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News Martha Stewart appeal brief [2nd Circuit]
Martha Stewart appeal brief [2nd Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 21, 2004 01:02:00 pm

US v. Stewart and Bocanovic, Brief for the Defendant-Appellant Martha Stewart, October 20, 2004. Read the full text of the brief here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News Guantanamo detainees legal representation ruling [US DC]
Guantanamo detainees legal representation ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 20, 2004 11:04:00 pm

Al Odah v. US, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, October 20, 2004 ....

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News Massachusetts school desegregation ruling [1st Circuit]
Massachusetts school desegregation ruling [1st Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 20, 2004 08:01:00 pm

Comfort et al. v. Lynn School Committee et al., United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, October 20, 2004 [ruling that the school desegregation policy of the town of Lynn, Massachusetts, is unconstitutional because it considers race as...

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News Michigan provisional ballot ruling [US DC]
Michigan provisional ballot ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 19, 2004 10:17:00 pm

Bay County Democratic Party et al. v. Land, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Judge David Lawson, October 19, 2004 [holding that ballots cast in the correct city or township but wrong voting precinct in Michigan...

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News North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004
North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 19, 2004 01:03:00 pm

Signed into law by President Bush October 19, 2004 . Read the full text...

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News Florida provisional ballot ruling [FL SC]
Florida provisional ballot ruling [FL SC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 18, 2004 09:45:00 pm

AFL-CIO v. Hood, Florida Supreme Court, October 18, 2004 . Excerpt:We conclude that the precinct-specific provision in section...

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News Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004
Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 18, 2004 09:08:00 am

Signed into law by President Bush October 16, 2004 . Read the full text of the Act here . Reported in...

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News School of the Americas protest ruling [11th Circuit]
School of the Americas protest ruling [11th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 18, 2004 09:00:00 am

Bourgeois et al. v. Peters et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, October 15, 2004 . Excerpt: While the threat of terrorism...

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News Working mothers absentee voting ruling [7th Circuit]
Working mothers absentee voting ruling [7th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 15, 2004 06:20:00 pm

United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, October 15, 2004 [affirming a lower court's dismissal of claims by working mothers who contended that voting in person is a hardship and that the US Constitution requires Illinois to...

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News Pryor judicial confirmation ruling [US 11th Circuit]
Pryor judicial confirmation ruling [US 11th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 15, 2004 01:25:00 pm

Evans and Jordan v. Stephens, United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, October 14, 2004 [holding that President Bush acted legally when he appointed William Pryor to the appeals court bench during a holiday recess of the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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