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News Iraq report urges Blackwater ouster, extradition of agents
Iraq report urges Blackwater ouster, extradition of agents
James M Yoch Jr
October 9, 2007 09:12:00 am

The Iraqi government intends to oust Blackwater USA , the private security firm involved in a September shooting incident , from its borders over the next six months, according to a report complied by Iraqi authorities and...

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News Ecuador president pledges new constitution
Ecuador president pledges new constitution
James M Yoch Jr
October 2, 2007 12:25:00 pm

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Monday that he plans to disband the Ecuadorean congress and rewrite the country's constitution . Correa's statement comes only a day after unofficial results in the...

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News Federal judge rules that former presidents cannot withhold records indefinitely
Federal judge rules that former presidents cannot withhold records indefinitely
James M Yoch Jr
October 2, 2007 11:40:00 am

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the US District for the District of Columbia ruled Monday that the National Archives cannot rely on an executive order by President George W. Bush that...

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News US soldier jailed for Abu Ghraib detainee abuse released on parole
US soldier jailed for Abu Ghraib detainee abuse released on parole
James M Yoch Jr
October 2, 2007 11:02:00 am

Former US Army Reserve Staff Sergeant Ivan "Chip" Frederick was released on parole Monday from a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was incarcerated for three years after pleading guilty to abusing prisoners...

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News Supreme Court takes 17 cases for October Term 2007
Supreme Court takes 17 cases for October Term 2007
James M Yoch Jr
September 25, 2007 11:27:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in 17 cases for the October Term 2007, among them notable cases dealing with lethal injection, voter ID laws and subsequently seized evidence....

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News Iran releases fourth Iranian-American on bail
Iran releases fourth Iranian-American on bail
James M Yoch Jr
September 25, 2007 10:59:00 am

The Iranian government ended the four-month detention of Iranian-American peace activist Ali Shakeri Monday, releasing him on bail in the amount of 1 million rials (approximately USD$110,000). Shakeri, a founding member of the University of California, Irvine,...

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News France justice minister in talks with disgruntled judges
France justice minister in talks with disgruntled judges
James M Yoch Jr
September 11, 2007 11:18:00 am

French Justice Minister Rachida Dati engaged in emergency discussions with senior members of the French judiciary on Monday to prevent a threatened judges' revolt. Objections have been raised to what some regard as...

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News US prison inmates sue to stop purge of unapproved religious books from chapel libraries
US prison inmates sue to stop purge of unapproved religious books from chapel libraries
James M Yoch Jr
September 10, 2007 01:00:00 pm

Several inmates of a federal penitentiary in New York have filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by the US Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to remove religious and spiritual books from prison chapel libraries, according to the...

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News Supreme Court vacates Missouri partial birth abortion ban ruling
Supreme Court vacates Missouri partial birth abortion ban ruling
James M Yoch Jr
April 23, 2007 03:25:00 pm

The US Supreme Court issued an order Monday that vacated a 2005 decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit striking down Missouri's 1999 "partial birth" abortion ban....

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News Russian lawmaker says UK must extradite alleged coup plotter Berezovsky
Russian lawmaker says UK must extradite alleged coup plotter Berezovsky
James M Yoch Jr
April 23, 2007 03:03:00 pm

The United Kingdom cannot legally continue to provide political asylum to Russian billionaire and alleged coup plotter Boris Berezovsky and refuse to extradite him, the chairman of the Russian State Duma's Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Law...

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"Wobblies" put on trial in Chicago

On March 23, 1918, 101 leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World union ("The Wobblies") were put on trial in Chicago for conspiracy to obstruct America's participation in World War I.

Learn more about the Wobblies from the Constitutional Rights Foundation.

Pakistan becomes world's first Islamic republic

On March 23, 1956, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan became the world's first Islamic republic. Unfortunately, democracy in Pakistan collapsed quickly after General Ayub Khan lead a successful coup d'etat. Since that time, Pakistan has vacillated between military and civilian government.

Pakistan was governed by the 1956 Constitution of Pakistan, until it was superseded by the 1973 Constitution, which still serves as the country's basic law today.

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