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News Second Circuit grants emergency stay allowing enforcement of indefinite detention law
Second Circuit grants emergency stay allowing enforcement of indefinite detention law
Jerry Votava
September 18, 2012 03:34:55 pm

Judge Raymond Lohier of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ordered a stay of a permanent injunction that blocked portions of the National Defense Authorization Act...

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News Thailand truth commission releases report about 2010 unrest
Thailand truth commission releases report about 2010 unrest
Jerry Votava
September 18, 2012 03:01:07 pm

The Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand (TRCT) on Tuesday released a report detailing the unrest and deaths caused by the 2010 anti-government protests led by the "red shirt"...

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News US trade commission rules Apple products do not infringe on Samsung patents
US trade commission rules Apple products do not infringe on Samsung patents
Jerry Votava
September 16, 2012 12:52:03 pm

A judge for the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday issued a preliminary ruling against Samsung in their complaint that mobile phones and tablet computers imported by Apple infringed on four Samsung patents. The...

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Philippines president signs broad cybercrimes law
Jerry Votava
September 16, 2012 11:45:47 am

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday signed a cybercrimes law to prevent various electronic offenses including forgery, fraud, identity theft and child pornography. The new crimes are grouped into two sections:...

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Montana Supreme Court finds no constitutional right to medical marijuana use
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September 12, 2012 03:48:54 pm

The Montana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that there is no constitutional right to the cultivation, distribution and use of medical marijuana . The plaintiffs in the case sought to prevent the enactment and...

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UN rights expert urges Egypt to ban use of evidence obtained through torture
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September 12, 2012 03:18:29 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez on Wednesday called on the Egyptian government and courts to stop permitting evidence acquired through torture to be admitted in any legal proceedings including military trials. The announcement...

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West Virginia high court finds public campaign financing law unconstitutional
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September 11, 2012 04:08:52 pm

The Supreme Court of Appeals for West Virginia on Friday struck down a new West Virginia law that provides public financing for candidates in state Supreme Court elections. The case was brought...

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IRS awards $104 million to Swiss bank tax whistleblower
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September 11, 2012 03:31:52 pm

An attorney for former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld announced on Tuesday that the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded Birkenfeld $104 million for information leading to an agreement between UBS and the IRS for $740...

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Bahrain government announces legal actions against opposition group
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September 9, 2012 01:27:05 pm

Bahrain on Saturday announced that it would pursue legal proceedings against the al Wefaq political party, which it labels an opposition group, for engaging in anti-government protests in the face of...

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The Justice M.B. Shah Commission of Inquiry , an Indian judicial committee investigating illegal mining practices, issued a report Friday that indicted Digambar Kamat, the former Chief Minister of the state of Goa , for permitting illegal...

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Nuremberg race laws went into effect in Nazi Germany

On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany became effective, racially defining German citizenship and making Jews outcasts. The Reich Health Office issued the following chart in 1936 to assist in ascertaining the "admissibility of marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans." White circles represented on the chart are "pure Germans" while the circles with black indicate the proportion of Jewish heritage. Review the Nuremberg Laws on Citizenship, German Blood and German Honor, and Hereditary Health.

KKK bombs Alabama Church

On September 15, 1963, members of the Klu Klux Klan bombed a predominantly African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. The blast at the 16th Street Baptist Church killed four young girls and injured twenty other people. Despite an investigation by the FBI, no one was charged with responsibility for the crime until Robert Chambliss was convicted of murder in 1977. His accomplices, Thomas Blaton, Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry, were not tried and convicted until about twenty-five years later. Learn more about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing and the trials of Blanton and Cherry from NPR.

Nuremberg Laws went into effect in Nazi Germany

On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany became effective, racially defining German citizenship and making Jews outcasts. The Reich Health Office issued the following chart in 1936 to assist in ascertaining the "admissibility of marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans": white circles represent on the chart are "pure Germans", while the circles with black indicate the proportion of Jewish blood.

Review the Laws for Protection of the German Race on Citizenship, German Blood and German Honor, and Hereditary Health.

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