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News Supreme Court hears EPA, Iran compensation, clemency cases
Supreme Court hears EPA, Iran compensation, clemency cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 12, 2009 02:14:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases. In Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council and Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council [oral arguments transcript,...

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News Obama nominates top intelligence officials
Obama nominates top intelligence officials
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 9, 2009 03:58:00 pm

US President-elect Barack Obama on Friday announced his nominations for the top posts in the US intelligence community, designating Admiral Dennis Blair to be Director of National Intelligence and Leon Panetta to be director...

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News Supreme Court takes Iraq immunity, voting rights cases
Supreme Court takes Iraq immunity, voting rights cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 9, 2009 02:24:00 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in four cases. In the consolidated cases of Republic of Iraq v. Beaty and Republic of Iraq v. Simon [docket;...

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News US AG rules aliens cannot challenge deportation for ineffective legal assistance
US AG rules aliens cannot challenge deportation for ineffective legal assistance
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 9, 2009 10:56:00 am

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday ruled that aliens may no longer challenge deportation hearings based on ineffective assistance of counsel. Mukasey's opinion, which is binding on immigration courts and the...

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News Illinois legislative committee recommends Blagojevich impeachment vote
Illinois legislative committee recommends Blagojevich impeachment vote
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 9, 2009 09:13:00 am

A committee of the Illinois House of Representatives on Thursday voted unanimously to recommend the impeachment of Governor Rod Blagojevich . The committee was appointed last month to gather...

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News Kenya president directs AG to review controversial media bill
Kenya president directs AG to review controversial media bill
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 8, 2009 03:48:00 pm

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Wednesday directed the attorney general and information minister to review a controversial media bill that gives power to a communication commission to regulate broadcasting with threats of fines or incarceration....

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News Obama to appoint Harvard law professor to oversee government regulations
Obama to appoint Harvard law professor to oversee government regulations
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 8, 2009 02:11:00 pm

US President-elect Barack Obama will appoint Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs , according to reports Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal and Washington...

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News Spain court begins trial for Basque leaders accused of meeting with banned party
Spain court begins trial for Basque leaders accused of meeting with banned party
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 8, 2009 01:17:00 pm

A Spanish court on Thursday began the trial of three Basque leaders accused of meeting illegally with members of the Batasuna party to negotiate a ceasefire with the illegal Basque separatist group ETA . Basque President Juan Jose...

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News UK fraud office to investigate Madoff’s UK businesses for criminal offenses
UK fraud office to investigate Madoff’s UK businesses for criminal offenses
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 8, 2009 11:28:00 am

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Thursday announced that it will open an investigation into the UK business operations of US financier Bernard Madoff to determine whether any criminal offenses have...

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News Federal prosecutor requests that Madoff be jailed for mailing jewelry to relatives
Federal prosecutor requests that Madoff be jailed for mailing jewelry to relatives
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 7, 2009 03:12:00 pm

Assistant US Attorney Marc Litt on Tuesday urged that Bernard Madoff be jailed, in a brief filed with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York . Litt alleges that...

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Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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