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News Federal judge orders Uighurs released from Guantanamo
Federal judge orders Uighurs released from Guantanamo
Joe Shaulis
October 7, 2008 02:29:00 pm

A US district judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to release 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , ruling that the Constitution forbids their indefinite detention without cause. In...

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News DC Circuit grants permanent stay blocking forced testimony on US Attorney firings
DC Circuit grants permanent stay blocking forced testimony on US Attorney firings
Joe Shaulis
October 7, 2008 12:33:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday stayed a district order requiring senior Bush administration officials to give the House Judiciary Committee information about...

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News Supreme Court hears cigarette labeling, union fees, arbitration cases
Supreme Court hears cigarette labeling, union fees, arbitration cases
Joe Shaulis
October 6, 2008 03:50:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases, including Altria Group v. Good , 07-562, in which the Court will consider whether the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act ...

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US Supreme Court opens 2008 term
Joe Shaulis
October 6, 2008 12:03:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday began its 2008 term , in which it has agreed to hear cases involving pre-emption of state law, the separation of church and state, and broadcast indecency,...

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News Nine US states and Canada province sue EPA over water transfer regulation
Nine US states and Canada province sue EPA over water transfer regulation
Joe Shaulis
October 3, 2008 03:23:00 pm

Nine US states and the Canadian province of Manitoba sued the US Environmental Protection Agency Thursday, alleging that an agency regulation allows the discharge of polluted water in violation of the Clean Water Act [text;...

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US Supreme Court adds 10 cases to 2008-09 docket
Joe Shaulis
October 2, 2008 11:35:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear 10 cases , including two implicating the land rights of Native peoples, during its term that begins next week. In Hawaii, et al....

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US Supreme Court declines to rehear child rape case
Joe Shaulis
October 1, 2008 05:08:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to reconsider last term's decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana , holding that Louisiana could not impose the death penalty for the rape of...

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Medicare implements rules barring payment for preventable treatment
Joe Shaulis
October 1, 2008 04:49:00 pm

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday implemented regulations denying hospitals payment for treating conditions caused by some common medical errors . Those regulations, announced last year,...

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US judge allows lawsuit against Palestinian groups to proceed
Joe Shaulis
October 1, 2008 01:12:00 pm

A US district judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) seeking damages for the injuries and deaths of US citizens in...

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Ohio to proceed with absentee voting after courts rule on registration requirements
Joe Shaulis
October 1, 2008 05:42:00 am

Absentee voting began Tuesday in Ohio after the Ohio Supreme Court and two federal district courts rejected Republican Party challenges to an Ohio secretary of state directive . By a 4-3 vote, the state Supreme Court...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed Immigration and Nationality Act into law, ending country quotas

On October 3, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, standing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, signed into law the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. The Act ordered the elimination of the national origins quota system established in 1882 in favor of a worldwide quota blind to national origin. Immigration was redistributed by pooling unused quotas and making them available on a first-come, first-served basis to oversubscribed nations. Learn more about the 1965 Act and its aftermath.

Germany reunified

On October 3, 1990, the German Democratic Republic was absorbed by the Federal Republic of Germany, reunifying the country for the first time since the Second World War. Today, the event is marked annually by German Unity Day. Read the Unification Treaty, signed in Berlin on August 31, 1990.

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