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News Federal judge limits 2006 ruling banning road construction in national forests
Federal judge limits 2006 ruling banning road construction in national forests
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 3, 2008 08:30:00 am

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that her 2006 decision invalidating a 2005 Bush administration rule that would allow road construction and mining in national forests applies only to 10 western states....

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News Supreme Court hears EPA, Title IX cases
Supreme Court hears EPA, Title IX cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 2, 2008 04:51:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Entergy Corp. v. EPA , the Court heard arguments on whether Section 316(b) of the...

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News Supreme Court rules harmless error standard applies in jury instructions case
Supreme Court rules harmless error standard applies in jury instructions case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 2, 2008 10:56:00 am

The US Supreme Court ruled in a per curiam opinion Tuesday in Hedgpeth v. Pulido that a harmless error standard should be applied when evaluating a conviction...

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News Russia court denies rehabilitation of Polish officers killed in Katyn massacre
Russia court denies rehabilitation of Polish officers killed in Katyn massacre
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 26, 2008 08:31:00 am

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's decision not to legally rehabilitate captured Polish officers executed in 1940 during the Katyn massacre , in which more than 20,000 Polish Army reservists, academics and politicians...

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News Supreme Court takes deportation cases
Supreme Court takes deportation cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 25, 2008 04:38:00 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases Tuesday. In United States v. Denedo , the Court will decide whether a military appellate court has jurisdiction to...

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News Sixth Circuit allows clergy sex abuse class action against Vatican to proceed
Sixth Circuit allows clergy sex abuse class action against Vatican to proceed
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 25, 2008 03:55:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court decision denying in part defendant's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging that officials of the Roman Catholic Church...

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News Australia senate passes bills giving equal rights to same-sex couples
Australia senate passes bills giving equal rights to same-sex couples
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 25, 2008 10:02:00 am

The Australian Senate on Monday approved legislation that would allow same-sex couples to enjoy most of the same rights as heterosexual couples, but would not give same-sex couples the right to marry. The...

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News CIA withheld information from DOJ in 2001 shootdown of Peru plane: report
CIA withheld information from DOJ in 2001 shootdown of Peru plane: report
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 21, 2008 02:23:00 pm

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may have withheld information from the US Department of Justice and other agencies regarding a plane carrying a US missionary family shot down over Peru in 2001, according to excerpts ...

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News US attorney general ‘conversant and alert’ after collapse at speech
US attorney general ‘conversant and alert’ after collapse at speech
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 21, 2008 09:11:00 am

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed Thursday evening during a speech to the Federalist Society . Mukasey was rushed to George Washington University Hospital , where he remained Friday morning [New York...

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News Australia police to lift control order on ex-Guantanamo detainee Hicks
Australia police to lift control order on ex-Guantanamo detainee Hicks
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 20, 2008 04:53:00 pm

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) announced Thursday that they will lift restrictions on former Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks . The announcement came after Hicks issued a plea...

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ICTY indictes former Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević

On May 27, 1999, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted Slobodan Milošević for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Learn more about the trial of Slobodan Milošević from the ICTY.

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