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News Federal judge blocks Dallas suburb immigrant housing ordinance ahead of trial
Federal judge blocks Dallas suburb immigrant housing ordinance ahead of trial
Kiely Lewandowski
September 23, 2008 03:12:00 pm

A US district judge in enjoined the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch on Monday from enforcing an ordinance that prohibits illegal immigrants from occupying leased property. US District Judge Jane J. Boyle...

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News Saudi Arabia urged to end discrimination against Shia
Saudi Arabia urged to end discrimination against Shia
Kiely Lewandowski
September 23, 2008 11:57:00 am

Human Rights Watch(HRW) on Monday called on the Saudi Arabian government to end its 'systematic discrimination' against its Ismaili religious minority . HRW urged Saudi officials to create a national institution to recommend...

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News US House passes Second Amendment Enforcement Act
US House passes Second Amendment Enforcement Act
Kiely Lewandowski
September 19, 2008 08:20:00 am

The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Second Amendment Enforcement Act (H.R. 6842) , which would repeal multiple parts of the District of Columbia's Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, including its semiautomatic handgun...

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News Ontario leaders renew call for Canada handgun ban
Ontario leaders renew call for Canada handgun ban
Kiely Lewandowski
September 19, 2008 07:55:00 am

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on Thursday urged Canadian officials to embrace his call for an outright ban on handguns. Acknowledging that all federal leaders should use the upcoming October election to discuss the issue, McGuinty commented [The...

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News HRW: Nepal must ‘vigorously’ investigate human rights abuses
HRW: Nepal must ‘vigorously’ investigate human rights abuses
Kiely Lewandowski
September 12, 2008 08:52:00 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Maoist-led Nepalese government Thursday to 'vigorously' investigate and prosecute those responsible for the grave human rights violations allegedly committed during the country's civil war. In a joint report...

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News Serbia president urges UN to call for ICJ opinion on Kosovo
Serbia president urges UN to call for ICJ opinion on Kosovo
Kiely Lewandowski
September 12, 2008 07:43:00 am

Serbian President Boris Tadic urged UN members Thursday to support his country's request for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the legality of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo ....

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News India government to review anti-dowry act due to increased complaints
India government to review anti-dowry act due to increased complaints
Kiely Lewandowski
September 5, 2008 10:05:00 am

The India Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) announced Thursday that it will review the country's controversial anti-dowry act because increasing numbers of Indian women have issued complaints about misuse. WCD Joint Secretary Kiran...

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News ‘Visual voicemail’ inventor sues telecoms for patent infringement
‘Visual voicemail’ inventor sues telecoms for patent infringement
Kiely Lewandowski
August 27, 2008 05:18:00 pm

Inventor Judas Klausner filed a patent infringement suit Tuesday against nine companies, including Google, Inc., Verizon Communications, and LG Electronics , alleging that they infringe on his visual voicemail technology patent. The technology involves providing a visual list...

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News Kansas church to defy federal appeals ruling upholding funeral protests ban
Kansas church to defy federal appeals ruling upholding funeral protests ban
Kiely Lewandowski
August 27, 2008 12:23:00 pm

Followers of the Kansas-based fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church plan to stage a protest at the funeral for late Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) Saturday, despite a federal appeals court ruling last...

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News US senator loses bid to move corruption trial to Alaska
US senator loses bid to move corruption trial to Alaska
Kiely Lewandowski
August 21, 2008 10:01:00 am

A US district court judge ruled Wednesday that US Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) cannot transfer his corruption trial to Alaska from Washington, DC. Rejecting Stevens' argument that he needed to be in Alaska to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi SS and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps. Read a biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted anti-Vietnam War bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution. Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts.

Trial of Marquess of Queensberry begins, leading to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde

On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality. Read about the trials of Oscar Wilde.

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