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News Rights group seeks military commissions stay for alleged 9/11 attackers
Rights group seeks military commissions stay for alleged 9/11 attackers
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 23, 2008 08:21:00 am

Human Rights First Monday filed an amicus curiae brief requesting a stay of military commission proceedings against five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ,...

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News Sudan man charged with aiding ICC war crimes investigation
Sudan man charged with aiding ICC war crimes investigation
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 22, 2008 04:00:00 pm

A Sudanese man charged with aiding an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of a Darfur war crimes suspect appeared in court Monday. Mohamed Alsary Ibrahim is charged with working to overthrow the...

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News Federal court finds 5 guilty of Fort Dix conspiracy
Federal court finds 5 guilty of Fort Dix conspiracy
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 22, 2008 02:56:00 pm

Five men were found guilty Monday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey of plotting to kill US soldiers at Fort Dix . The five men, Serdar...

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News Maryland man pleads guilty to spying for Saddam-era Iraq
Maryland man pleads guilty to spying for Saddam-era Iraq
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 22, 2008 02:09:00 pm

An Iraqi national living in Maryland on Sunday pleaded guilty to charges of spying for the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein . Saubhe Jassim Al-Dellemy, a former Baath party member, pleaded...

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News Germany to consider taking in Guantanamo detainees
Germany to consider taking in Guantanamo detainees
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 22, 2008 11:01:00 am

German government spokesperson Thomas Steg said Monday that Germany would consider taking in detainees released from the Guantanamo Bay military prison if US President-elect Barack Obama closed the facility. Steg said that Germany supports closure of...

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News Iraq court begins new trial for ‘Chemical Ali’
Iraq court begins new trial for ‘Chemical Ali’
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 22, 2008 10:03:00 am

An Iraqi court on Sunday began a new trial for Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali," and three other Saddam Hussein-era officials accused in a 1998 gas attack...

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News Argentina court suspends decision to release ‘dirty war’ suspects
Argentina court suspends decision to release ‘dirty war’ suspects
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 21, 2008 08:49:00 pm

An Argentine court on Friday suspended its decision to release up to 20 suspects who are accused of committing human rights violations during the country's military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, known as the "Dirty War" [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST...

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News Zimbabwe defies regional court, charges farmers resisting eviction
Zimbabwe defies regional court, charges farmers resisting eviction
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 21, 2008 03:28:00 pm

Four white Zimbabwean farmers were charged Thursday with trespassing on state property for failing to vacate farms that were seized by the government. The charges are in defiance of a November ruling by the South African Development Community Tribunal...

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News Iraq releases jailed interior ministry officials suspected of Baath party ties
Iraq releases jailed interior ministry officials suspected of Baath party ties
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 20, 2008 01:56:00 pm

Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said Friday that 23 employees of the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior who were arrested this week for alleged attempts to rebuild Saddam Hussein's Baath party [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...

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News Rights group urges India president to reject new anti-terrorism measures
Rights group urges India president to reject new anti-terrorism measures
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 19, 2008 03:21:00 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday urged Indian President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil to reject the recently passed Unlawful Activities Prevention Amendment of 2008 (UAPA) , which would allow the government to hold...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ruled on Chinese Exclusion Act

On March 28, 1898, the US Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the US to Chinese immigrants was a US citizen and could not be deported under the terms of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Read US v. Wong Kim Ark and learn more about the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Thomas Hare born

On March 28, 1808, English jurist Thomas Hare was born in the United Kingdom. After being admitted to the Bar in 1833, Hare became a campaigner for electoral reform. He created the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of proportional representation used in many democratic countries today. He was also an early law reporter, recording important judicial decisions in The Hare Law Reports before there was any official reporting of legal opinions in the UK. Read a biography of Thomas Hare and a description of the STV system from the Electoral Reform Society.

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