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Meshal v. Higgenbotham: Do All Lives Really Matter To Our Courts?

November 3, 2015 04:19:11 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin G. Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law discusses the recent decision in Meshal v. Higgenbotham... In the Meshal decision on Friday, October 23, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit...

December 26, 2013 01:00:00 AM

Susan Herman, Brooklyn Law School

April 13, 2012 02:04:29 PM

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson on Thursday expressed regret over a US court decision denying Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by a member of the UK...

November 22, 2011 11:00:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Kent Roach of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law says that the Supreme Court of Canada's recent refusal to review a lower court's stay of extradition proceedings represents an important victory for the rule of law...

June 14, 2010 10:18:41 AM

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in Arar v. Ashcroft , a case concerning the US government's extraordinary rendition policy. Canadian citizen Maher...

May 14, 2010 04:19:34 PM

The UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) on Friday urged Syria, Yemen, and Jordan to conduct thorough investigations into allegations of torture by law enforcement officials. Concluding its forty-fourth session, the group of...

February 6, 2010 02:16:00 PM

Andrea Prasow : "On February 1, 2010, Maher Arar asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that he cannot sue federal officials for damages even though they allegedly conspired with Syrian...

February 2, 2010 07:39:00 AM

Canadian citizen Maher Arar on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that he cannot sue the US government for damages based on his...

November 3, 2009 08:02:00 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that Canadian citizen Maher Arar cannot sue the US government for damages based on his detention in the US...

November 2, 2009 08:59:00 PM

Arar v. Ashcroft, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, November 2, 2009 [holding that Canadian citizen Maher Arar cannot sue the US government for damages based on his detention in the US and his detention, interrogation,...

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Slave revolt leader Nat Turner arrested

US slave revolt leader Nat Turner was arrested in Virginia on October 30, 1831. Turner, inspired by a religious vision, led a rebellion in August of that year which resulted in the deaths of 55 white people, including the family who enslaved Turner. White mobs later killed between 36 and 102 Black people in retaliation for the attacks. After his October capture, Turner became one of 55 people to be executed by Virginia in connection with the rebellion. Learn more about Nat Turner and Turner's Rebellion.

Russians granted basic civil liberties

On October 30, 1905 [October 17 in the Julian Calendar], Tsar Nicholas II granted Russians basic civil liberties in the October Manifesto.

Roosevelt approves $1 billion in aid to WWII Allies under Lend-Lease Act

On October 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in wartime aid to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Act. America did not formally enter World War II until December of 1941, but the US Government nonetheless provided crucial aid to the Allied Powers from the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March of 1941 through the end of the war. The Lend-Lease Agreement between the US and the UK was formalized the following year.