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News Honduras congress votes to remove Supreme Court justices
Honduras congress votes to remove Supreme Court justices
Rebecca DiLeonardo
December 13, 2012 02:46:09 pm

The Honduran National Congress on Wednesday voted to dismiss four justices of the country's Supreme Court for alleged abuse of their position. The dismissal of the judges came after the justices ruled last week [AP...

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News Washington governor certifies same-sex marriage referendum
Washington governor certifies same-sex marriage referendum
Rebecca DiLeonardo
December 6, 2012 12:46:10 pm

Washington Governor Christine Gregoire on Wednesday certified the results of Referendum 74 which has legalized same-sex marriage in the state. The referendum gave Washington voters the choice to accept or reject the...

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News UN expert applauds Africa convention to protect displaced persons
UN expert applauds Africa convention to protect displaced persons
Rebecca DiLeonardo
December 6, 2012 11:26:14 am

A UN independent expert on Thursday praised a convention passed by the African Union (AU) to protect internally displaced persons (IDPs). The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of...

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News BP executive, supervisors plead not guilty to criminal charges
BP executive, supervisors plead not guilty to criminal charges
Rebecca DiLeonardo
November 29, 2012 01:16:52 pm

Two well-site supervisors and one former executive of British Petroleum (BP) pleaded not guilty in US federal court on Tuesday to criminal charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill . The...

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News Poland court rules ritual slaughter of animals violates constitution
Poland court rules ritual slaughter of animals violates constitution
Rebecca DiLeonardo
November 29, 2012 12:13:29 pm

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled Wednesday that the ritual slaughter of animals violates the Polish Constitution. The court's ruling will bar strictly-followed slaughtering practices by Muslim and Jewish citizens where the animal is not stunned first. The decision...

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News Germany to increase Nazi victim compensation
Germany to increase Nazi victim compensation
Rebecca DiLeonardo
November 15, 2012 12:33:21 pm

The German Finance Ministry on Thursday gave final approval to amendments to the Luxembourg Agreement that will increase compensation to surviving victims of the Nazi regime. German...

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Wells Fargo challenges lawsuit by US government
Rebecca DiLeonardo
November 2, 2012 10:39:54 am

Wells Fargo claimed Thursday that a federal lawsuit filed by the US government to recover money from defective mortgages is barred by a settlement reached earlier this year. The government filed the lawsuit last month,...

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News Russia court reduces sentence for Khodorkovsky partner
Russia court reduces sentence for Khodorkovsky partner
Rebecca DiLeonardo
November 2, 2012 10:01:59 am

A Russian court on Wednesday reduced the sentence of the former business partner of jailed Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky by three years. Platon Lebedev has been incarcerated since...

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News Sri Lanka to begin impeachment of chief justice
Sri Lanka to begin impeachment of chief justice
Rebecca DiLeonardo
November 1, 2012 12:49:08 pm

A spokesperson for the government of Sri Lanka on Thursday announced that the government had begun the process of impeaching the country's chief justice. The specific charges were not revealed , but spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella, confirmed that the...

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Federal appeals court declines to rehear Texas Planned Parenthood funding case
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 26, 2012 10:40:19 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday declined to reconsider its August decision allowing Texas to impose a funding ban on clinics affiliated with abortion providers under the state's Women's Health Program [official...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Dreyfus convicted of treason

On December 22, 1894, Jewish French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial trial that prompted worldwide allegations of anti-Semitism. Dreyfus was later cleared. Learn more about the case of Alfred Dreyfus and read an English translation of the famous public letter J'Accuse...! by novelist and Dreyfus partisan Emile Zola.

US passed Embargo Act, banning foreign trade

On December 22, 1807, the Embargo Act was passed at the urging of US President Thomas Jefferson. The act barred trade with any foreign nations in an effort to avoid American entry into the Napoleonic Wars of Europe. However, the act proved unenforceable and was replaced with the Non-Intercourse Act, which barred trade with France and Great Britain. Learn more about the Embargo Act of 1807 from Monticello.org

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