US execution of Mexican national ruling [ICJ] News
US execution of Mexican national ruling [ICJ]

Mexico v. United States of America, International Court of Justice, January 19, 2009 [ruling that the United States violated the ICJ's order when the state of Texas executed Jose Ernesto Medellin Rojas]. Read the full text of the judgment [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Supreme Court said busing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations.

Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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