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News NY AG to file bid-rigging suit against Universal Life
NY AG to file bid-rigging suit against Universal Life
Chris Buell
November 12, 2004 12:49:00 pm

NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is expected to file suit Friday or Monday against health insurance consulting firm Universal Life Resources, stemming from a seven-month investigation into bid-rigging in the insurance industry. United Policy Holders, a consumer insurance group,...

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News ACLU challenges Boston airport security program over alleged racial profiling
ACLU challenges Boston airport security program over alleged racial profiling
Chris Buell
November 12, 2004 12:20:00 pm

The ACLU has sued MA police and port authority over a new security program at Boston's Logan International Airport, which the civil rights group claims leads to racial profiling. In the suit filed Wednesday, the ACLU argues that the...

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News WA governor race still undecided, legal action possible
WA governor race still undecided, legal action possible
Chris Buell
November 12, 2004 11:19:00 am

Ten days after the last ballots were cast, the Washington state governor's race remained too close to call Friday, and the state Democratic party said it was considering options including legal action. State officials still have thousands of provisional...

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News Real IRA leader loses legal aid in civil suit by relatives of bombing victims
Real IRA leader loses legal aid in civil suit by relatives of bombing victims
Chris Buell
November 12, 2004 10:45:00 am

A UK judge Friday upheld the withdrawal of legal aid funding for Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt in his High Court case against relatives of victims in the Omagh bombing. The Legal Services Commission, the UK public legal services...

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News Human rights group sues two former Somali officials living in US
Human rights group sues two former Somali officials living in US
Chris Buell
November 12, 2004 10:12:00 am

A human rights group has sued two former high-ranking Somali officials currently living in the US, alleging that the two took part in torture and killings in their home country during the 1980s. San Francisco-based Center for Justice and...

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News Gay rights groups to move cautiously against state bans on gay marriage
Gay rights groups to move cautiously against state bans on gay marriage
Chris Buell
November 12, 2004 09:53:00 am

Gay rights groups have adopted a cautious legal approach to challenging 11 state constitutional bans on gay marriage adopted by referendum in the Nov. 2 elections. Many of the groups fear that an all-out legal assault on the new...

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News Dutch parliament seeks limits on employment of imams
Dutch parliament seeks limits on employment of imams
Chris Buell
November 12, 2004 09:14:00 am

The Dutch parliament (official site in Dutch) Friday asked the government to draft laws restricting the employment of imams at Dutch mosques only to those who have studied Islam in the country. A vote on the new law was...

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News UN nuclear agency cites South Korea for secret tests
UN nuclear agency cites South Korea for secret tests
Chris Buell
November 12, 2004 08:57:00 am

The International Atomic Energy Agency has reported that South Korea conducted illegal nuclear tests in the 1980s and 2000, in which it secretly extracted or enriched small amounts of plutonium and uranium. Although the tests did not produce enough...

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News Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Friday, Nov. 12
Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Friday, Nov. 12
Chris Buell
November 12, 2004 07:45:00 am

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, November 12.New Mexico is expected to complete its count of provisional ballots today, as required by NM Stat. Ann. s. 1-13-13. The NM...

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News Ruling on constitutionality of Minnesota ballot law [MN SC]
Ruling on constitutionality of Minnesota ballot law [MN SC]
November 12, 2004 01:04:00 am

In re: Candidacy of Independance Party Candidates, James Moore et al. v. Mary Kiffmeyer, Secretary of State for Minnesota, Supreme Court of Minnesota, Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, November 10, 2004 [ruling that a state law requiring candidates to reach a...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots. The riots, the worst in US history to that point, killed as many as 100 people and had to be quelled by troops, some of whom had recently fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn more about the Draft Riots.

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