Padilla Supreme Court mootness brief [US DOJ] News
Padilla Supreme Court mootness brief [US DOJ]

Jose Padilla v. C.T. Hanft, Supreme Court of the United States, December 10, 2005 [US DOJ brief arguing that as Jose Padilla has been indicted on 11 criminal counts by civil authorities the case of his military custody is now moot, the US Supreme Court should deny certiorari to his appeal from the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals]. Read the full text of the brief [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Republic of Ireland Act enters force

On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland. The Act repealed the Executive Authority Act, which had given governing authority in Ireland to the King of England.

Treason charges against poet Ezra Pound dropped

On April 18, 1958, treason charges against American poet Ezra Pound, first laid in 1943 in connection with his wartime broadcasts for the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, were dropped.

Read Jonas Doberman, The Treason Debate: Ezra Pound and his Rome Radio Broadcasts[PDF].

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