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News Ruling on DOT decision to open US highways to Mexican trucks [9th Circuit]
Ruling on DOT decision to open US highways to Mexican trucks [9th Circuit]
January 16, 2003 11:07:00 pm

Public Citizen v. Dept. of Transportation, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 16, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Ruling on constitutionality of FL Sexual Predators Act [FL DCA]
Ruling on constitutionality of FL Sexual Predators Act [FL DCA]
January 15, 2003 05:30:00 pm

Espindola v. State, Florida 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal, January 15, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Eldred copyright extension ruling [US SC]
Eldred copyright extension ruling [US SC]
January 15, 2003 05:04:00 pm

Eldred v. Ashcroft, Supreme Court of the United States, January 15, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Effect of US government surveillance programs on privacy rights [ACLU]
Effect of US government surveillance programs on privacy rights [ACLU]
January 15, 2003 04:49:00 pm

Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society, American Civil Liberties Union, January 15, 2003 . Read the full text of the report here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Miners' healthcare benefits ruling [US SC]
Miners' healthcare benefits ruling [US SC]
January 15, 2003 10:33:00 am

Barnhart v. Peabody, Supreme Court of the United States, January 15, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Double jeopardy ruling [US SC]
Double jeopardy ruling [US SC]
January 14, 2003 06:15:00 pm

Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania, Supreme Court of the United States, January 14, 2003 . Read the opinion here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News World Report 2003 [Human Rights Watch]
World Report 2003 [Human Rights Watch]
January 14, 2003 06:02:00 pm

Human Rights Watch World Report 2003, Human Rights Watch, January 14, 2003 . Read the full text of the report here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Traffic information ruling [US SC]
Traffic information ruling [US SC]
January 14, 2003 09:48:00 am

Pierce County v. Guillen, Supreme Court of the United States, January 14, 2003 . Read the opinion here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Fornication ruling [GA SC]
Fornication ruling [GA SC]
January 13, 2003 09:57:00 am

In re J.M., Georgia Supreme Court, January 13, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Enemy combatants ruling [4th Circuit]
Enemy combatants ruling [4th Circuit]
January 8, 2003 06:34:00 pm

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, January 8, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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