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News US soldier formally charged for leaking information to Wikileaks
US soldier formally charged for leaking information to Wikileaks
Michael Haggerson
February 24, 2012 10:57:49 am

Pfc. Bradley Manning was formally charged with 22 counts, including aiding the enemy, under the Espionage Act on Thursday. Manning declined to enter a plea at the hearing. The maximum penalty...

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News Cambodia genocide tribunal’s legitimacy threatened by judge dispute: rights group
Cambodia genocide tribunal’s legitimacy threatened by judge dispute: rights group
Michael Haggerson
February 24, 2012 10:12:29 am

The continuing dispute between Cambodia and the UN over the appointment of Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) threatens the legitimacy of the court , the Open...

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News New Jersey governor vetoes same-sex marriage bill
New Jersey governor vetoes same-sex marriage bill
Michael Haggerson
February 18, 2012 03:20:20 pm

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie conditionally vetoed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and called for a voter referendum to decide the issue, rather than the state legislature [official...

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India court confirms charges against Mumbai terror suspects
Michael Haggerson
February 18, 2012 02:41:41 pm

A New Delhi court on Saturday confirmed the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) charges against US citizen David Headley and eight others, including Canadian citizen Tahawwur Rana, for their roles in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack [BBC...

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News India Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of homosexuality
India Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of homosexuality
Michael Haggerson
February 17, 2012 11:35:35 am

The Indian Supreme Court is set to hear additional arguments on Friday in a case challenging a 2009 Delhi High Court ruling decriminalizing homosexual intercourse. Anti-gay activists argue that homosexual sex is banned under Section 377 of...

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Ecuador journalist seeks asylum from libel suit
Michael Haggerson
February 17, 2012 10:49:06 am

Carlos Perez, one of four El Universo managers convicted of libel against Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa , was granted asylum by Panama on Thursday. El Universo is the...

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Groups petition Supreme Court to overturn Montana ban on corporate campaign spending
Michael Haggerson
February 11, 2012 03:18:17 pm

American Tradition Partnership, Montana Shooting Sports Association and Champion Painting have petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse the decision by the Montana Supreme Court in Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Montana that...

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Apple sues Motorola in federal court over patent claims in Germany
Michael Haggerson
February 11, 2012 02:30:53 pm

Apple brought suit against Motorola Mobility in the US District Court for the Southern District of California on Friday seeking an injunction to stop Motorola from bringing patent claims...

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Uganda to drop death penalty from bill criminalizing homosexuality
Michael Haggerson
February 10, 2012 12:00:35 pm

Ugandan MP David Bahati announced on Friday that clauses mandating the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" would be dropped from the controversial bill that would criminalize homosexuality. The bill was reintroduced to the Parliament of Uganda [official...

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Lawyer for 9/11 suspect challenges government review of legal correspondence
Michael Haggerson
February 10, 2012 11:28:02 am

James Connell, defense lawyer for suspected 9/11 conspirator Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday challenging an order for military officials to read all...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

FDR proposed 'court-packing' plan

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire. Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing." Review the text of Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.

Panamanian dictator Noriega indicted

On February 5, 1988, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. The following year, he was extradited to the United States and later sentenced to 30 years in US federal prison. In 1999, the French government requested that Noriega be extradited to France, where he had been convicted of money laundering. In that same year, the government of Panama also requested the extradition of Noriega, as a result of his 1995 conviction in absentia on murder charges.

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