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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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News Ethiopia parliament approves controversial legislation regulating foreign charities
Ethiopia parliament approves controversial legislation regulating foreign charities
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 7, 2009 11:46:00 am

The Ethiopian Parliament on Tuesday adopted controversial legislation designed to regulate foreign charities. Under the Proclamation for the Registration and Regulation of Charities and Societies, which passed 327 to 79 ,...

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News Indicted Blackwater guards plead not guilty
Indicted Blackwater guards plead not guilty
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 7, 2009 09:01:00 am

Five indicted Blackwater USA guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to federal manslaughter and weapons charges. The guards appeared in the US...

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News Federal judge revives Islamic charity warrantless wiretapping lawsuit
Federal judge revives Islamic charity warrantless wiretapping lawsuit
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 6, 2009 03:46:00 pm

A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday ruled that a lawsuit brought by an Islamic charity that alleged it was the subject of an illegal wiretap by...

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News Obama nominates Clinton-era lawyers to top DOJ posts
Obama nominates Clinton-era lawyers to top DOJ posts
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 6, 2009 09:28:00 am

US President-elect Barack Obama on Monday nominated four former Clinton-era attorneys to high-level posts within the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . Obama has designated Elena Kagan as his pick for Solicitor General, David...

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News Second Circuit rules DOD may withhold documents relating to detainee abuse
Second Circuit rules DOD may withhold documents relating to detainee abuse
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 5, 2009 06:05:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ruled that the US Department of Defense (DOD) may withhold from the Associated Press (AP) certain documents relating to investigations of...

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News US House financial services committee begins hearings on Madoff fraud scheme
US House financial services committee begins hearings on Madoff fraud scheme
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 5, 2009 02:40:00 pm

The US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Monday began hearings in an investigation into how the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) failed for years to detect the fraud scheme allegedly perpetrated by...

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News Iraq parliament approves non-US forces status agreement
Iraq parliament approves non-US forces status agreement
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 24, 2008 06:56:00 am

The Iraqi parliament Tuesday approved an agreement that will permit 6,000 troops from the United Kingdom, Australia, Romania, and Estonia to remain in the country for a limited time after the current UN mandate authorizing the...

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News US federal prosecutor urges limit on  Blagojevich impeachment inquiry
US federal prosecutor urges limit on Blagojevich impeachment inquiry
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 23, 2008 01:32:00 pm

US federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald Tuesday asked the Illinois House of Representatives to limit its impeachment inquiry into Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and avoid looking into the criminal charges against him....

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On June 18, 1878, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act. This law made it a felony to willfully use "any part of the Army ... to execute the laws" except where expressly authorized by the Constitution or by an act of Congress. Learn more about the origins of the Posse Comitatus.

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