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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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News FEC commissioner proposes rule easing restrictions on political ads
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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News SEC settles civil lawsuits against former WorldCom execs
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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News Mideast conflict stalls UN Hariri assassination probe: report
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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News Judge rejects DOJ bid to dismiss NSA wiretapping suit against telecom giant
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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THIS DAY @ LAW

Last Quaker executed for religious beliefs in American colonies

On March 24, 1661, William Ledda, executed in Boston, became the last Quaker in the American colonies to be put to death for his religious beliefs. Learn more about the persecution of the Quakers in colonial Massachusetts.

Archbishop Óscar Romero assassinated

On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador, El Salvador by a right-wing death squad. Romero had become unpopular with conservative elements in the country when he began speaking out against government repression of the nation's poor and of his fellow priests. Read a biography of Archbishop Óscar Romero from the Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame University. In 2003, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), an American human-rights organization, filed a lawsuit in the United States against former Salvadorean Air Force Captain Álvaro Rafael Saravia for his alleged role in the assassination of Archbishop Romero. The suit was filed in a US federal district court under the Alien Tort Claim Act (28 U.S.C. § 1350). In Doe v. Rafael Saravia, the defendant was found guilty of crimes against humanity and extrajudicial killing, resulting in a $10 million judgment against Saravia. Read a description of the case. Romero was later canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 2018.

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