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News Former Argentina president on trial for tax fraud
Former Argentina president on trial for tax fraud
Theresa Donovan
September 3, 2013 11:22:26 am

Former Argentinian president Carlos Menem appeared in court on Monday for allegedly falsifying his 2000 tax returns. Prosecutors argue that Menem hid bank accounts worth millions of dollars, as well as various aircraft,...

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News Morsi supporters sentenced to prison for assaulting army troops
Morsi supporters sentenced to prison for assaulting army troops
Theresa Donovan
September 3, 2013 10:55:04 am

An Egyptian military tribunal on Tuesday sentenced 11 supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi to life imprisonment for assaulting army troops last month during riots that took place in the Suez Canal. Forty-five other...

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News New Mexico judge rules same-sex marriage legal
New Mexico judge rules same-sex marriage legal
Theresa Donovan
August 27, 2013 12:01:00 pm

A judge for the Second Judicial District Court of New Mexico on Tuesday ordered district court clerks to begin granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Bernalillo County, the largest county in New Mexico, in accordance with...

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News Germany prosecutor: Auschwitz investigation almost complete
Germany prosecutor: Auschwitz investigation almost complete
Theresa Donovan
August 27, 2013 11:56:52 am

The head of the German prosecutors' office that specializes in investigating Nazi crimes reported on Monday that its investigation into 50 individuals suspected of serving as guards at Auschwitz is almost complete. The individuals are being...

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News Egypt court orders release of Mubarak
Egypt court orders release of Mubarak
Theresa Donovan
August 21, 2013 12:40:18 pm

A court in Cairo ordered the release of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday, in a long-pending corruption case. Mubarak, now 85, still faces charges of complicity for the killing...

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News Wikileaks defendant sentenced to 35 years for espionage
Wikileaks defendant sentenced to 35 years for espionage
Theresa Donovan
August 21, 2013 11:15:31 am

US Military Judge Denise Lind on Wednesday sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for his disclosure of classified information to the anti-secrecy organization Wikileaks . Manning was found guilty [JURIST...

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News Illinois governor signs gun-control bill into law
Illinois governor signs gun-control bill into law
Theresa Donovan
August 19, 2013 01:53:11 pm

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Sunday signed a gun safety bill that will require background checks for all gun purchases in the state as well as the reporting of all lost and...

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News Federal appeals court orders decision on nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain
Federal appeals court orders decision on nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain
Theresa Donovan
August 14, 2013 03:08:27 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday ruled that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has been violating federal law by failing to accept or deny the pending...

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News Federal judge dismisses suit against SEC over Stanford Ponzi scheme
Federal judge dismisses suit against SEC over Stanford Ponzi scheme
Theresa Donovan
August 14, 2013 02:04:51 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the agency's failure to report Allen Stanford ...

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News North Carolina governor signs voting reform bill into law
North Carolina governor signs voting reform bill into law
Theresa Donovan
August 13, 2013 03:06:09 pm

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Monday signed a voter ID bill into law that will require voters to present government-issued photo identification at the polls. The law will effectively roll back...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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