Libby memory expert ruling [US DC] News
Libby memory expert ruling [US DC]

US v. Libby, US District Court for the District of Columbia, October 2, 2006 [ruling against allowing the testimony of memory experts in the CIA leak trial where Libby blames faulty memory for the false statements he has made to investigators regarding his conversation with the press about former CIA operative Valerie Plame]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Amsterdam Treaty signed, broadening scope of EU

On October 2, 1997, European Union delegates signed the Amsterdam Treaty, which broadened the scope of the international organization. It amended previous EU treaties to expand the power of the EU Parliament, start the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), and prepare for the influx of post-Communist countries in Eastern Europe.

Thurgood Marshall becomes first African-American Supreme Court justice

On October 2, 1967, civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American Supreme Court justice Learn more about Marshall and his career from the Library of Congress.