BREAKING NEWS ~ ABA gives nominee Roberts top rating News
BREAKING NEWS ~ ABA gives nominee Roberts top rating

[JURIST] AP is reporting that the American Bar Association [group website] has given US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts [JURIST news archive] a "well-qualified" rating, the highest recommendation given by the ABA to judicial nominees. An ABA committee was formed in July [JURIST report] to review whether the "well-qualified" rating earned by Roberts when he was nominated for the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in 2001 would suffice as a Supreme Court recommendation. AP has more.

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President Harding signed "anti-beer bill"

On November 23, 1921, President Warren G. Harding signed the Willis-Campbell Act, popularly termed the "anti-beer bill," prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes.

Convention on Cybercrimes opens for signature

On November 23, 2001, the Convention on Cybercrime was opened for signature in Budapest, Hungary, before entering into force on July 1, 2004. The Convention seeks to coordinate the Internet laws of signatory states and promote international enforcement of cybercrime laws. Learn more about the Convention on Cybercrime from the Council of Europe.