Terrorist watch list FOIA complaint [US DC] News
Terrorist watch list FOIA complaint [US DC]

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area v. US Department of the Treasury, US District Court for the Northern District of California, May 16, 2007 [requesting the US Treasury Department to release the terrorist watch list]. Read the full text of the complaint [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.