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News Supreme Court declines to rule on county board meeting prayers
Supreme Court declines to rule on county board meeting prayers
Max Slater
January 18, 2012 01:19:32 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a case concerning whether a county board of commissioners in North Carolina violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by opening their public...

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News Algeria court sentences former Guantanamo detainee to prison
Algeria court sentences former Guantanamo detainee to prison
Max Slater
January 17, 2012 12:21:15 pm

An Algerian court on Monday sentenced former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdul Aziz Naji to three years in prison for his participation in a foreign extremist group affiliated with al Qaeda. The sentence was less...

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News New Jersey legislature passes one-year fracking ban
New Jersey legislature passes one-year fracking ban
Max Slater
January 12, 2012 08:28:22 am

The New Jersey Legislature passed an amendment to a bill on Monday that establishes a one-year ban on a natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking . Legislators re-introduced...

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News Rights group seeks release of Guantanamo interrogation videos
Rights group seeks release of Guantanamo interrogation videos
Max Slater
January 10, 2012 01:43:12 pm

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking the release of videotapes of the interrogation of an inmate held at the Guantanamo Bay prison . The CCR filed the...

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News Myanmar reduces prisoners’ sentences on humanitarian grounds
Myanmar reduces prisoners’ sentences on humanitarian grounds
Max Slater
January 2, 2012 12:06:19 pm

Myanmar President Thein Sein signed a clemency order on Monday that shortens sentences for many prisoners on humanitarian grounds in celebration of Myanmar's independence day. The presidential order commuted death sentences to life imprisonment , reduced...

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News Obama signs controversial defense bill into law
Obama signs controversial defense bill into law
Max Slater
January 1, 2012 11:11:31 am

US President Barack Obama on Saturday signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 (NDAA) into law despite having reservations over certain provisions in the bill. The contentious legislation contains a clause that...

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News US State Department: Egypt to halt raids on pro-democracy groups
US State Department: Egypt to halt raids on pro-democracy groups
Max Slater
December 31, 2011 03:05:45 pm

The Egyptian government agreed on Friday to cease its crackdowns on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that advocate for democracy in Egypt, according to the US Department of State (DOS) . Egyptian officials assured the US that it...

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News Montana high court upholds ban on corporate campaign spending
Montana high court upholds ban on corporate campaign spending
Max Slater
December 31, 2011 01:41:34 pm

The Montana Supreme Court ruled on Friday to uphold a restriction on corporate independent expenditures related to state political campaigns and candidates. In the case, Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Montana, the high court affirmed...

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News 24 AGs file brief supporting FDA in tobacco label suit
24 AGs file brief supporting FDA in tobacco label suit
Max Slater
December 25, 2011 01:24:07 pm

A group of Attorneys General representing 24 US states and territories filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday arguing that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

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News UN condemns escalating Syria violence
UN condemns escalating Syria violence
Max Slater
December 25, 2011 11:47:37 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon issued a statement on Friday, chastising both the government of President Bashar al-Assad and violent protesters regarding the continuous bloodshed in Syria. Approximately 44 people [Al...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court said bussing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations. Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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