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News BREAKING NEWS ~ House approves immigration legislation
BREAKING NEWS ~ House approves immigration legislation
Chris Buell
February 10, 2005 02:55:00 pm

AP is reporting that the US House has approved the REAL ID Act , legislation aimed at preventing entry by terrorists into the country. The act sets regulations for the use of state driver's licenses by immigrants and facilitates...

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News Saudi Arabia holds first elections in country’s history
Saudi Arabia holds first elections in country’s history
Chris Buell
February 10, 2005 02:35:00 pm

Saudi Arabian men went to the polls Thursday to vote in municipal elections around the country, marking the first elections ever held by the country. The election was for 127 local government seats around the country in the first...

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News Pentagon report says female soldiers used sexual tactics against Gitmo detainees
Pentagon report says female soldiers used sexual tactics against Gitmo detainees
Chris Buell
February 10, 2005 02:01:00 pm

The Washington Post reported Thursday that allegations by Guantanamo Bay detainees that female soldiers at the military base used sexually suggestive tactics during interrogations of detainees have been confirmed by a Pentagon investigation. The women allegedly...

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News FCC rejects multi-station digital TV requirement for cable providers
FCC rejects multi-station digital TV requirement for cable providers
Chris Buell
February 10, 2005 01:23:00 pm

The Federal Communications Commission Thursday rejected a proposal that would have required cable providers to offer multiple digital channels from local broadcasters. Commissioners upheld by a 4-1 vote a 2001 regulation requiring cable operators to carry only...

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News US groups lobby Canadian legislators against same-sex marriage bill
US groups lobby Canadian legislators against same-sex marriage bill
Chris Buell
February 10, 2005 12:40:00 pm

Some Canadian MPs have reported that they have been lobbied by US citizens and advocacy groups over - primarily against - pending federal legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage. Several legislators say they have received e-mails,...

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News Putin warns UN human rights commissioner not to politicize issues
Putin warns UN human rights commissioner not to politicize issues
Chris Buell
February 10, 2005 12:16:00 pm

Russian president Vladimir Putin welcomed an international dialogue on human rights issues Thursday during a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour , but warned that rights issues should not be exploited for...

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News Canadian PM appears before scandal inquiry commission
Canadian PM appears before scandal inquiry commission
Chris Buell
February 10, 2005 11:44:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin testified Thursday before a judicial inquiry commission on his role in a corrupt government program originally intended to promote national unity following a close referendum on separation by Quebec....

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News FAA had at least 52 warnings prior to Sept. 11 attacks, report finds
FAA had at least 52 warnings prior to Sept. 11 attacks, report finds
Chris Buell
February 10, 2005 11:19:00 am

The Federal Aviation Administration received numerous warnings of al-Qaida's hopes to hijack airplanes in the months prior to September 11, according to a previously unreleased report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States...

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News Chertoff nomination vote delayed as senators await interrogation memo
Chertoff nomination vote delayed as senators await interrogation memo
Chris Buell
February 10, 2005 11:03:00 am

The US Senate is not expected to vote on the nomination of Judge Michael Chertoff as Secretary of Homeland Security until some time next week as several senators have requested access to an uncensored...

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News Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Thursday, Feb. 10
Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Thursday, Feb. 10
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February 10, 2005 12:01:00 am

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Feb. 10.The US Senate convenes this morning at 9:30 AM ET, and it will continue debate on S. 5 ,...

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Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.

Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted Vietnam antiwar bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution.

Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts. See Anthony D'Amato, Massachusetts In The Federal Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Vietnam War [PDF], 4 Journal of Law Reform (1970).

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