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News Reproductive rights groups challenge Florida parental consent law
Reproductive rights groups challenge Florida parental consent law
Krista-Ann Staley
June 24, 2005 10:23:00 am

The Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood Federation of America have filed a federal suit claiming Florida's new Parental Notice of Abortion Act , taking effect July 1, can delay...

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News Canadian parliament extends session to pass same-sex marriage bill
Canadian parliament extends session to pass same-sex marriage bill
Krista-Ann Staley
June 24, 2005 09:51:00 am

Canadian lawmakers will extend their current session into the summer to push through the contentious Civil Marriage Act , which would legalize same-sex marriage across Canada. Government Liberals thwarted the plan of opposition Conservatives, who have staunchly opposed the...

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News Iraqi PM wants Saddam trial start, expresses exasperation with judges
Iraqi PM wants Saddam trial start, expresses exasperation with judges
Krista-Ann Staley
June 24, 2005 09:07:00 am

Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington Thursday, visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari called for the trial of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to get under way and be "over and done with", expressing...

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News Ethiopia releases 2,600 election demonstrators from prison
Ethiopia releases 2,600 election demonstrators from prison
Krista-Ann Staley
June 24, 2005 08:41:00 am

Ethiopian federal police Friday confirmed the release of 2,665 people arrested during recent election-related protests . The Ethiopian Human Rights Council had estimated over 3,000 arrests were made during demonstrations. According to police, the released prisoners...

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News Stolen art threatens Iraqi culture, funds terrorism, says Iraq museum chief
Stolen art threatens Iraqi culture, funds terrorism, says Iraq museum chief
Krista-Ann Staley
June 24, 2005 08:09:00 am

The director of Iraq's looted National Museum warned a UNESCO meeting of the International Coordinating Committee to Safeguard the Cultural Heritage of Iraq Thursday that the purchase of stolen artifacts from Iraq...

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Specter not expecting Supreme Court resignations
Krista-Ann Staley
June 21, 2005 12:08:00 pm

In a speech to the Philadelphia Bar Association Monday Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter implied that he does not expect to see the resignation of any Supreme Court Justice by the end of the current term....

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Iran Interior Ministry flags fraud danger in upcoming presidential run-off
Krista-Ann Staley
June 21, 2005 11:56:00 am

Iran's Interior Ministry Tuesday warned of the danger of fraud in Friday's scheduled run-off presidential vote, with a spokesman referring darkly to "some people who are ready to do anything to stay in power." The...

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TSA collected air passenger personal data despite Congressional ban
Krista-Ann Staley
June 21, 2005 10:50:00 am

According to documents obtained by the Associated Press Monday, the Transportation Security Administration collected private information about commercial airline passengers who flew in June 2004, despite Congressional instructions not to do so. The documents indicate the information...

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Turkish militant gets life for plan to fly plane into Ataturk tomb
Krista-Ann Staley
June 21, 2005 10:33:00 am

A Turkish court sentenced Metin Kaplan Monday to life imprisonment for plotting to kill members of the country's ruling elite by flying a plane into the mausoleum of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish republic....

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Saudis rebuff Rice call for rights, democratic reform
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June 21, 2005 10:11:00 am

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for democratic reforms by US allies across the Middle East in a major foreign policy address in Cairo Monday, and publicly called on Saudi Arabia to release...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First meeting of the US Supreme Court

On February 1, 1790, the Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time. The meeting was held at the Merchants' Exchange Building in New York City, then the national capital. Chief Justice John Jay presided over the first Court with five Associate Justices: James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Cushing, and John Rutledge. However, due to the limitations of 18th-century transportation technology, the meeting was postponed by Jay until the following day. The first meeting was held primarily to organize the Supreme Court. The Justices did not hear their first actual case, Chrisholm v. Georgia, until 1792.

Sir Edward Coke born

Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and author of law reports and commentaries (including, most famously, Coke on Littleton), was born on February 1, 1552. Learn more about Sir Edward Coke.

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