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News UN rights chief calls for peacekeeper criminal accountability
UN rights chief calls for peacekeeper criminal accountability
Taylor Brailey
September 4, 2015 03:10:28 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday called for increased accountability for criminal acts by international peacekeepers. While recognizing the gradual positive security developments over the past year, Zeid stressed...

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News Federal appeals court reinstates Nevada low-income voting rights case
Federal appeals court reinstates Nevada low-income voting rights case
Taylor Brailey
September 4, 2015 02:29:59 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday reinstated a case claiming Nevada has failed to provide voter registration services to its low-income citizens, as required under Section 7 of the National...

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News Montana polygamy ban challenged
Montana polygamy ban challenged
Taylor Brailey
August 28, 2015 03:49:07 pm

Three individuals in a polygynous domestic relationship on Friday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Montana , challenging Montana's law banning polygamy, following Yellowstone County officials' denial of a...

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News Federal court lifts injunction on NSA phone surveillance program
Federal court lifts injunction on NSA phone surveillance program
Taylor Brailey
August 28, 2015 03:08:13 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday reversed a ruling that blocked the National Security Agency (NSA) from obtaining call detail records from US citizens. Plaintiffs contended...

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News Bangladesh authorities arrest three in bloggers’ murders
Bangladesh authorities arrest three in bloggers’ murders
Taylor Brailey
August 19, 2015 10:53:52 am

Bangladeshi authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of three individuals allegedly involved in the murder of two secular bloggers earlier this year. The suspects are Islamic extremists and part of a recently banned armed group called Ansarullah Bangla Team. Mufti...

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EPA proposes rules to cut methane emissions
Taylor Brailey
August 19, 2015 08:19:35 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday proposed new rules to cut methane emissions by the oil and gas industry, as part of the Obama Administration's commitment to taking action on climate change. The...

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Pakistan Supreme Court allows military trials for terrorism suspects
Taylor Brailey
August 6, 2015 02:47:49 pm

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to allow military trials for cases involving suspects of terrorism. The ruling follows a number of petitions to allow such trials, and is seen as a victory to the...

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News Final Madoff defendant sentenced to six months in prison
Final Madoff defendant sentenced to six months in prison
Taylor Brailey
August 6, 2015 02:30:58 pm

A judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday sentenced Irwin Lipkin, a former controller of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, to six months in prison for his involvement...

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News Rights group: Over 2,000 migrant deaths in Mediterranean
Rights group: Over 2,000 migrant deaths in Mediterranean
Taylor Brailey
August 5, 2015 04:31:40 pm

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that over 2,000 migrants have died this year in an attempt to enter Europe through the Mediterranean Sea. According to IOM, the death toll this year, up...

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Guatemala court orders Rios Montt competency evaluation
Taylor Brailey
August 5, 2015 12:21:30 pm

A Guatemalan court on Tuesday ordered former dictator Efrain Rios Montt to undergo competency tests to determine whether he is fit to stand trial for his alleged role in the torture, rape and murder of 1,771...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Ford offered amnesty to Vietnam draft-evaders

On September 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders which would waive any charges provided they agreed to work two years in public service. A Presidential Clemency Board was created to administer the program - it finished its work in September 1975 after having disposed of 14, 514 cases. Critics said the initiative did not go far enough, however, and noted that only about 19 percent of eligible persons even applied. Learn more about the conditional amnesty program from the Papers of Charles E. Goodell, the Washington lawyer who was Chairman of the PCB, now housed at the Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ozone Layer treaty opens for signatures

On September 16, 1987, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was opened for signature. It has since been signed by almost 200 nations. As a result, the Earth's Ozone Layer is expected to recover by the year 2050.

William O. Douglas born

On September 16, 1898, William O. Douglas was born in Maine Township, Minnesota. Douglas went on to become Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission before being named to the US Supreme Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. Douglas would become an influential civil libertarian on the Warren Court and the longest-tenured Justice in history, serving for 36 years and 7 months.

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