Government electronic records FOIA ruling [2nd Circuit] News
Government electronic records FOIA ruling [2nd Circuit]

Wilner, et al. v. National Security Agency, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, December 30, 2009 [holding that the National Security Agency and the Department of Justice are not required to confirm or deny the existence of electronic surveillance records under the Freedom of Information Act].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the Freedom of Information Act.

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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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