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News Ninth Circuit reinstates Montana campaign finance law
Ninth Circuit reinstates Montana campaign finance law
Jerry Votava
October 10, 2012 02:46:25 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday issued an order temporarily staying an injunction blocking Montana's campaign finance law. Montana's campaign finance law law limits the...

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News Egypt president announces general pardon for crimes committed during revolution
Egypt president announces general pardon for crimes committed during revolution
Jerry Votava
October 9, 2012 02:04:31 pm

Egypt President Mohammed Morsi announced on Tuesday a general pardon issued in August for most people detained or convicted for crimes committed during and in support of the Egyptian Revolution ....

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News Sixth Circuit upholds Ohio law limiting ‘abortion pill’
Sixth Circuit upholds Ohio law limiting ‘abortion pill’
Jerry Votava
October 3, 2012 03:45:03 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that permitted an Ohio law limiting the use of the "abortion pill." The law requires that the...

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News Former Congo militia leader appeals ICC sentence
Former Congo militia leader appeals ICC sentence
Jerry Votava
October 3, 2012 02:22:12 pm

Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo on Wednesday appealed his conviction and sentence from the International Criminal Court . Lubanga was convicted in March...

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News UK court halts extradition of Abu Hamza to US
UK court halts extradition of Abu Hamza to US
Jerry Votava
September 26, 2012 03:18:55 pm

The High Court of England and Wales on Tuesday ordered an injunction against the extradition of Egyptian-born Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and Saudi-born Khaled Al-Fawwaz to the US until a formal hearing can...

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News Maldives court restricts ex-president to capital
Maldives court restricts ex-president to capital
Jerry Votava
September 26, 2012 02:14:29 pm

The Hulhumale Magistrate Court in the Maldives has issued an order preventing ex-president Mohamed Nasheed from leaving the capital of Male without official permission. Nasheed was also served with unnamed criminal proceedings. Nasheed supporters claimed that this...

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News ACLU requests Supreme Court review of validity of two cancer gene patents
ACLU requests Supreme Court review of validity of two cancer gene patents
Jerry Votava
September 26, 2012 07:12:01 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) on Tuesday asked the US Supreme Court to review the validity of patents on two genes associated with...

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News ACLU files suit for information on automatic license plate readers
ACLU files suit for information on automatic license plate readers
Jerry Votava
September 25, 2012 02:18:10 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Massachusetts (ACLUM) on Tuesday filed suit to obtain records and information regarding the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) by federal law...

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News DC Circuit reverses ruling allowing campaign donor disclosure regulations
DC Circuit reverses ruling allowing campaign donor disclosure regulations
Jerry Votava
September 20, 2012 06:23:55 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday reversed a district court ruling in favor of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) which had permitted regulations requiring the disclosure...

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News Italy high court upholds sentences of 23 former CIA agents in rendition case
Italy high court upholds sentences of 23 former CIA agents in rendition case
Jerry Votava
September 19, 2012 03:55:00 pm

The Italian Court of Cassation on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 former CIA officers for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. Former Milan CIA...

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Pope Innocent VIII authorizes Germany witchcraft prosecutions

Pope Innocent VIII issued the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus on December 5, 1484, authorizing Dominican friars and witch hunters Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger to prosecute witchcraft in Germany. The prosecutions would later give rise to the 1486 publication of Kramer and Sprenger's Malleus Malificarum ("Hammer of the Witches") which prescribed torture as a way to coerce confessions out of suspected witches. Historians view the text as having promoted a misogynistic witch craze in late medieval Europe. Read the full papal bull.

21st Amendment ended Prohibition

On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, ending the ban on the legal sale and importation of alcohol that had been introduced in 1919 by the 18th Amendment. Learn how the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers helped bring about Prohibition's repeal.

Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen

On December 5, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat broke off diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen in response to the Declaration of Tripoli, which imposed sanctions on Eygpt. These hardline Arab nations had promulgated the Declaration in order to punish Egypt for establishing diplomatic relations with Israel. In 1979, Egypt signed a formal peace treaty with Israel, leading to Sadat's assassination in 1981. Learn more from the BBC.

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