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News NRA relocates national convention after city approves assault weapon ban
NRA relocates national convention after city approves assault weapon ban
Alexandria Samuel
July 18, 2005 08:15:00 pm

The National Rifle Association Monday announced plans to relocate its 2007 national convention from Columbus, Ohio after the Columbus City Council approved an assualt weapons ban. The ban , extends the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired...

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News Lebanese parliament pardons former warlord
Lebanese parliament pardons former warlord
Alexandria Samuel
July 18, 2005 07:50:00 pm

The Lebanese parliament voted Monday to grant amnesty to former militia leader Samir Geagea . Geagea, Lebanese Forces militia leader during the 1975-90 civil war, was arrested in 1994 and sentenced to three consecutive life...

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News Moroccan Gitmo prisoner extradited to Spain
Moroccan Gitmo prisoner extradited to Spain
Alexandria Samuel
July 18, 2005 07:11:00 pm

US officials at Guantanamo Bay Monday extradited Moroccan Lahcen Ikassrien to Spain to answer charges that he assisted al-Qaida cell leader Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas in planning the September 11 attacks. Ikassrien was arrested and sent to the prisoner...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC charges three in stock tip fax scam
Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC charges three in stock tip fax scam
James Murdock
July 18, 2005 07:04:00 pm

Leading Monday's securities and corporations law news, the SEC has charged three men with conning investors in a microcap scam. The scam involved sending faxes that were designed to look like a confidential stock tip from a...

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News States brief ~ CA Supreme Court rules workplace sex can harass other employees
States brief ~ CA Supreme Court rules workplace sex can harass other employees
Rachel Felton
July 18, 2005 04:41:00 pm

Leading Monday's states brief, the California Supreme Court ruled today that a boss's sexual affairs with subordinates may result in the sexual harassment of other employees in violation of the state's Fair Employment and Housing Act [PDF...

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News Padilla habeas appeal to be heard Tuesday
Padilla habeas appeal to be heard Tuesday
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 03:56:00 pm

The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia will take up the case of Jose Padilla Tuesday, the latest in a series of twists and turns the litigation has taken. The proceeding comes after...

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News DOJ seeks right to sue for past tobacco profits
DOJ seeks right to sue for past tobacco profits
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 03:42:00 pm

In an about-face from an earlier decision , the US Department of Justice is appealing to the US Supreme Court in an attempt to reinstate $280 billion in damages in its lawsuit against tobacco companies. Government lawyers previously...

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News Saddam lawyer presses  to move trial out of Iraq
Saddam lawyer presses to move trial out of Iraq
Tom Henry
July 18, 2005 03:08:00 pm

Giovanni di Stefano , a lawyer for Saddam Hussein, said once again Monday that the insurgency in Iraq has created an unsafe environment for the trial of the former dictator and that the venue should be...

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News UK political parties agree on new terror bill coming in October
UK political parties agree on new terror bill coming in October
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 02:57:00 pm

UK Home Office Secretary Charles Clarke said on Monday that the three main political parties in the UK - Labour, the Conservatives, and the Liberal-Democrats - have reached an agreement in principal regarding new anti-terrorism...

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News Amnesty International joins calls for justice for Franco victims
Amnesty International joins calls for justice for Franco victims
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 01:51:00 pm

Amnesty International on Monday called for Spain to formally confront its past and provide justice for victims of former fascist Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco . In February, prominent Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon had...

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Supreme Court ruled on Chinese Exclusion Act

On March 28, 1898, the US Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the US to Chinese immigrants was a US citizen and could not be deported under the terms of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Read US v. Wong Kim Ark and learn more about the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Thomas Hare born

On March 28, 1808, English jurist Thomas Hare was born in the United Kingdom. After being admitted to the Bar in 1833, Hare became a campaigner for electoral reform. He created the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of proportional representation used in many democratic countries today. He was also an early law reporter, recording important judicial decisions in The Hare Law Reports before there was any official reporting of legal opinions in the UK. Read a biography of Thomas Hare and a description of the STV system from the Electoral Reform Society.

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