Gomery commission sponsorship scandal report #2 [Canada] News
Gomery commission sponsorship scandal report #2 [Canada]

Restoring Accountability: Phase 2 Report, Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, Justice John H. Gomery, Commissioner [second report of the Canadian judicial inquiry into the "Sponsorship Scandal" containing 18 recommendations for reining in prime-ministerial power and recovering over $50 million from the advertising kickbacks scheme which operated in the province of Quebec from 1994-2003]. Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

No lynchings reported in US for first time

On December 30, 1952, the Tuskegee Institute reported that 1952 was the first year of no lynchings of African Americans in the United States in the 71 years it had kept records. Learn more about lynching and listen to Billie Holiday's jazz recording of the 1938 protest song Strange Fruit.

USSR established

On December 30, 1922, representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucus approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). During World War II, the USSR would also annex Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova. Learn more about the history of the USSR from the BBC.