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News Afghan judicial reform report [ICG]
Afghan judicial reform report [ICG]
January 28, 2003 02:27:00 pm

Afghanistan: Judicial Reform and Transitional Justice, International Crisis Group, January 28, 2003 . Read the full text of the report here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Central Park jogger investigation report [NYPD]
Central Park jogger investigation report [NYPD]
January 28, 2003 11:47:00 am

Central Park jogger investigation report, New York Police Department, January 28, 2003 . Read the full text of the report here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Law clerk dismissal ruling [2nd Circuit]
Law clerk dismissal ruling [2nd Circuit]
January 28, 2003 11:45:00 am

Sheppard v. Beerman, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 28, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News 2003 State of the Union address [White House]
2003 State of the Union address [White House]
January 28, 2003 11:40:00 am

State of the Union address, President George W. Bush, January 28, 2003. Read the full text of the address here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News FCC license ruling [US SC]
FCC license ruling [US SC]
January 27, 2003 11:35:00 am

FCC v. NextWave, Supreme Court of the United States, January 27, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Iraq weapons inspectors' report [UN]
Iraq weapons inspectors' report [UN]
January 27, 2003 11:29:00 am

Update on Iraq Inspection, UN Security Council, UNMOVIC Chairman Hans Blix, January 27, 2003 . Read the full text of the report here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund complaint [US DC]
9/11 Victim Compensation Fund complaint [US DC]
January 27, 2003 11:22:00 am

Colaio v. Feinberg, United States District Court Southern District of New York, January 27, 2003 . Read the full text of the complaint . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Moussaoui Internet access order [US DC]
Moussaoui Internet access order [US DC]
January 24, 2003 12:22:00 pm

United States v. Moussaoui, United States District Court Eastern District of Virginia, January 24, 2003 . Read the order here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Report on executions in Texas [Amnesty]
Report on executions in Texas [Amnesty]
January 23, 2003 09:52:00 pm

Texas – In a world of its own, Amnesty International, January 23, 2003 . Read the full text of the report here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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News Department of Homeland Security Executive Order [White House]
Department of Homeland Security Executive Order [White House]
January 23, 2003 12:17:00 pm

Executive Order on the establishment of the United States Department of Homeland Security, President George W. Bush, January 23, 2003. Read the full text of the Executive Order here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress set minimum federal sentences for drug offenders

On November 2, 1951, President Harry Truman signed the "Boggs Act" into law, setting minimum federal sentences for drug offenders.

Read Richard J. Bonnie and Charles Whitebread, The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition, 56 Virginia Law Review (1970).

Balfour Declaration issued

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the United Kingdom's formal statement regarding Jewish people in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration was later endorsed by the World War I Allied Powers. It stated the British intention to support a national homeland for Jewish people and became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement.

Read the full Balfour Declaration as well as other documents regarding Israeli-Palestinian relations from the BBC.

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