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News Egypt parliament meets to appoint constitution panel
Egypt parliament meets to appoint constitution panel
Michael Haggerson
March 24, 2012 12:33:33 pm

The Egyptian parliament met on Saturday to appoint the 100-member panel that will draft the country's new constitution. A significant struggle is expected between the Islamists and liberals to reduce over 1,000 nominations to 100 individuals...

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Libya intelligence chief arrested
Michael Haggerson
March 17, 2012 03:27:31 pm

Mauritania announced on Saturday that they have arrested former Libyan chief of intelligence Abdullah al-Senussi, who served under Muammar Gaddafi . Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) , the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

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News Guatemala must still seek to solve human rights issues: UN rights chief
Guatemala must still seek to solve human rights issues: UN rights chief
Michael Haggerson
March 17, 2012 02:34:42 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay stated on Thursday that Guatemalan government authorities remain willing to solve human rights issues in the country but nonetheless have failed to comply with the 1996 Peace...

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Sri Lanka government threatens peace with minority group: rights group
Michael Haggerson
March 16, 2012 10:02:57 am

The Sri Lankan government is threatening peace with the minority Tamils in the Northern Province, the International Crisis Group reported Friday. The report states that the Sinhala majority is encroaching on Tamil land, and the...

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Hungary must change laws before receiving aid: EU
Michael Haggerson
March 8, 2012 03:30:10 pm

The European Union said Wednesday that Hungary must change two controversial laws that went into effect with the country's new constitution on January 1 in order to comply with EU law before aid will...

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Egypt court acquits police official charged with murdering protesters
Michael Haggerson
March 8, 2012 02:38:10 pm

The North Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday acquitted a police officer, Mohamed Abdel Moneim, charged with killing 20 protesters and injuring another 15 protesters. Moneim's defense lawyers argued that he was just attempting to protect himself and the police...

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Germany court dismisses smartphone suits between Apple and Samsung
Michael Haggerson
March 2, 2012 10:14:54 am

A German court on Friday dismissed suits by Apple and Samsung against each other over smartphone technology. Samsung alleged that Apple violated its patents for 3G technology while Apple argued that...

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US court rules Sri Lanka president immune from suit
Michael Haggerson
March 2, 2012 09:43:31 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Wednesday that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is immune from suit under the Torture Victim Protection Act...

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US lawmakers to appeal Defense of Marriage Act ruling
Michael Haggerson
February 25, 2012 03:02:35 pm

Lawyers for the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group notified the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday that they plan to appeal the ruling earlier this week in the US District Court for the Northern...

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February 25, 2012 02:12:18 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit on Friday from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) , a consumer privacy group, asking the Federal Trade Commission...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 signed into law

US President Millard Filmore signed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on September 18 of that year, obliging law enforcement to arrest escaped slaves in all US states, including those where slavery was not legal. Free black men and women were endangered by the act's passage as they were at risk of being falsely identified as escaped slaves. The act heightened tensions between abolitionists in the North and slaveholders in the South, contributing to what would become the Civil War eleven years later. Learn more about the Fugitive Slave Act from the National Constitution Center.

Jurist Joseph Story born

On September 18, 1797, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author Joseph Story was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. West Virginia University law professor James Elkins notes that Story was also a poet; learn more about Story and read a couple of his poems here.

Anti-Corn Law League created in UK

On September 18, 1838, the Anti-Corn Law League was created in the United Kingdom. As the name suggests, the purpose of the association was to press for the abolition of British Corn Laws, which were indeed repealed in 1846. After the repeal, the organization worked to oppose other protectionist measures in the UK. The weekly news publication, The Economist, was founded as part of the anti-corn law movement.

Jurist Joseph Story born

On September 18, 1797, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author Joseph Story was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts.

West Virginiia University law professor James Elkins notes that Story was also a poet - learn more about Story and read a couple of his poems here.

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