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News World Christian leaders criticize Guantanamo detentions
World Christian leaders criticize Guantanamo detentions
Elizabeth Schultz
March 5, 2006 12:05:00 pm

Leaders of the both the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches have sharply criticized the US prison at Guantanamo Bay as international pressure builds to close down the controversial facility that currently contains almost 500 individuals the...

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News NY trial judges to be nominated by party conventions one last time
NY trial judges to be nominated by party conventions one last time
Elizabeth Schultz
March 5, 2006 10:02:00 am

US District Judge John Gleeson Friday temporarily stayed an injunction that would have changed New York's unique system of nominating its elected state trial court judges in political conventions rather than...

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News Guantanamo transcripts show US suspicions but little proof
Guantanamo transcripts show US suspicions but little proof
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 4, 2006 08:38:00 pm

Parts of a broader, more human picture of the Guantanamo detainees, their frustrations and the cases against them have begun to emerge from the depths of over 5000 pages of documentation on over 300 specific detainees released...

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News Number of secret federal court cases, dockets increasing
Number of secret federal court cases, dockets increasing
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 4, 2006 05:30:00 pm

Two separate press-sponsored investigations reported Saturday show a marked increase in secret proceedings in US federal courts in the last few years, mirroring a general trend towards secrecy in the executive branch of government during the Bush presidency. Figures...

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News Philippines paper charged with sedition after crackdown
Philippines paper charged with sedition after crackdown
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 4, 2006 04:53:00 pm

The Manila Daily Tribune reported Saturday that it has been charged with sedition in the wake of the Friday lifting of President Gloria Arroyo's state of emergency . The offices of the paper,...

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News Taiwan leader wants to write new constitution
Taiwan leader wants to write new constitution
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 4, 2006 01:58:00 pm

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian told the Japanese Yomiuri Shimbun daily in an interview reported Saturday that he was resolved to drafting a new constitution for the country better suited to its current circumstances. Earlier in...

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News Sri Lanka tsunami robbers could face first death sentences in decades
Sri Lanka tsunami robbers could face first death sentences in decades
Greg Sampson
March 4, 2006 12:01:00 pm

Sri Lanka Solicitor General C.R. de Silva announced Saturday that two men photographed stealing a gold necklace from a woman while she struggled in the rushing waters of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami will...

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News Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraceptives in all pharmacies
Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraceptives in all pharmacies
Greg Sampson
March 4, 2006 11:32:00 am

US mega-retailer Wal-Mart announced Friday that it will stock the emergency contraceptive pill known as Plan B in all of its pharmacies nationwide beginning March 20. Previously the chain had...

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News California prosecutors propose new lethal injection method
California prosecutors propose new lethal injection method
Greg Sampson
March 4, 2006 11:12:00 am

In response to a February injunction imposed by US Distict Judge Jeremy Fogel , California prosecutors Friday proposed altering the combination of sedatives and life-ending drugs used in executions in order to ensure that...

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News DOJ investigates alleged price-fixing of music downloads
DOJ investigates alleged price-fixing of music downloads
Greg Sampson
March 4, 2006 10:37:00 am

The US Justice Department has launched an investigation into possible price-fixing of music downloads by major label record companies, according to Department sources. The Department has already issued subpoeanas to four major record labels: EMI, Sony BMG,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court decided Dartmouth College case

On February 2, 1819, the US Supreme Court decided Dartmouth College v. Woodward, ruling that the charter of a college was a contract that a state could not alter arbitrarily.

New Amsterdam incorporated

On February 2, 1653, the City of New Amsterdam was incorporated by the Dutch Republic. After the British conquest, the city was renamed New York after the Duke of York.

Breviary of Alaric put into effect by Visigoth king

King Alaric II of the Visigoths put the Breviary of Alaric, a collection of Roman laws, into effect on February 2, 506. The breviary contains constitutions and laws of the newly fallen Roman Empire, including the Theodosian code, and parts of the Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes. The Breviary of Alaric predated the Byzantine Empire's Code of Justinian by 23 years.  Read an entry on the Breviary of Alaric from the Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

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