Omar Khadr access to documents ruling [Canada SC] News
Omar Khadr access to documents ruling [Canada SC]

Minister of Justice v. Omar Khadr, Supreme Court of Canada, May 23, 2008 [holding that Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen detained by the US at Guantanamo Bay military prison, has a constitutional right to see confidential documents compiled by Canadian officials following interviews with him, but that the government can withhold some information for national security purposes]. Read the full text of the decision [text, HTML]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court said bussing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations. Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.