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News Senate blocks legislation allowing government to negotiate drug pricing
Senate blocks legislation allowing government to negotiate drug pricing
Stefanie Presley
April 18, 2007 02:55:00 pm

The US Senate voted Wednesday against a motion to advance legislation that would permit the Department of Health and Human Services or another federal government entity to intervene in Medicare drug pricing negotiations between...

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News Senate panel endorses bill for drug pricing negotiation by government
Senate panel endorses bill for drug pricing negotiation by government
Stefanie Presley
April 13, 2007 05:29:00 pm

The US Senate Committee on Finance has approved a bill which would provide the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services the authority to negotiate drug prices on behalf of Medicare [JURIST news...

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News New Mexico first state to grant legal immunity for drug overdose reporting
New Mexico first state to grant legal immunity for drug overdose reporting
Stefanie Presley
April 6, 2007 02:28:00 pm

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) has signed into law a groundbreaking bill designed to promote drug overdose reporting by granting limited immunity from drug possession charges for those drug users, family...

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News Connecticut legislators propose near-universal health care plan
Connecticut legislators propose near-universal health care plan
Stefanie Presley
February 28, 2007 08:38:00 pm

Lawmakers in Connecticut's House of Representatives have introduced a health care reform bill aimed at providing coverage to the state's uninsured. The initiative introduced Tuesday positions Connecticut within the growing ranks of states that have recently...

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News Maryland asks federal appeals court to reinstate Wal-Mart health care law
Maryland asks federal appeals court to reinstate Wal-Mart health care law
Stefanie Presley
December 1, 2006 01:30:00 pm

Maryland's solicitor general urged the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Thursday to overturn a district court decision striking down Maryland's Fair Share Health Care Fund Act . The law...

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News New York high court rules social service groups must offer contraceptive coverage
New York high court rules social service groups must offer contraceptive coverage
Stefanie Presley
October 20, 2006 01:24:00 pm

New York's Court of Appeals , the state's highest court, handed down a 6-0 decision Thursday, banning Catholic Charities and nine other social service organizations from refusing to provide birth control insurance coverage for...

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News Maryland Supreme Court preserves Medicaid benefits to immigrants
Maryland Supreme Court preserves Medicaid benefits to immigrants
Stefanie Presley
October 13, 2006 08:10:00 pm

The Maryland Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a preliminary injunction this week barring the state from discontinuing Medicaid benefits to approximately 3,000 legal immigrant recipients, all of whom migrated to...

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News UN investigator says Syria cooperation with Hariri probe ‘generally satisfactory’
UN investigator says Syria cooperation with Hariri probe ‘generally satisfactory’
Stefanie Presley
June 10, 2006 03:22:00 pm

Serge Brammertz , deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and head of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission probing the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri [JURIST news...

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News US journalist convicted of torture in Afghanistan released from prison
US journalist convicted of torture in Afghanistan released from prison
Stefanie Presley
April 30, 2006 04:13:00 pm

US journalist Edward Caraballo, one of three US citizens jailed in 2004 on charges of running a private jail and torturing eight Afghan men, was released Sunday from Kabul's Pul-i-Charki prison by presidential decree. Caraballo, former US...

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News Egypt extends emergency law as crackdown on protesters continues
Egypt extends emergency law as crackdown on protesters continues
Stefanie Presley
April 30, 2006 03:11:00 pm

The Egyptian parliament on Sunday extended the country's emergency laws for two more years in order to allow more time for the government to draft anti-terrorism legislation. The emergency laws, which would have expired in June, were...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism

November 9 is the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism [UNITED factsheet]. On November 9, 1924, American gay activist Henry Gerber and several associates formed the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The Society received a charter from the State of Illinois in December but was disbanded in July 1925 after a police raid which led to Gerber's arrest and trial (albeit not conviction). Pay a virtual visit to Henry Gerber House, now a registered Chicago landmark.

Supreme Court strikes down Massachusetts anti-draft law

On November 9, 1970, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 in Massachusetts v. Laird not to hear the case of the state's anti-draft law. Massachusetts had passed a law, which allowed its citizens to decline to fight in any undeclared war, even if the person was drafted. The law was passed in opposition to the draft and the war in Vietnam. The First Circuit found the war constitutional and thus struck down the law.

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