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News SEC charges Goldman Sachs with securities fraud
SEC charges Goldman Sachs with securities fraud
Steve Dotterer
April 16, 2010 02:17:00 pm

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil suit on Friday alleging securities fraud against Goldman, Sachs & Co. . The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District...

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News Federal judge orders cleric to leave country for lying to FBI about New York subway plot
Federal judge orders cleric to leave country for lying to FBI about New York subway plot
Steve Dotterer
April 16, 2010 01:16:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Thursday ordered Imam Ahmad Afzali to leave the country within 90 days. Afzali pleaded guilty in March to...

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News Ninth Circuit rules prisoners have no right to fair pay
Ninth Circuit rules prisoners have no right to fair pay
Steve Dotterer
April 12, 2010 01:28:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled that federal prisoners are not entitled to a base level of compensation for work performed while incarcerated. Serra v. Lappin grew out of...

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News UK Parliament passes anti-piracy law authorizing internet service suspension
UK Parliament passes anti-piracy law authorizing internet service suspension
Steve Dotterer
April 9, 2010 01:46:00 pm

The UK Parliament on Thursday approved legislation authorizing the suspension of internet service for those who repeatedly download copyrighted material illegally. The act also received Royal Assent and is now law. The Digital Economy Bill...

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News Algeria national seeks emergency stay of transfer from Guantanamo
Algeria national seeks emergency stay of transfer from Guantanamo
Steve Dotterer
April 5, 2010 12:59:00 pm

Lawyers for an Algerian national detained at Guantanamo Bay on Monday filed an emergency motion in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to block the detainee's transfer to his...

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News UN SG urges respect for rule of law in Guinea-Bissau conflict
UN SG urges respect for rule of law in Guinea-Bissau conflict
Steve Dotterer
April 2, 2010 01:28:00 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on leaders in Guinea-Bissau to respect the rule of law and maintain constitutional order in the wake of a confrontation between the military and...

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News France Internet piracy increasing despite new legislation: report
France Internet piracy increasing despite new legislation: report
Steve Dotterer
March 29, 2010 01:03:00 pm

Some forms of online piracy in France are on the rise in spite of the recently passed anti-piracy law , according to a March study conducted by the Marsouin...

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US defense secretary appoints top military commissions authority
Steve Dotterer
March 26, 2010 02:30:00 pm

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday appointed retired Navy Vice Adm. Bruce MacDonald as the convening authority for military commissions . Considered an expert in military law, MacDonald's experience as...

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News Zimbabwe leaders deny new constitution permits homosexual acts
Zimbabwe leaders deny new constitution permits homosexual acts
Steve Dotterer
March 26, 2010 01:29:00 pm

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe agreed at belated International Women's Day Celebrations on Friday that gay rights should not be constitutionally protected . While...

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State attorneys general to challenge health care reform legislation
Steve Dotterer
March 22, 2010 03:47:00 pm

Attorneys general from several states said Monday that they plan to file lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform bill passed Sunday by the US House of Representatives . Attorneys general from...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

White supremacists overthrow government in Wilmington, North Carolina

A group of white supremacists overthrew the government of Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898, killing at least dozens of Black people in the process. The city's Republican government resigned after the 500-2,000 strong white mob burned the offices of a Black-owned newspaper and terrorized black neighborhoods. The new state Democratic government passed laws in 1899 disenfranchising Black voters across North Carolina. Learn more about the 1898 Wilmington Coup.

Supreme Court limited free speech in wartime

On November 10, 1919, the US Supreme Court ruled in Abrams v. United States that the federal government could criminalize speech if it was of a type tending to bring about harmful results, in this case, resistance to the United States war effort. In a powerful dissenting opinion, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes countered that even during wartime, free speech could only be curtailed when there was clear and "present danger of immediate evil or an intent to bring it about."

Leonid Brezhnev dies

On November 10, 1982, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died of a heart attack. He had served as leader of the USSR from October 1964 until his death. Following his death, the Soviet Union cycled through three more leaders during the 1980s until Mikhail Gorbachev allowed the country to dissolve in 1991. Read an obituary of Leonid Brezhnev from the New York Times.

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