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News Philippines officers apologize to court for attempted November coup
Philippines officers apologize to court for attempted November coup
Jaime Jansen
December 11, 2007 11:26:00 am

About one dozen officers on trial in the Philippines in connection with a failed 2003 mutiny apologized to the court Tuesday for an aborted coup attempt against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo...

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News Ex-CIA agent confirms use of waterboarding in terror interrogations
Ex-CIA agent confirms use of waterboarding in terror interrogations
Jaime Jansen
December 11, 2007 10:50:00 am

A retired US CIA agent told ABC News Monday that CIA interrogators have successfully used waterboarding to get crucial information about planned terror attacks, though the agent did say he considered the technique to be torture....

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News Federal appeals court strikes portions of terror groups aid ban for vagueness
Federal appeals court strikes portions of terror groups aid ban for vagueness
Jaime Jansen
December 11, 2007 09:51:00 am

Portions of the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and its 2004 amendment, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act which make it a crime to help groups considered to be terrorist organizations by the...

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News Turkish lawyers, judges protest new law on judicial appointments
Turkish lawyers, judges protest new law on judicial appointments
Jaime Jansen
December 10, 2007 10:55:00 am

Thousands of lawyers and judges in Turkey protested a new law Sunday that they believe will undermine judicial independence by changing the appointment process for judges and prosecutors. The new law requires a justice ministry interview...

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News Bolivia constitutional assembly approves new constitution
Bolivia constitutional assembly approves new constitution
Jaime Jansen
December 10, 2007 10:23:00 am

A majority of members of the Bolivian Constitutional Assembly on Sunday approved a new draft constitution Sunday, despite a boycott by members of the main opposition party. Only 153 of 255 assembly members voted...

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News Canada jury convicts BC serial killer of second degree murder
Canada jury convicts BC serial killer of second degree murder
Jaime Jansen
December 10, 2007 09:52:00 am

A Canadian jury convicted Robert William Pickton Sunday of second degree murder for the deaths of six women in the 1990s. He was found not guilty of first degree murder, with the jury concluding that the...

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UN human rights expert to observe Guantanamo military commission hearings
Jaime Jansen
December 4, 2007 11:00:00 am

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin will attend military commission hearings at Guantanamo Bay beginning Wednesday, according to a statement by Scheinin on Tuesday. Scheinin said that the...

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News Malaysia charges 26 ethnic Indian demonstrators with attempted murder
Malaysia charges 26 ethnic Indian demonstrators with attempted murder
Jaime Jansen
December 4, 2007 10:18:00 am

Twenty-six ethnic Indians have been charged with attempted murder in connection with anti-discrimination demonstrations in Malaysia last month, a lawyer for the defendants said Tuesday. All 26 suspects pleaded not guilty to charges of...

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New Jersey Senate panel passes death penalty abolition bill
Jaime Jansen
December 4, 2007 09:40:00 am

The New Jersey Senate Budget Committee Monday voted 8-4 to pass a bill designed to replace capital punishment with life in prison, paving the way for New Jersey to abolish the death penalty ...

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December 4, 2007 08:57:00 am

US House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) has asked US Attorney General Michael Mukasey to help the committee obtain transcripts of interviews with US President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School. The court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez.

Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School.

The Court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia site at Northwestern University.

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