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News Federal appeals court rules against energy company in air pollution case
Federal appeals court rules against energy company in air pollution case
Tom Henry
August 17, 2006 07:14:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday sided with several states and the federal government when it found that energy company Cinergy Corp. should have gone through a federal...

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News US judge rules Rwanda murder confessions coerced by torture
US judge rules Rwanda murder confessions coerced by torture
Tom Henry
August 17, 2006 06:55:00 pm

US Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that the confessions of three Rwandan rebels charged with killing two American tourists in Uganda were achieved...

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FEC commissioner proposes rule easing restrictions on political ads
Tom Henry
August 4, 2006 07:22:00 am

The Federal Election Commission on Thursday released a proposed rule that would exempt certain "grassroots lobbying" communications from advertising restrictions imposed by the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) . BCRA prohibits interest groups...

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News GOP congressman likely to face challenges after court redraws Texas district map
GOP congressman likely to face challenges after court redraws Texas district map
Tom Henry
August 3, 2006 08:16:00 pm

As a panel of three federal judges heard arguments Thursday about how to redraw Texas' 23rd Congressional District without diluting minority votes in violation of the Voting Rights Act , US Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham said Rep....

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News Missouri voter ID law challenged in second lawsuit
Missouri voter ID law challenged in second lawsuit
Tom Henry
August 3, 2006 07:55:00 pm

A group of Missouri voters lacking acceptable identification under a Missouri law that requires voters to show photo IDs at the polls filed a lawsuit Thursday, claiming the law could keep...

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SEC settles civil lawsuits against former WorldCom execs
Tom Henry
July 27, 2006 08:40:00 pm

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Thursday that it had reached settlements with former WorldCom CFO Scott Sullivan and six others for their roles in fraudulent adjustments and entries in WorldCom's books and records. Mark...

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News Panel to consider merging US telecom surveillance suits
Panel to consider merging US telecom surveillance suits
Tom Henry
July 27, 2006 08:13:00 pm

Attorneys for the US government and for plaintiffs asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Thursday to consolidate more than 20 cases involving telephone companies' roles in the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program [JURIST news...

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Mideast conflict stalls UN Hariri assassination probe: report
Tom Henry
July 27, 2006 07:48:00 pm

The current Mideast conflict has halted the UN International Independent Investigation Commission probe into the February 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , Beirut's Daily Star newspaper reports Friday. A...

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News Appeals court lets government file more arguments in Guantanamo cases
Appeals court lets government file more arguments in Guantanamo cases
Tom Henry
July 27, 2006 07:16:00 pm

The US Court of Appeal for the DC Circuit will allow the Bush administration to file briefs in yet another round of legal arguments challenging hundreds of lawsuits filed by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...

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Judge rejects DOJ bid to dismiss NSA wiretapping suit against telecom giant
Tom Henry
July 20, 2006 08:25:00 pm

A federal judge Thursday rejected a US Department of Justice (DOJ) motion to dismiss on state secrets grounds a class action lawsuit brought against...

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Guiteau tried for assassinating US President Garfield

On November 14, 1881, Charles Guiteau went on trial for the assassination of US President James A. Garfield. The trial of Guiteau pointed to problems with nineteenth-century law's treatment of insanity; Guiteau's trial is also problematic in retrospect as Garfield's death was immediately attributable not to Guiteau, but to Garfield's doctors who—before sterilization was well understood—repeated probed his wound with unwashed hands while searching for an embedded bullet.

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