunity for constitutional violations
Supreme Court eases standard of immunity for constitutional violations
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 21, 2009 10:31:00 am

The US Supreme Court issued decisions in five cases Wednesday. The Court ruled unanimously in Pearson v. Callahan that the test for whether a government official is...

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News Cambodia genocide court to encourage victims to come forward
Cambodia genocide court to encourage victims to come forward
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 20, 2009 05:10:00 pm

A spokesperson for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Tuesday a large-scale media campaign to encourage more victims to come forward and participate in the trial of Khmer Rouge [BBC...

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News Supreme Court takes IDEA, Fourth Amendment, and four other cases
Supreme Court takes IDEA, Fourth Amendment, and four other cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 16, 2009 02:36:00 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in six cases. In Forest Grove School District, Petitioner v. T. A. , the Court will consider whether the Individuals with...

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News Holder condemns waterboarding as torture in AG confirmation hearings
Holder condemns waterboarding as torture in AG confirmation hearings
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 15, 2009 04:01:00 pm

US Attorney General nominee Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee in confirmation hearings Thursday that he believes waterboarding constitutes torture and that it could take a long time to close the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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