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News Supreme Court rules Amtrak is government entity, punts on regulatory power
Supreme Court rules Amtrak is government entity, punts on regulatory power
Peter Snyder
March 9, 2015 12:07:37 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads that Amtrak , the publicly funded railroad service, is a governmental entity. However, the court remanded to...

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Supreme Court decides Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking case
Peter Snyder
March 9, 2015 11:30:10 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association that under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) federal agencies are exempt from notice-and-comment requirements when amending or repealing interpretive...

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EU court annuls European Central Bank oversight requirement
Peter Snyder
March 4, 2015 11:33:30 am

The General Court of the European Union on Wednesday annulled a portion of the European Central Bank's (ECB) Eurosystem Oversight Policy Framework requiring financial institutions clearing trades in euros to be located...

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News Brazil judge orders extradition of former leftist Italian guerrilla
Brazil judge orders extradition of former leftist Italian guerrilla
Peter Snyder
March 4, 2015 10:54:05 am

A federal judge in Brazil has ordered the deportation of former leftist Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti , annulling a work visa granted by the Brazilian government in 2011. Battisti, a former member of the Armed...

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Spain requests US aid in extradition of ETA members from Cuba
Peter Snyder
March 2, 2015 11:13:41 am

The Spanish government has requested that the US use diplomatic discussions with Cuba regarding the country's removal from the State Sponsors of Terrorism blacklist to seek the extradition of two members of the Basque separatist group Euskadi...

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California plastic bag ban halted by referendum petition
Peter Snyder
February 25, 2015 11:28:13 am

The implementation of California's plastic bag ban , which was set to go into effect in July, has been halted by a successful referendum petition. The trade group American Progressive Bag Alliance (ACPA) collected [LAT...

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Jamaica parliament decriminalizes small amounts of marijuana
Peter Snyder
February 25, 2015 10:54:27 am

The Jamaican House of Parliament passed an act Tuesday decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. Under the new law, possession of less than two ounces of marijuana is considered a petty offense punishable by a ticket....

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Kenya high court declares portions of anti-terrorism law unconstitutional
Peter Snyder
February 23, 2015 11:25:10 am

The Supreme Court of Kenya ruled Monday that eight sections of the nation's controversial anti-terrorism law are unconstitutional. The Security Laws (Amendment) Act No. 19 of 2014 , which came into effect on...

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Retrial of Al Jazeera journalists postponed to March 8
Peter Snyder
February 23, 2015 10:52:20 am

The retrial of two Al Jazeera journalists accused of links to the Muslim Brotherhood has been postponed to March 8 after a brief hearing in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday. The retrial, which was set...

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February 18, 2015 11:16:40 am

Privacy advocates in the Netherlands on Wednesday urged the District Court of The Hague to issue a preliminary injunction and declare unconstitutional the nation's data-retention law. The law , enacted in 2009, allows ...

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Guiteau tried for assassinating US President Garfield

On November 14, 1881, Charles Guiteau went on trial for the assassination of US President James A. Garfield. The trial of Guiteau pointed to problems with nineteenth-century law's treatment of insanity; Guiteau's trial is also problematic in retrospect as Garfield's death was immediately attributable not to Guiteau, but to Garfield's doctors who—before sterilization was well understood—repeated probed his wound with unwashed hands while searching for an embedded bullet.

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