Illegal immigration control order [Rhode Island] News
Illegal immigration control order [Rhode Island]

Executive Order 08-01: Illegal Immigration Control Order, Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri, March 27, 2008 [requiring state agencies and companies to verify the legal status of their employees when they do business with the state and granting state law enforcement officials more flexibility in finding and deporting illegal immigrants]. Read the full text of the executive order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

First gay civil union law goes into effect

On October 1, 1989, the Registered Partnership Act went into effect in Denmark. It was the first law in the world that allowed civil unions between homosexual couples. Read a report on the world's first civil unions from the New York Times.

Chief Justice Rehnquist born

On October 1, 1924, William Rehnquist, late Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Read remarks by President Ronald Reagan at the swearing-in ceremony for Chief Justice Rehnquist (joined by new Associate Justice Antonin Scalia).