Military court jurisdiction ruling [US SC] News
Military court jurisdiction ruling [US SC]

US v. Denedo, US Supreme Court, June 8, 2009 [holding that the US Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces and the Navy-Marine Corp Court of Criminal Appeals have jurisdiction to entertain a petition for a writ of error coram nobis from an earlier NMCCA judgment]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.


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THIS DAY @ LAW

Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.

NATO created

On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created when twelve countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty. The organization was created as a common alliance against communist encroachment into Europe. Today, NATO has 28 member nations, including former European communist states.