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Municipal 'Fracking' Bans and Preemption in Appalachia

July 12, 2011 11:00:00 AM

Joseph Schaeffer, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2012, is spending the summer working for a firm specializing in energy law. He writes on Marcellus exploration and the regulation of hydraulic fracturing, specifically considering the implications of Pittsburgh's...

June 30, 2011 09:47:58 AM

The New Jersey Legislature Tuesday passed a bill to completely ban hydraulic fracturing , or "fracking," a controversial technique used to release natural shale gas. The Senate passed the bill 33-1 and then...

June 2, 2011 10:23:54 AM

The New York attorney general on Wednesday filed a complaint against the US government for failing to investigate the risks of hydraulic fracturing , or "fracking," a controversial technique used to release natural shale gas. The...

May 12, 2011 03:44:38 PM

France's lower house, the National Assembly , approved a bill on Wednesday to prohibit the drilling of gas and oil through hydraulic fracturing and to repeal hydraulic...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

Learn more about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.