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Federal judge dismisses health care lawsuit

December 1, 2010 01:44:41 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Virginia on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a provision of the health care reform law requiring all...

November 3, 2010 01:14:04 PM

Colorado voters struck down a ballot initiative Tuesday that would have amended the state's constitution to extend rights to fetuses and would have effectively outlawed abortion . Proposed Amendment 62 [Project...

September 9, 2010 11:57:34 AM

A Chinese prison on Thursday released Chen Guangcheng , a blind Chinese human rights legal activist who has finished serving a four-year sentence for damaging property and "organizing a mob to disturb...

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ABA endorses same-sex marriage

August 11, 2010 08:52:57 AM

The American Bar Association (ABA) on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling on state and local governments to legalize same-sex marriage . The resolution was adopted at the ABA annual meeting held...

July 19, 2010 09:12:33 AM

The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced that insurance plans being offered as part of a new federally-funded program providing insurance to persons denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions will only...

July 14, 2010 01:30:41 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Nebraska issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday preventing a new Nebraska abortion law from being enforced. The law, known as the Women's...

June 16, 2010 08:15:39 AM

A group of 69 current and former law school deans have expressed their support for US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan , describing her as "superbly qualified" in a letter released...

June 11, 2010 03:51:33 PM

Florida Governor Charlie Crist on Friday vetoed a bill that would have required women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound or listen to a detailed description of...

May 25, 2010 08:12:46 AM

A Kenyan constitutional court ruled Monday that inclusion of Islamic "Kadhi" courts in the nation's current constitution is illegal and discriminatory. The Kadhi court system, which elevates Islam over the country's other religions,...

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Obama nominates James Cole as Deputy AG

May 22, 2010 02:00:00 PM

US President Barack Obama Friday nominated former Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyer James Cole for the position of Deputy Attorney General, the second highest position at the DOJ. Cole previously spent 13 years at the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US apologizes to Japanese-Americans for detention during WWII

US President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law on August 10, 1988, apologizing on behalf of the United States to Japanese-Americans who were interned in camps during WWII and providing $20,000 in compensation for each survivor. The law also provided $12,000 in compensation for each living displaced Aleutian Islander who was relocated to a camp in Alaska during the US's Aleutian Islands campaign.

President Reagan authorized compensation for Japanese-Americans interned during World War II

On August 10, 1988, US President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that provided payments of $20,000 to Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps by the US government during World War II. Learn more about the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which also included a formal apology by Congress for what it called a "grave injustice."

National Security Act Amendment reorganizes U.S. military

On August 10, 1949, the National Security Act Amendment was signed into law. It replaced the Department of War with the Department of Defense (DoD) and pulled all military service branches directly under the supervision of the DoD. Learn more about the National Security Act from the U.S. State Department.