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News Federal judge upholds detention of Yemeni at Guantanamo
Federal judge upholds detention of Yemeni at Guantanamo
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
February 5, 2011 10:17:49 am

A federal judge on Thursday upheld the detention of Mashur Al Sabri , a Saudi-born Yemeni citizen who was captured between Afghanistan and Pakistan and detained as an enemy combatant in December 2002. Sabri is currently...

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News Federal judge finds health care reform act unconstitutional
Federal judge finds health care reform act unconstitutional
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
January 31, 2011 04:04:13 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Monday struck down the health care reform law as unconstitutional. The lawsuit was joined by...

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News Hungary to consult with EU over objections to controversial media law
Hungary to consult with EU over objections to controversial media law
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
January 31, 2011 03:10:05 pm

Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics indicated Monday that Hungary is willing to consult with the EU over its controversial new media law. In a letter responding to the European Commission's request for more information regarding the law, Navracsics...

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News US demands release of diplomat arrested in death of two Pakistanis
US demands release of diplomat arrested in death of two Pakistanis
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
January 29, 2011 10:15:46 am

The US Embassy in Pakistan on Saturday demanded the prompt release of a US man who it believes has been illegally arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis, arguing the man qualifies for diplomatic...

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News Cuban dissident Farinas arrested three times in 48 hours
Cuban dissident Farinas arrested three times in 48 hours
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
January 29, 2011 09:44:04 am

Cuban activist and high-profile dissident Guillermo Farinas was imprisoned by Cuban authorities on Friday for the third time in 48 hours. The authorities have told Farinas that he will be jailed if he meets with other dissidents...

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News Supreme Court rules against summary judgment appeal after full trial
Supreme Court rules against summary judgment appeal after full trial
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
January 24, 2011 03:17:38 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Ortiz v. Jordan that a party may not appeal an order denying summary judgment after a full trial on the merits. Petitioner...

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News UN rights experts to investigate Russia lawyer prison death
UN rights experts to investigate Russia lawyer prison death
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
January 21, 2011 09:49:01 am

A group of independent UN human rights experts will investigate the 2009 prison death of Moscow lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, his former colleague William Browder announced Thursday. Magnitsky was arrested after implicating Russian police in a...

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UN SG renews support for Lebanon tribunal
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
January 10, 2011 03:46:30 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday renewed his support for the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) , which is investigating the 2005 murders of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22...

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Madoff trustee files nearly 60 lawsuits to recover money for victims
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
December 13, 2010 11:14:01 am

Irving Picard, the trustee charged with recovering money for the victims of the Bernard Madoff scandal, has filed close to 60 lawsuits in the past three weeks attempting to recover more than $40 billion from numerous...

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Malaysia opposition leader files complaint over WikiLeaks sodomy cable
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December 13, 2010 10:05:29 am

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday filed a complaint in a Malaysian court over a WikiLeaks cable published by Australian newspapers stating he had engaged in sodomy. The leaked US diplomatic cable...

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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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