Israel lobbyists spying case testimony ruling [US DC] News
Israel lobbyists spying case testimony ruling [US DC]

United States of America v. Steven J. Rosen, and Keith Weissman, US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, November 2, 2007 [ruling that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other senior administration officials must testify whether they shared classified information with two lobbyists indicted for allegedly conspiring to receive and disclose classified US defense information]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Congress passed Judiciary Act of 1789

On September 24, 1789, Congress instituted a three-tiered federal judicial structure topped by a Supreme Court with the passage of "An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States", later known as the Judiciary Act of 1789. Learn more about the Act from the National Archives.

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