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News Ninth Circuit dismisses CIA rendition suit on state secrets grounds
Ninth Circuit dismisses CIA rendition suit on state secrets grounds
Daniel Richey
September 8, 2010 04:11:43 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday affirmed a district court's dismissal of a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against a Boeing subsidiary in connection with...

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News Cambodia genocide tribunal seeks additional funding
Cambodia genocide tribunal seeks additional funding
Daniel Richey
September 8, 2010 08:03:12 am

Representatives from the Cambodian government and the UN met Tuesday with officials from 30 countries seeking additional money to fund the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) . The tribunal, established by the UN and the...

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News DOJ files criminal charges against Pakistan Taliban leader
DOJ files criminal charges against Pakistan Taliban leader
Daniel Richey
September 1, 2010 03:31:30 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that it has charged Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimulla Mehsud in connection with the December 30 attack on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...

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News Obama administration appeals stem cell research block
Obama administration appeals stem cell research block
Daniel Richey
September 1, 2010 08:06:54 am

The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed last week's ruling by the US District Court for the District of Columbia that granted a preliminary injunction blocking...

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News DC Circuit denies rehearing for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
DC Circuit denies rehearing for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Daniel Richey
September 1, 2010 07:11:19 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday denied a request for an en banc rehearing of the case of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Gahleb Nassar Al-Bihani...

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News Wal-Mart appeals class action certification to Supreme Court
Wal-Mart appeals class action certification to Supreme Court
Daniel Richey
August 26, 2010 07:30:04 am

Wal-Mart petitioned the US Supreme Court Wednesday to reconsider a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirming class action certification [opinion, PDF; JURIST...

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News Conservative Austria party calls for vote to ban minarets, face veils
Conservative Austria party calls for vote to ban minarets, face veils
Daniel Richey
August 25, 2010 08:24:43 am

Austria's conservative Freedom Party on Monday called for a special vote on whether to ban face veils and the construction of minarets, two of the most visible symbols of the Islamic...

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News Federal court denies habeas petition in Davis death penalty case
Federal court denies habeas petition in Davis death penalty case
Daniel Richey
August 25, 2010 07:16:36 am

The US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia on Tuesday denied the habeas corpus petition of Troy Anthony Davis , convicted and sentenced to...

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News UK control orders violate suspects’ rights: AI
UK control orders violate suspects’ rights: AI
Daniel Richey
August 13, 2010 07:39:58 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday issued a report calling on the UK government to end the use of control orders issued against terrorism suspect. The UK Home Secretary uses control orders...

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News Press group: South Africa media tribunal threat to journalism
Press group: South Africa media tribunal threat to journalism
Daniel Richey
August 12, 2010 02:40:16 pm

The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) sent an open letter to South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday expressing concerns over plans by the African National Congress (ANC) to create...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Carter authorizes Chrysler bailout

On January 7, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-185) into law. The act granted to Chrysler $1.5 billion to save the company from bankruptcy. Twenty-eight years later in 2008, President George W. Bush authorized $17.4 billion to again bailout Chrysler in addition to the other two major American automobile manufacturers, Ford and General Motors.

Anglo-Irish Treaty ratified

On January 7, 1922, Dáil Éireann ratified the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Signed on December 6 of the preceding year, the treaty ended the Irish War of Independence against Great Britain. The British Parliament voted to approve the treaty on December 16, 1921. Ratification was completed on January 14, 1922, when the House of Commons of Southern Ireland became the third and final party to approve the document. The Anglo-Irish treaty effectively split the island into its current state. While the lower counties of Ireland were granted autonomy under the treaty, Britain insisted that the six Protestant counties of Northern Ireland be allowed to determine their own future. On the day after the treaty was signed, these counties elected to remain part of Great Britain. Today, they remain part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

New York State Assembly expels five socialist assemblymen

The New York State Assembly, the state's lower house, expelled five duly elected assemblymen from the Socialist Party over their political affiliation on January 7, 1920. The US was in the midst of the first Red Scare, a panic resulting from the ascendancy of the Bolsheviks in Russia, which resulted in the repression of socialists across the country. The result of the expulsion vote was 140-6. Thus, Assemblymen August Claessens, Samuel A. DeWitt, Samuel Orr, Charles Solomon and Louis Waldman were removed from their posts. Learn more about the expulsions from the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York.

Rehnquist sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice

On January 7, 1972, the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist was sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Read a short profile of Chief Justice Rehnquist here.

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