Christopher G. Anderson

New French anti-terror law to intensify e-surveillance, travel controls

September 25, 2005 04:10:00 pm

Acting in the aftermath of the London bombings , the French government has finalized a new draft anti-terror law that would bolster the countrys video, telephone and Internet surveillance as well as tighten travel controls...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

On May 19, 1948, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War, and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States.

Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the U.S. Library of Congress.