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News Massachusetts lawmakers set to support same-sex marriage against attempted ban
Massachusetts lawmakers set to support same-sex marriage against attempted ban
Sara R. Parsowith
September 12, 2005 08:37:00 am

Over 100 Massachusetts lawmakers plan to vote against a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in the state and create civil unions, according to an AP poll. The survey conducted between September 6-9 found 104 lawmakers who...

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News Ontario leader rejects use of Islamic law
Ontario leader rejects use of Islamic law
Sara R. Parsowith
September 12, 2005 08:21:00 am

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty told the Canadian Press Sunday that he will not let his province use Shariah (Islamic law) to settle family disputes involving Muslims, such as divorce and child custody issues. A 2004...

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Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Roberts set to start
Sara R. Parsowith
September 12, 2005 07:43:00 am

The US Senate Judiciary Committee will begin its confirmation hearings Monday for John Roberts , nominated by President Bush to serve as the 17th Chief Justice of the United States in the wake...

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Saddam lawyer says client has been denied due process
Sara R. Parsowith
September 12, 2005 07:08:00 am

Lawyers for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will argue that he has been denied due process of law when his trial begins next month on charges stemming from the killings of 143 Shiite residents...

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Losing Egyptian opposition candidate claims fraud in vote count
Sara R. Parsowith
September 10, 2005 03:02:00 pm

Ayman Nour , the main rival to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Wednesday's multi-party election, said Saturday that the vote-counting process which resulted in Mubarak's officially-declared victory Friday with a certified 88.6%...

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No government guarantees for illegal immigrants caught up in Katrina
Sara R. Parsowith
September 10, 2005 03:00:00 pm

The US government has so far held back from making any guarantee to illegal immigrants caught up in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that they will be able to seek help from federal agencies without fear of...

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Kuwait seeks death penalty for Saddam under own indictment
Sara R. Parsowith
September 10, 2005 02:57:00 pm

Kuwaiti Justice Minister Ahmad Baqer said Saturday that Kuwait has prepared its own indictment against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for crimes against the emirate during the 1990-1991 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and that that indictment...

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Supporters push Gonzales conservatism as high court nomination looms
Sara R. Parsowith
September 10, 2005 11:46:00 am

The Washington Post reported Saturday that a group of former aides and other Republicans are quietly boosting the Supreme Court nomination of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales by shoring up his reputation among conservatives. Former...

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Talabani insists no civil war in Iraq if draft constitution rejected
Sara R. Parsowith
September 10, 2005 11:07:00 am

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani , now on a visit to the United States, insisted Friday at a Washington press conference that if the draft Iraqi constitution is not adopted in a referendum next month there...

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September 10, 2005 10:43:00 am

The head of UK security service MI5 has warned that civil liberties might need to be "eroded" in order to protect the British people from terrorism after the "shock" of the London bombings . Dame...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

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