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News Wisconsin judge clarifies ruling blocking union bargaining law
Wisconsin judge clarifies ruling blocking union bargaining law
Matt Glenn
March 30, 2011 09:06:01 am

A judge for Wisconsin's Dane County Circuit Court issued an order Tuesday prohibiting implementation of the state's new Budget Repair Bill . The order emphasizes that a temporary restraining order [JURIST...

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News Israel parliament gives courts power to revoke citizenship
Israel parliament gives courts power to revoke citizenship
Matt Glenn
March 29, 2011 09:55:47 am

Israel's Knesset passed a law Monday giving courts the power to revoke the citizenship of those convicted of treason, spying, aiding the enemy or terrorism. The law, initiated by members of nationalist party Israel Beytenu...

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News Yemen parliament approves emergency laws
Yemen parliament approves emergency laws
Matt Glenn
March 23, 2011 09:11:02 am

The Yemeni Parliament enacted several emergency measures Wednesday at the request of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in an effort to end anti-government protests. The new laws give the government greater power to arrest...

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News Israel ex-president sentenced to 7 years on rape conviction
Israel ex-president sentenced to 7 years on rape conviction
Matt Glenn
March 22, 2011 09:08:35 am

The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced former Israeli president Moshe Katsav to seven years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting three women. The court convicted Katsav in December,...

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News Fifth Circuit gives government more time to decide on offshore drilling permits
Fifth Circuit gives government more time to decide on offshore drilling permits
Matt Glenn
March 16, 2011 09:42:22 am

A panel of judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed a ruling Tuesday that would have forced the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) to...

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News Obama administration urges Supreme Court to reject expedited health care review
Obama administration urges Supreme Court to reject expedited health care review
Matt Glenn
March 15, 2011 09:21:41 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief with the Supreme Court Monday urging the court not to take a case challenging the constitutionality of the 2010 health care reform law [HR...

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News Malaysia court agrees to hear indigenous land rights suit
Malaysia court agrees to hear indigenous land rights suit
Matt Glenn
March 2, 2011 11:15:17 am

The Malaysian Federal Court refused to dismiss a lawsuit Tuesday brought on behalf of indigenous peoples of Borneo who claim the Sarawat state government unconstitutionally took their land and sold it to businesses....

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News Europe court rules insurance companies may not set rates based on gender
Europe court rules insurance companies may not set rates based on gender
Matt Glenn
March 2, 2011 09:13:49 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that an EU directive allowing insurance companies to charge men and women different rates in some countries violates the Charter of Fundamental European Rights and must...

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News Obama administration challenges health care ruling
Obama administration challenges health care ruling
Matt Glenn
March 1, 2011 09:37:11 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Tuesday asking the court to overturn a December decision by...

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Federal judge dismisses health care challenge
Matt Glenn
February 23, 2011 09:31:29 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday that Congress acted within its constitutional powers in passing the health care reform law and that the law...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity

Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

Che Guevara executed

On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.

Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

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