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News Nepal rebel leaders call for interim constitution
Nepal rebel leaders call for interim constitution
Jamie Sterling
May 7, 2006 03:55:00 pm

Leaders of Nepal's Maoist rebel insurgency on Sunday called for an interim constitution to be enacted before a special assembly gathers to draft a new charter. The Maoists and a seven-party alliance of opposition political parties joined...

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News Serbia launches renewed effort to arrest Mladic after EU suspends talks
Serbia launches renewed effort to arrest Mladic after EU suspends talks
Jamie Sterling
May 7, 2006 03:26:00 pm

Serbian police launched a full scale search on Sunday for Bosnian war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic but were unable to arrest the former Bosnian Serb army commander wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal...

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News Bush says Guantanamo closure possible after Supreme Court rules on military trials
Bush says Guantanamo closure possible after Supreme Court rules on military trials
Jamie Sterling
May 7, 2006 03:02:00 pm

US President George W. Bush said Sunday that closing the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is a possibility in the future depending on the US Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld [Duke Law case...

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News Israel police evict settlers from Palestinian home after Supreme Court order
Israel police evict settlers from Palestinian home after Supreme Court order
Jamie Sterling
May 7, 2006 02:18:00 pm

Israeli police on Sunday evicted a group of Jewish settlers squatting in a Palestinian house in the West Bank city of Hebron, a region where Jewish settlement is no longer allowed. Three settler families left peacefully, but police scuffled...

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News Russia prosecutors to appeal acquittal in murder of US journalist
Russia prosecutors to appeal acquittal in murder of US journalist
Jamie Sterling
May 6, 2006 03:58:00 pm

Russian prosecutors said Saturday that they will appeal the acquittal of two Chechens accused of murdering American journalist Paul Klebnikov . Klebnikov, the editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, was in the process of...

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News Zimbabwe security forces stepping up use of torture: rights group
Zimbabwe security forces stepping up use of torture: rights group
Jamie Sterling
May 6, 2006 03:21:00 pm

Zimbabwe security officials have increased the use of torture in dealing with opponents of the government of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe , according to a report released Saturday by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum [advocacy...

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News State lawmakers predict problems with REAL ID Act implementation
State lawmakers predict problems with REAL ID Act implementation
Jamie Sterling
May 6, 2006 11:54:00 am

State lawmakers have expressed concern about possible problems expected to accompany the implementation of the REAL ID Act , fearing that they will not be able to comply with the law's requirements before a May 2008 deadline. The...

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News Amnesty International report to UN torture committee says US abuses widespread
Amnesty International report to UN torture committee says US abuses widespread
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2006 11:31:00 am

Amnesty International Wednesday released a report it has submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture detailing widespread torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners at US detention sites around the...

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News Revised Army interrogation manual held up by secrecy concerns
Revised Army interrogation manual held up by secrecy concerns
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2006 09:05:00 am

The release of a revised US Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation has been delayed while Defense Department officials continue to debate whether a portion of the manual should remain secret. Discussions have been underway...

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News Controversial judicial nominees may be filibustered: Reid
Controversial judicial nominees may be filibustered: Reid
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2006 08:41:00 am

US Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Tuesday that a filibuster is possible for two of President Bush's nominees to federal appeals courts, White House aide Brett Kavanaugh and federal judge...

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Supreme Court ruled on Chinese Exclusion Act

On March 28, 1898, the US Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the US to Chinese immigrants was a US citizen and could not be deported under the terms of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Read US v. Wong Kim Ark and learn more about the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Thomas Hare born

On March 28, 1808, English jurist Thomas Hare was born in the United Kingdom. After being admitted to the Bar in 1833, Hare became a campaigner for electoral reform. He created the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of proportional representation used in many democratic countries today. He was also an early law reporter, recording important judicial decisions in The Hare Law Reports before there was any official reporting of legal opinions in the UK. Read a biography of Thomas Hare and a description of the STV system from the Electoral Reform Society.

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