Interrogation photos release appeal letter [US DOJ] News
Interrogation photos release appeal letter [US DOJ]

Letter on the government's intention to appeal a ruling requiring the release of interrogation photos, US Department of Justice, May 13, 2009 [asserting the government's intention to seek an appeal to the court's earlier ruling requiring the release of 44 photos depicting Bush administration interrogation techniques]. Read the full text of the letter [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Eighteenth Amendment came into effect

On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution came into effect as scheduled one year after ratification, marking the beginning of Prohibition. Learn more about Temperance and Prohibition from Professor K. Austin Kerr of the Ohio State University Department of History.

English Parliament bans Roman Catholicism

On January 16, 1581, the English Parliament banned Roman Catholicism throughout the country during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. From that time on, Catholicism declined in England until the Catholic Emancipation of the late 18th century.

Read the history of the Roman Catholic Church in England.