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News Ex-Enron accounting head reports to Texas prison for six-year fraud sentence
Ex-Enron accounting head reports to Texas prison for six-year fraud sentence
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January 3, 2007 02:07:00 pm

Richard Causey , former Enron chief accounting officer, has reported to the Bastrop Federal Correction Institution , a low-security facility in Texas, to begin serving his prison sentence for his role in the...

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Mexico giving illegal immigrants tracking devices to ensure safe arrival in US
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Government officials in Mexico have approved a plan to issue Mexicans crossing the US border illegally satellite tracking devices to ensure their safe arrival in the United States. Even with a knowledgeable guide — called a...

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New Year marks enforcement of new legislation in many US states
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December 31, 2006 08:25:00 pm

A slew of new US state laws will greet the New Year when they take effect on January 1. The state minimum wage will increase in Arizona , California ,...

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Apple Computer stock options probe reports no misconduct
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Apple Computer, Inc. Friday disclosed the findings of an internal report into alleged stock option manipulation by senior managers, including CEO Steve Jobs, purporting to clear its executives of any wrong-doing and concluding that Jobs did not...

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Inmate religious rights upheld by Fourth Circuit
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December 30, 2006 11:51:00 am

The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) Friday after inmate Ira Madison sued the Commonwealth of Virginia and various Virginia Department of...

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Saddam lawyers decry ‘political assassination’ in statement
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December 30, 2006 10:16:00 am

Lawyers for late Iraqi ex-president Saddam Hussein issued a statement Saturday in response to his dawn execution declaring that the former leader "died a martyr" and condemning the trial as a "political assassination" that was...

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Report cites franchise bias against minorities, urges Voting Rights Act renewal
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February 21, 2006 11:08:00 am

Minority voters in the United States still face unfair poll tactics and barriers that disenfranchise them, according to a major study released Tuesday by the National Commission on the Voting Rights Act , a project...

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California execution delayed after doctors refuse to participate over ethics concerns
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February 21, 2006 08:31:00 am

The execution of Michael Angelo Morales , scheduled to take place just after midnight Tuesday morning, was delayed after the two anesthesiologists on hand to ensure that Morales would not suffer excessive pain during the process refused to...

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Sudan president says no extradition of Darfur war crimes suspects
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February 20, 2006 08:55:00 am

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has again said that his country refuses to extradite any Sudanese citizens for prosecution by the International Criminal Court . In remarks made during this weekend's celebration of the golden...

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Frist says changes to surveillance legislation unnecessary
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February 20, 2006 08:24:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) said Sunday that existing legislation governing domestic surveillance does not need to be rewritten or updated. Appearing on CBS News' Face the Nation, Frist also said that he...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First meeting of the US Supreme Court

On February 1, 1790, the Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time. The meeting was held at the Merchants' Exchange Building in New York City, then the national capital. Chief Justice John Jay presided over the first Court with five Associate Justices: James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Cushing, and John Rutledge. However, due to the limitations of 18th-century transportation technology, the meeting was postponed by Jay until the following day. The first meeting was held primarily to organize the Supreme Court. The Justices did not hear their first actual case, Chrisholm v. Georgia, until 1792.

Sir Edward Coke born

Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and author of law reports and commentaries (including, most famously, Coke on Littleton), was born on February 1, 1552. Learn more about Sir Edward Coke.

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