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News Spain high court convicts judge Garzon in wire-tapping case
Spain high court convicts judge Garzon in wire-tapping case
Maureen Cosgrove
February 9, 2012 12:00:33 pm

The Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday convicted Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon of ordering illegal wiretaps in jailhouses, after a trial lasting less than one month [JURIST...

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News Russia lawmakers approve stricter sex offender law
Russia lawmakers approve stricter sex offender law
Maureen Cosgrove
February 9, 2012 11:00:35 am

The Russian State Duma on Tuesday approved legislation imposing stricter penalties for individuals convicted of sex offenses against minors. The legislation, initiated by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [official website, in Russian;...

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News Pakistan high court orders PM to appear on contempt charges
Pakistan high court orders PM to appear on contempt charges
Maureen Cosgrove
February 2, 2012 11:07:38 am

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday ordered Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to appear in court on February 13 for a formal indictment on contempt charges. Gilani has failed to...

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News Romania constitutional court rejects controversial election law
Romania constitutional court rejects controversial election law
Maureen Cosgrove
January 26, 2012 10:52:22 am

The Constitutional Court of Romania on Wednesday ruled that a law allowing local and parliamentary elections to be held at the same time is unconstitutional. The Romanian Parliament passed the law...

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News US prosecutors charge 7 in $62 million insider trading scheme
US prosecutors charge 7 in $62 million insider trading scheme
Maureen Cosgrove
January 20, 2012 10:46:51 am

US officials on Wednesday announced charges against seven individuals purportedly involved in a $62 million insider trading scheme. The individuals, who worked for five different investment institutions, are accused of earning illegal profits on the basis of insider...

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News Australia panel calls for recognition of indigenous population in constitution
Australia panel calls for recognition of indigenous population in constitution
Maureen Cosgrove
January 19, 2012 10:44:36 am

A panel of Australian citizens on Thursday proposed that the country's Constitution recognize the Australian indigenous population , including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Currently, although Aborigines make up almost three percent of the Australian population,...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on state immunity, disability compensation
Supreme Court hears arguments on state immunity, disability compensation
Maureen Cosgrove
January 12, 2012 11:19:58 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Wednesday. In Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals the court will determine whether Congress constitutionally abrogated states' Eleventh Amendment ...

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News Supreme Court upholds ADA ministerial exception
Supreme Court upholds ADA ministerial exception
Maureen Cosgrove
January 11, 2012 02:08:20 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC that the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment bar wrongful termination...

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News Afghanistan civilians struggle to exercise human rights: HRW
Afghanistan civilians struggle to exercise human rights: HRW
Maureen Cosgrove
December 4, 2011 03:19:59 pm

The Afghan government has failed to ensure and protect human rights since the Taliban government ended ten years ago, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday. Afghanistan created a transitional government and announced intentions to hold...

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News Wall Street groups sue CFTC over trade regulation
Wall Street groups sue CFTC over trade regulation
Maureen Cosgrove
December 4, 2011 02:05:41 pm

Wall Street organizations International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging a regulation implemented by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Warsaw Pact signed

On May 14, 1955, seven communist countries in Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland Romania, and the USSR) signed the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (Warsaw Pact), a mutual defense accord created to counter NATO in the West. East Germany joined in 1959. Albania left in 1968.

Delegates gathered in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention

On May 14, 1787, delegates from each state begin to arrive in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention.

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