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News Gaza female lawyers ordered to wear religious headscarves in court
Gaza female lawyers ordered to wear religious headscarves in court
Ximena Marinero
July 26, 2009 01:00:00 pm

Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice in Gaza Abdul Ra'ouf al-Halabi Sunday announced an order requiring female lawyers to wear traditional religious robes and headscarves or hijab for any court appearances....

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News US  to sign UN disability rights treaty: Obama
US to sign UN disability rights treaty: Obama
Ximena Marinero
July 25, 2009 09:48:00 pm

President Barack Obama announced Friday that the United States will sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities . At a celebration commemorating the 19th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act...

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News Obama administration may bring more Guantanamo detainees to US
Obama administration may bring more Guantanamo detainees to US
Ximena Marinero
July 25, 2009 08:43:00 am

The Obama administration is considering transferring more Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US, according to testimony Friday by US Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Charles Johnson to the the House Armed Services Committee . Some...

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News Egypt court reverses conviction of teacher accused of insulting president
Egypt court reverses conviction of teacher accused of insulting president
Ximena Marinero
July 19, 2009 01:28:00 pm

The Adawa court of misdemeanors in the Egyptian city of Menya Saturday reversed the conviction of Mounir Saeed Hannah, a teacher charged with insulting President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak by authoring an unpublished satirical poem....

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News Pakistan court  begins trial of 5 Mumbai terror attack suspects
Pakistan court begins trial of 5 Mumbai terror attack suspects
Ximena Marinero
July 19, 2009 11:19:00 am

A Pakistan anti-terrorism court Saturday began the trial of five men allegedly belonging to the Lakshar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group suspected of planning and coordinating the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai , according...

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News Federal court frees Los Angeles police department from DOJ oversight
Federal court frees Los Angeles police department from DOJ oversight
Ximena Marinero
July 18, 2009 03:55:00 pm

The US District Court of the Central District of California Friday ended the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) consent decree to federal oversight that the LAPD was forced into in 2001...

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News Cheney ordered CIA to withhold secret program from Congress: report
Cheney ordered CIA to withhold secret program from Congress: report
Ximena Marinero
July 12, 2009 12:00:00 pm

Former vice-president Dick Cheney directly ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to withhold from Congress information on a counterterrorism program kept secret for eight years until it was terminated by current CIA director Leon...

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News Multi-agency report questions presidential warrantless wiretapping program
Multi-agency report questions presidential warrantless wiretapping program
Ximena Marinero
July 12, 2009 10:48:00 am

The Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program relied on a flawed legal analysis at its inception and produced results of questionable effectiveness, according to an unclassified version of a report released Friday by five government agencies....

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News Federal appeals court rules neighborhood vehicle checkpoints unconstitutional
Federal appeals court rules neighborhood vehicle checkpoints unconstitutional
Ximena Marinero
July 11, 2009 02:20:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled Friday a neighborhood motorist checkpoint program unconstitutionally violated plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment rights. The court overturned a ruling by the US District Court for the...

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News Kenya pledges plan for prosecuting 2007 post-election  crimes by September
Kenya pledges plan for prosecuting 2007 post-election crimes by September
Ximena Marinero
July 5, 2009 10:28:00 am

A Kenyan government delegation headed by Minister of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs Mutula Kilonzo Kenya pledged in a Friday meeting with International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Ocampo ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

LA Riots break out following beating of Rodney King

Riots that would grip the city of Los Angeles, California for six days broke out on April 29, 1992, after LAPD officers who beat Rodney King while being filmed were acquitted by a jury. The verdict ignited a powder keg of discontent about police discrimination against LA's Black community. The riots would result in more than 60 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. Learn more about the LA Riots from NPR.

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits member nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Oliver Ellsworth born

Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States and primary author of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1745.

Learn more about Oliver Ellsworth.

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