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News Kuwait court acquits two former Guantanamo Bay detainees
Kuwait court acquits two former Guantanamo Bay detainees
Michael Sung
March 3, 2007 10:31:00 am

A Kuwaiti court Saturday acquitted former Guantanamo Bay detainees Omar Rajab Amin and Abdullah Kamel al-Kundari of charges of fighting against US forces in Afghanistan because of insufficient evidence. The two were repatriated on...

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News Libby trial jury seeks ‘reasonable doubt’ definition
Libby trial jury seeks ‘reasonable doubt’ definition
Michael Sung
March 3, 2007 10:00:00 am

The jury in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby asked US District Judge Reggie B. Walton for a "clarification of the term 'reasonable doubt'" Friday, concluding the eighth day of...

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News Former Israel Supreme Court head opposes bid to restrict court review power
Former Israel Supreme Court head opposes bid to restrict court review power
Michael Sung
March 2, 2007 10:33:00 am

Meir Shamgar , the president of the Israeli Supreme Court between 1983 and 1995, has signed a public petition against Israeli Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann's recent proposal to restrict the ability of the Supreme...

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News House judiciary panel subpoenas dismissed US Attorneys
House judiciary panel subpoenas dismissed US Attorneys
Michael Sung
March 2, 2007 09:51:00 am

The US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law voted Thursday to subpoena former Justice Department prosecutors Carol C. Lam (San Diego), David C. Iglesias (New Mexico), H.E. Cummins, III (Arkansas), and John McKay (Seattle), to...

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News DOJ charges 13 in insider trading schemes
DOJ charges 13 in insider trading schemes
Michael Sung
March 2, 2007 08:59:00 am

Thirteen defendants have been charged "with participating in two massive insider trading schemes and in two separate bribery schemes" that netted more than $8 million dollars in illegal profits for themselves and the hedge funds with...

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News Montana Senate approves capital punishment abolition bill
Montana Senate approves capital punishment abolition bill
Michael Sung
February 24, 2007 12:17:00 pm

The Democratic-controlled Montana Senate voted 27-21 Friday to give second-reading approval to a bill that would eliminate the death penalty in Montana. Third reading is slated for February 24 before...

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News US rejects international call to ban cluster munitions
US rejects international call to ban cluster munitions
Michael Sung
February 24, 2007 11:30:00 am

The United States Friday rejected an international call to ban the use of cluster munitions by 2008. State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack told reporters at a daily press briefing ...

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News Little Rock school district released from federally supervised desegregation plan
Little Rock school district released from federally supervised desegregation plan
Michael Sung
February 24, 2007 10:55:00 am

Judge William R. Wilson Jr. of the US District Court of Eastern Arkansas ruled Friday that the Little Rock School District was "substantially complying" with its Revised Desegregation and Education Plan ("Revised Plan")...

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News UN rights expert compares Israeli occupation violations to apartheid
UN rights expert compares Israeli occupation violations to apartheid
Michael Sung
February 24, 2007 09:37:00 am

An independent report by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard to be presented to the 4th session of the UN Human Rights Council [official website; JURIST...

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Guinea parliament rejects extension of martial law
Michael Sung
February 23, 2007 01:55:00 pm

Members of Guinea's National Assembly voted unanimously Friday to reject the request of Guinean President Lansana Conte for an extension of martial law in the Republic of Guinea . Conte...

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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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