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Sotomayor testifies she has decided abortion cases 'according to law'

July 15, 2009 02:47:00 PM

US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor told the US Senate during confirmation hearings on Wednesday said that she has rejected personal bias and "ruled according to the law" in...

July 15, 2009 08:12:00 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday dissolved an injunction that had previously barred the enforcement of a controversial abortion notification law in Illinois. Having been the subject of numerous court...

July 14, 2009 01:48:00 PM

US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday defended her judicial record and emphasized her reliance on precedent when deciding cases in response to confirmation questioning by the US Senate [official...

July 14, 2009 01:41:00 PM

Zbaraz, et al. v. Madigan, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, July 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper...

July 10, 2009 08:28:00 AM

A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a Massachusetts law prohibiting people from protesting directly outside of abortion clinics. The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that the law, which creates a...

July 8, 2009 06:51:00 PM

McCullen, et al. v. Coakley, US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, July 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here....

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Sotomayor receives highest ABA ranking

July 7, 2009 01:55:00 PM

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary on Tuesday gave US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a unanimous "well-qualified" rating . Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate...

June 25, 2009 08:37:00 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a Virginia law Wednesday that bans "partial birth" abortions , reversing previous rulings that found it unconstitutional. The...

June 24, 2009 10:09:00 PM

Richmond Medical Center for Women, et al. v. Herring, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, June 24, 2009 [upholding a Virginia state law that bans 'partial birth' abortions, thereby reversing previous rulings that found the law...

June 17, 2009 10:11:00 AM

US Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday called for stricter federal hate crime laws , maintaining that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is committed to working with Congress to pass such legislation. Addressing 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.