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News US psychologist group bars participation in military interrogations
US psychologist group bars participation in military interrogations
Leslie Schulman
September 19, 2008 02:35:00 pm

The American Psychological Association (APA) announced Wednesday that it had adopted a measure prohibiting members from participating in interrogations of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay and other military prisons...

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News China regulations clarify Labor Contract Law
China regulations clarify Labor Contract Law
Leslie Schulman
September 19, 2008 11:29:00 am

The State Council of China on Thursday issued regulations implementing ambiguous provisions of the Labor Contract Law that took effect at the beginning of this year. Among other clarifications, the regulations provide...

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News Spain top court bans ETA-linked Basque party from political activities
Spain top court bans ETA-linked Basque party from political activities
Leslie Schulman
September 17, 2008 09:50:00 am

The Spanish Supreme Court announced Tuesday it has banned the Basque Nationalist Action Party (ANV) from taking part in any political activities in the country, because of its alleged ties to ETA [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...

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News Senate Judiciary Committee explores limits of presidential powers
Senate Judiciary Committee explores limits of presidential powers
Leslie Schulman
September 17, 2008 08:40:00 am

Witnesses before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday presented testimony discussing the Rule of Law and criticizing the White House for exceeding the limits of constitutional authority during George Bush's presidency....

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News ACLU calls for investigation of journalist arrests at Republican convention
ACLU calls for investigation of journalist arrests at Republican convention
Leslie Schulman
September 4, 2008 03:27:00 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has renewed its call for an investigation into the actions of law enforcement officials at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Minnesota this week. The ACLU alleges...

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News Canadian mining company settles drinking water lawsuit with Alaska Eskimos
Canadian mining company settles drinking water lawsuit with Alaska Eskimos
Leslie Schulman
September 4, 2008 02:42:00 pm

Canadian-based Teck Cominco Ltd. asked US District Court Judge John Sedwick Wednesday to approve a $120M settlement agreement with six Eskimo plaintiffs from the Alaskan village of Kivalino. The agreement stems from a 2002 lawsuit filed in...

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News UK presses UN panel for expanded rights to Arctic seabed minerals
UK presses UN panel for expanded rights to Arctic seabed minerals
Leslie Schulman
August 28, 2008 01:23:00 pm

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Wednesday submitted requests to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) to claim exclusive harvesting rights to an area of the seabed surrounding Ascension Island, a...

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News Norway trial begins for Bosnian Croat accused of 1992 war crimes against Serbs
Norway trial begins for Bosnian Croat accused of 1992 war crimes against Serbs
Leslie Schulman
August 28, 2008 12:54:00 pm

A Bosnian immigrant to Norway accused of mistreating Bosnian Serbs imprisoned during the 1992-95 Bosnian war went on trial Wednesday in Oslo, marking the start of the first war crimes trial to take place in Norway since World...

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News ICTR begins genocide trial of former Rwanda military officer
ICTR begins genocide trial of former Rwanda military officer
Leslie Schulman
August 26, 2008 04:16:00 pm

Lieutenant-Colonel Ephrem Setako went to trial Tuesday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Setako is the former director of the Judicial Affairs Division of the Rwandan Ministry of Defence,...

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News States sue EPA over Clean Air Act compliance for oil refineries
States sue EPA over Clean Air Act compliance for oil refineries
Leslie Schulman
August 26, 2008 03:06:00 pm

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Monday that twelve states have filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its alleged failure to enforce provisions of the Clean Air...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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