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News News organizations sue Minnesota to block limitation on polling place access
News organizations sue Minnesota to block limitation on polling place access
Joe Shaulis
September 30, 2008 03:03:00 pm

A group of news organizations filed a lawsuit in federal district court Monday to challenge the constitutionality of a Minnesota statute restricting access to polling places. The Associated Press and several television networks brought suit in US District...

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US House rejects financial rescue bill with judicial review provision
Joe Shaulis
September 29, 2008 02:20:00 pm

The US House of Representatives on Monday rejected a financial rescue bill that would have allowed courts to review purchases of troubled assets made by the US Treasury Department . The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act...

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Mukasey names prosecutor to investigate DOJ firings
Joe Shaulis
September 29, 2008 10:40:00 am

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Monday announced that he had named a prosecutor to determine whether criminal charges are warranted in connection with the removal of nine US attorneys, as recommended...

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News Pastors challenge US ban on political campaign activity by tax-exempt groups
Pastors challenge US ban on political campaign activity by tax-exempt groups
Joe Shaulis
September 28, 2008 01:37:00 pm

More than 30 US pastors planned to preach about the "moral qualifications" of political candidates Sunday, challenging federal tax laws that prohibit tax-exempt entities from engaging in political campaigns. The conservative Alliance Defense Fund (ADF)...

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US Senate panel votes for bill to require reporting of deaths in federal custody
Joe Shaulis
September 26, 2008 03:27:00 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted in favor of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act , which as passed by the House reauthorizes a program requiring states receiving criminal justice assistance grants...

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Second ex-Marine sues US congressman for Haditha remarks
Joe Shaulis
September 26, 2008 02:50:00 pm

A former US Marine filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that US Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) defamed him and violated his constitutional rights by suggesting that he had participated in killing innocent Iraqi civilians. In a...

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US military commissions prosecutor resigns due to ‘ethical qualms’
Joe Shaulis
September 25, 2008 03:23:00 pm

A US military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay filed a declaration with the US military commissions Wednesday stating that he is resigning because of ethical concerns. Army Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld said...

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Group of state attorneys general opposes healthcare provider conscience regulation
Joe Shaulis
September 25, 2008 10:32:00 am

Thirteen state attorneys general urged the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Wednesday to withdraw a proposed rule that they said could threaten women's access to abortion and birth control....

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Finland government drafting gun control amendments after school shootings
Joe Shaulis
September 24, 2008 11:58:00 am

The Finnish Interior Ministry on Wednesday announced that it is drafting new gun control legislation in response to the fatal shootings of 10 people at...

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Chief judge of US military commissions retiring in April
Joe Shaulis
September 24, 2008 10:01:00 am

US Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann , chief judge of US military commissions , said Tuesday at a pretrial hearing for five suspects in the September 11 attacks that he is...

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Dred Scott decided

On March 6, 1857, the US Supreme Court announced its landmark decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford, holding that black people—slaves as well as free—were not and could never become citizens of the United States and that the 1820 Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. Learn more about the Dred Scott case from Washington University in St. Louis (the city where Dred Scott initially filed his suit for freedom and had his case first tried). Review a selection of contemporary newspaper editorials reacting to the decision.

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