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News New Jersey high court bars sex offender residence restrictions
New Jersey high court bars sex offender residence restrictions
Lucas Tanglen
May 8, 2009 08:35:00 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local ordinances prohibiting convicted sex offenders (CSOs) from living near schools, playgrounds, and other public areas were preempted by the state's Megan's Law and, therefore, invalid....

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News House Republicans propose bill to let states refuse to take Guantanamo detainees
House Republicans propose bill to let states refuse to take Guantanamo detainees
Lucas Tanglen
May 8, 2009 07:31:00 am

Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives on Thursday announced the "Keep Terrorists Out of America Act," which would require approval from a state's governor and legislature before Guantanamo Bay detainees...

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News Taiwan, China sign judicial cooperation pact
Taiwan, China sign judicial cooperation pact
Lucas Tanglen
April 26, 2009 11:22:00 am

Taiwan and China on Sunday signed a landmark judicial cooperation agreement , under which each side will help to repatriate suspected criminals. The transfers of almost 40,000 criminals and suspects between the nations...

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News US pledges to review files of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees: Kuwait minister
US pledges to review files of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees: Kuwait minister
Lucas Tanglen
April 26, 2009 10:04:00 am

Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Sunday that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has promised that the US will review the files of four Kuwaiti detainees...

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News US prosecutors charge Afghan with funding Taliban terrorism with drug money
US prosecutors charge Afghan with funding Taliban terrorism with drug money
Lucas Tanglen
April 22, 2009 09:11:00 am

The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday announced charges against an Afghan of conspiring to finance terrorist activity. Haji Juma Khan, who was already detained on charges of...

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News DOJ considering dropping charges against former pro-Israel lobbyists
DOJ considering dropping charges against former pro-Israel lobbyists
Lucas Tanglen
April 22, 2009 08:01:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) might drop charges of disclosing national defense secrets against former pro-Israel lobbyists Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman, a senior official said Tuesday. Government...

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News US must investigate Bush-era CIA interrogators: UN torture expert
US must investigate Bush-era CIA interrogators: UN torture expert
Lucas Tanglen
April 19, 2009 11:16:00 am

US President Barack Obama is in violation of international law for declining to prosecute Bush-era CIA agents who allegedly used torture , UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said in an...

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News First EU Kosovo trial blocked by Serbian protesters
First EU Kosovo trial blocked by Serbian protesters
Lucas Tanglen
April 19, 2009 10:11:00 am

The government of Serbia on Friday submitted its arguments against the legality of Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) . Serbian Minister...

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News India judge removes Mumbai terror attack defense lawyer
India judge removes Mumbai terror attack defense lawyer
Lucas Tanglen
April 15, 2009 03:38:00 pm

A judge in India on Wednesday removed the defense lawyer from the trial of an accused gunman in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks , citing a conflict of interest. Judge M.L....

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News Afghanistan lawmaker and women’s rights advocate killed by Taliban
Afghanistan lawmaker and women’s rights advocate killed by Taliban
Lucas Tanglen
April 12, 2009 03:31:00 pm

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the Sunday killing of Sitara Achakzai, a women's rights advocate in Afghanistan and a member of Kandahar's provincial assembly. Achakzai, who had returned to Afghanistan to pursue...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt born

Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist, womens' rights advocate and co-founder of the League of Women Voters, was born on January 9, 1859.

Visit the Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home.

Great Britain's first income tax introduced

On January 9, 1799, British Prime Minister William Pitt introduced Great Britain's first income tax. The tax was announced the previous December as a means of raising money for war against Napoleon. Pitt's successor, Henry Addington, repealed the tax when hostilities subsided in 1802. Addington then reinstated the tax during the following year when fighting was renewed. The Addington tax model later became the model for the modern British income tax. Learn about the history of income taxation in Great Britain from Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs.

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