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News American citizen captured in Iraq designated "enemy combatant"
American citizen captured in Iraq designated "enemy combatant"
Jeannie Shawl
April 1, 2005 02:26:00 pm

US Department of Defense spokesmen have said that US forces in Iraq are holding a man with joint US and Jordanian citizenship who is said to be a senior operative for terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi. The...

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News Rhode Island may amend smoking ban after unconstitutionality ruling
Rhode Island may amend smoking ban after unconstitutionality ruling
Jeannie Shawl
April 1, 2005 01:53:00 pm

Lawmakers in Rhode Island have said that they will consider amending the statewide smoking ban that took effect last month in light of a Newport Superior Court judge's Thursday ruling that certain exemptions in...

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News DeLay slammed for threatening judiciary after Schiavo death
DeLay slammed for threatening judiciary after Schiavo death
Alexandria Samuel
April 1, 2005 12:17:00 pm

New Jersey Democratic Senator Frank R. Lautenberg took House Republican leader Tom DeLay to task Friday for making anti-judicial remarks in the aftermath of Terri Schiavo's death that appeared to threaten some kind of recrimination. Clearly angered by the...

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News International brief ~ Zimbabwe elections said to fall short of standards
International brief ~ Zimbabwe elections said to fall short of standards
D. Wes Rist
April 1, 2005 12:15:00 pm

In Friday's international brief, reports filtering out of Zimbabwe following Thursday's national elections indicate that the vote is being heavily criticized. Foreign media have been continually denied access to the country, and domestic media are required to...

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News Nepalese king eases house arrests, releases more political prisoners
Nepalese king eases house arrests, releases more political prisoners
Alexandria Samuel
April 1, 2005 11:41:00 am

Nepalese King Gyanendra Friday lifted the house arrest of Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala and freed nearly 257 other people detained after he declared a state of emergency in February . Three weeks...

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News Stem cell research bill [MA House]
Stem cell research bill [MA House]
April 1, 2005 11:39:00 am

SB 25, Massachusetts House of Representatives, passed March 31, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News Spanish authorities arrest 12 more Madrid train bombing suspects
Spanish authorities arrest 12 more Madrid train bombing suspects
Alexandria Samuel
April 1, 2005 11:14:00 am

TSpain's Interior Ministry announced Friday that 12 more people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the preparations of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and...

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News Sudan unhappy with UN ICC resolution
Sudan unhappy with UN ICC resolution
D. Wes Rist
April 1, 2005 11:02:00 am

Sudan Friday announced its displeasure with UN Security Council Resolution 1593 adopted late Thursday evening that authorized the International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute war crimes violations in Sudan. Sudan...

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News Army captain discharged after Iraqi ‘mercy killing’ conviction
Army captain discharged after Iraqi ‘mercy killing’ conviction
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 1, 2005 10:08:00 am

A US military court in Germany Friday sentenced US Army Captain Rogelio "Roger" Maynulet to be discharged from the Army after he was found guilty Thursday of assault with intent to commit voluntary manslaughter....

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News Massachusetts House passes veto-proof stem cell research bill
Massachusetts House passes veto-proof stem cell research bill
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 1, 2005 09:19:00 am

The Massachusetts House of Representatives Thursday passed a stem cell research bill 117-37, such a wide margin that it cannot be vetoed by Republican Governor Mitt Romney. The controversial legislation authorizes reproduction of embryonic stem cells, which Romney had...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

UK parliament rejected J.S. Mill's proposal to give women the vote

On May 20, 1867, the British Parliament rejected by 196-73 an amendment to the 1867 Reform Act presented by John Stuart Mill that would have permitted women to vote. Review Mill's 1869 work The Subjection of Women.

Supreme Court applies Free Exercise Clause to state governments

On May 20, 1940, the United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment applied to state governments in Cantwell v. Connecticut under the incorporation doctrine, which applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more about the Incorporation Doctrine from the Cornell Law Schools' Legal Information Institute.

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