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News Uruguay fails to overturn 1986 amnesty law
Uruguay fails to overturn 1986 amnesty law
Julia Zebley
May 20, 2011 10:34:24 am

Uruguay's House of Representatives failed to partially repeal the 1986 Expiry Law on Thursday in a vote of 49-49. The Senate voted to...

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News Rhode Island House approves civil union bill
Rhode Island House approves civil union bill
Julia Zebley
May 20, 2011 08:51:08 am

The Rhode Island House of Representatives approved a civil union bill Thursday by a vote of 62 to 11 . The bill was voted out of committee earlier this week and...

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News European Commission threatens legal action against member states over banking rules
European Commission threatens legal action against member states over banking rules
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 03:09:39 pm

The European Commission (EC) threatened on Thursday to send 10 member states to the European Court of Justice if they do not fully implement the Third Capital Requirements Directive 2010/76/EU . The...

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News Maryland passes bill forcing railroad to disclose Holocaust activities
Maryland passes bill forcing railroad to disclose Holocaust activities
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 12:58:00 pm

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed into law a bill designed to force French rail company SNCF to disclose its participation in the Holocaust to receive a state rail contract. SNCF...

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News Hungary Nazi trial resumed after test of mental capabilities
Hungary Nazi trial resumed after test of mental capabilities
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 12:14:29 pm

The trial of accused Nazi Sandor Kepiro esumed on Thursday after tests proving Kepiro was mentally capable of proceeding. After Kepiro said he could not understand Judge Bela Varga earlier this month, Varga ordered mental and hearing...

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News Bahrain court sentences Shiite cleric, 8 others for police kidnapping
Bahrain court sentences Shiite cleric, 8 others for police kidnapping
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 11:34:21 am

Bahrain's Lower National Safety Court on Thursday sentenced nine citizens to 20 years in prison for kidnapping a police officer . The decision was announced by the government-owned Bahrain News Agency, without details of the charges or the...

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News Ninth Circuit allows Argentine suit against Daimler AG for involvement in ‘Dirty War’
Ninth Circuit allows Argentine suit against Daimler AG for involvement in ‘Dirty War’
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 10:31:57 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit by Argentine citizens can proceed against Daimler AG for the actions of Mercedes-Benz Argentina during...

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News DOJ files brief in Florida health care appeal
DOJ files brief in Florida health care appeal
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 09:22:39 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday urged the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a ruling declaring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590;...

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News UN urges DRC to strengthen rule of law
UN urges DRC to strengthen rule of law
Julia Zebley
May 18, 2011 03:54:00 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the UN Security Council called Wednesday for continued reforms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in order to strengthen the country's rule of law. President...

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Bulgaria government approves bill targeting organized crime
Julia Zebley
May 18, 2011 02:53:11 pm

The Bulgarian government passed a long-delayed bill on Wednesday that allows "civil confiscation" of assets before conviction. This allows the Commission for Establishing of Property Acquired from Criminal Activity to launch investigations of people who cannot account...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

28 countries unite against Axis Powers

On January 2, 1942, twenty-eight countries formally agreed not to make peace with the Axis Powers separately. At the time, all twenty-eight were fighting against the Axis as Allies in World War II. The agreement was part of the Declaration by the United Nations, signed the previous day. In December of 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to this group of allies as the "United Nations."

US government agents arrested thousands in Palmer raids

On January 2, 1920, over 500 government agents acting on the direction of US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer carried out a massive counter-terror operation in 33 US cities, arresting between six and ten thousand aliens suspected of Communism, radicalism and anarchism. The "Palmer Raids" and the detentions and deportation proceedings that followed them were denounced by a number of prominent lawyers and judges who later established the American Civil Liberties Union. Read an excerpt from Attorney General Palmer's 1920 article, The Case Against the 'Reds' and learn more about the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare of 1919-20.

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