US Attorney testimony offer [White House] News
US Attorney testimony offer [White House]

Letter from Counsel to the President Fred F. Fielding, March 20, 2007 [urging top Democrats to accept the President's offer to allow top White House aides to testify about the firings of US Attorneys before the Senate Judiciary Committee]. Read the full text of the letter [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 The Act repealed the Executive Authority Act, which had given governing authority in Ireland to the King of England.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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