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News Bush celebrates pro-life record in Roe v. Wade anniversary remarks
Bush celebrates pro-life record in Roe v. Wade anniversary remarks
James M Yoch Jr
January 22, 2007 03:49:00 pm

President Bush Monday celebrated his administration's anti-abortion record in a telephone address to pro-life marchers demonstrating in Washington DC on the anniversary of the 1972 Roe v. Wade US Supreme Court ruling. Bush told the gathering that...

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News DOJ criticizes FBI failure to protect congressional pages in Foley scandal
DOJ criticizes FBI failure to protect congressional pages in Foley scandal
James M Yoch Jr
January 22, 2007 03:17:00 pm

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) failed to respond promptly to allegedly improper e-mail correspondence between former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) and a former congressional page from Louisiana in July 2006,...

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News Controversial Bush appeals court nominees withdraw to make way for new candidates
Controversial Bush appeals court nominees withdraw to make way for new candidates
James M Yoch Jr
January 9, 2007 03:22:00 pm

Four US federal appeals court nominees requested Tuesday that their names be withdrawn from consideration by the Senate , according to Republican party officials. Each of the nominees, Michael Wallace, William Haynes, William Myers and Terrence Boyle [official...

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News Lebanon cabinet sends Hariri tribunal plan to parliament
Lebanon cabinet sends Hariri tribunal plan to parliament
James M Yoch Jr
December 12, 2006 03:05:00 pm

The Lebanese cabinet Tuesday sent the country's National Assembly a draft plan to establish a UN-supported international tribunal to try suspects accused of assassinating former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005. The cabinet approved the...

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News Lawmakers urge FBI to release information on 2001 anthrax attacks
Lawmakers urge FBI to release information on 2001 anthrax attacks
James M Yoch Jr
December 12, 2006 02:30:00 pm

US Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) announced Tuesday that they have sent the FBI a letter signed by thirty-three members of Congress asking it to release information from...

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News DOJ drops policy encouraging turnover of corporate records to prosecutors
DOJ drops policy encouraging turnover of corporate records to prosecutors
James M Yoch Jr
December 12, 2006 02:05:00 pm

US Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty announced Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will no longer encourage corporations to turn over confidential records to officials investigating corporate fraud . The new McNulty...

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News House rejects ‘fetal pain’ bill
House rejects ‘fetal pain’ bill
James M Yoch Jr
December 6, 2006 07:39:00 pm

The US House of Representatives Wednesday rejected by a vote of 250-162 a controversial bill that would have mandated medical practitioners to inform women seeking an abortion after 20 weeks of the pain the...

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News France supported Rwanda genocide: Rwanda president
France supported Rwanda genocide: Rwanda president
James M Yoch Jr
December 6, 2006 02:14:00 pm

Rwandan President Paul Kagame publicly alleged Wednesday that France supported the 1994 genocide that wracked the African nation. Kagame previously accused the French government of providing training and weapons ...

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News FBI director refuses to discuss domestic spying program in Senate hearing
FBI director refuses to discuss domestic spying program in Senate hearing
James M Yoch Jr
December 6, 2006 01:11:00 pm

FBI Director Robert Mueller refused to answer questions Wednesday during an FBI oversight hearing before the US Senate Judiciary Committee about the administration's domestic spying program , saying the...

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News California AG asks state high court to review same-sex marriage ban
California AG asks state high court to review same-sex marriage ban
James M Yoch Jr
December 5, 2006 10:59:00 am

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer on Monday requested the California Supreme Court to grant a petition to review an intermediate appellate court's decision to uphold a state law prohibiting same-sex marriage [JURIST news...

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US Supreme Court decided Dartmouth College case

On February 2, 1819, the US Supreme Court decided Dartmouth College v. Woodward, ruling that the charter of a college was a contract that a state could not alter arbitrarily.

New Amsterdam incorporated

On February 2, 1653, the City of New Amsterdam was incorporated by the Dutch Republic. After the British conquest, the city was renamed New York after the Duke of York.

Breviary of Alaric put into effect by Visigoth king

King Alaric II of the Visigoths put the Breviary of Alaric, a collection of Roman laws, into effect on February 2, 506. The breviary contains constitutions and laws of the newly fallen Roman Empire, including the Theodosian code, and parts of the Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes. The Breviary of Alaric predated the Byzantine Empire's Code of Justinian by 23 years.  Read an entry on the Breviary of Alaric from the Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

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