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News US Supreme Court blocks enforcement of Montana campaign spending law
US Supreme Court blocks enforcement of Montana campaign spending law
Jaimie Cremeans
February 19, 2012 03:23:01 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday blocked enforcement of a Montana Supreme Court ruling, which upheld a state law limiting the amount of money corporations can spend on campaigns, until it can consider...

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US Congressmen petition FTC to investigate Google privacy practices
Jaimie Cremeans
February 19, 2012 01:22:28 pm

US Representatives Edward Markey and Joe Barton, members of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus , and Cliff Stearns, of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations , sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...

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News Canada high court dismisses appeal on student exemption from religious course
Canada high court dismisses appeal on student exemption from religious course
Jaimie Cremeans
February 17, 2012 02:11:48 pm

The Canada Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal from Catholic parents who hoped to exempt their children from attending religious courses as part of a mandatory Ethics and Religious Culture Program (ERCP) in...

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UK High Court bans prayer at town council meetings
Jaimie Cremeans
February 12, 2012 04:29:13 pm

The UK High Court of Justice ruled Friday that the Bideford Town Council does not have authority to conduct prayers at the beginning of its official meetings. The judgment followed a Judicial Review initiated by the National...

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Malaysia deports Saudi Arabia reporter facing death penalty
Jaimie Cremeans
February 12, 2012 03:27:14 pm

Malaysian officials confirmed Sunday that a Saudi reporter facing a possible death penalty charge in his country was handed over to Saudi officials for deportation. Malaysia national spokesman Ramli Yoosuf announced that Hamza Kashgari, 23, was flown back to...

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Rights group urges South Sudan to prosecute those responsible for ethnic violence
Jaimie Cremeans
February 10, 2012 02:47:19 pm

Human Rights Watch Director Daniel Bekele on Friday urged South Sudan to investigate attacks made on Murle villages in December and prosecute those responsible. In this organized attack , thousands...

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Federal judge allows challenge to Utah anti-polygamy law
Jaimie Cremeans
February 5, 2012 03:14:03 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Utah ruled Friday that the Browns, a publicly polygamist family living in Utah, have standing to bring a suit challenging Utah's anti-bigamy law against...

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US army drops charges in Afghan civilian death case
Jaimie Cremeans
February 5, 2012 02:16:54 pm

The US Army dropped all charges against Army Specialist Michael Wagnon Friday, ending the final case in a series of related charges against five army personnel accused of killing Afghan civilians. Wagnon had been facing a charge of murder...

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EU asks Google to delay new privacy policy
Jaimie Cremeans
February 3, 2012 02:56:19 pm

The European Union's data protection authorities wrote a letter to Google Thursday asking it to delay implementation of its new privacy policy, which is supposed to take effect March 1. The EU is concerned the privacy policy,...

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Rwanda court charges genocide suspect
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February 3, 2012 01:33:16 pm

War crimes suspect Leon Mugesera was charged with genocide planning, incitement and distribution of arms Thursday in a Kigali court in Rwanda. He was deported from Canada to Rwanda nine days ago, following a 16-year battle in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

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