FISA overseas wiretapping amendments ruling [US DC] News
FISA overseas wiretapping amendments ruling [US DC]

Amnesty International USA, et al. v. McConnell, et al., US District Court for the Southern District of New York, August 20, 2009 [dismissing a lawsuit challenging amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that expand government power to eavesdrop on overseas conversations].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on FISA.

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Charles Manson sentenced to death

On April 19, 1971, Charles Manson was sentenced to death for ordering the murders of Sharon Tate and others. The sentence was then commuted to life after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in 1972. Learn more about the trial of Charles Manson from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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