Federal judge denies recount request in Washington News
Federal judge denies recount request in Washington

[JURIST] A US District Court judge refused Sunday to issue a temporary restraining order barring the hand-counting of ballots in the recount of Washington's governor's race. The lawsuit, filed Saturday by the Washington State Republican Party, asked the court to bar hand-counting of ballots that are rejected by voting machines. State rules require a machine recount when the margin of victory is less than 2,000 votes, however, due to technical difficulties many ballots cannot be recounted by machine. The latest official count has Democrat Christine Gregoire leading Republican Dino Rossi by only 261 votes. AP has more.

THIS DAY @ LAW

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.

More This Day @ Law... ▸