Hurricane Katrina investigation report [US Senate HSGA Comm.] News
Hurricane Katrina investigation report [US Senate HSGA Comm.]

Hurricane Katrina investigation report, US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, April 27, 2006 [recommending that FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, be abolished and replaced with a new federal agency with more authority over emergency preparedness]. Read the full text of the report and additional documentation. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Republic of Ireland Act enters force

On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland.

Treason charges against poet Ezra Pound dropped

On April 18, 1958, treason charges against American poet Ezra Pound, first laid in 1943 in connection with his wartime broadcasts for the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, were dropped.