Hawaii school admissions ruling [Ninth Circuit] News
Hawaii school admissions ruling [Ninth Circuit]

Doe v. Rabago, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, December 5, 2006 [ruling that the Kamehameha Schools, a private school that accepts no federal funding, can utilize as admissions policy that gives priority to Native Hawaiian students before admitting non-Native Hawaiians]. Read the full text of the ruling [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Massachusetts instituted death penalty for heresy

On November 4, 1646, the Massachusetts General Court approved a law requiring all members of the colony to recognize the Bible as the Word of God, under penalty of death.  

Israel PM Yitzhak Rabin assassinated

On November 4, 1995, Yigal Amir shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amir was tried and given a life sentence for the murder. Learn more about the trial of Yigal Amir from the New York Times.