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News US joins entertainment industry in asking Supreme Court to shut down file sharing
US joins entertainment industry in asking Supreme Court to shut down file sharing
Chris Buell
January 25, 2005 11:20:00 am

The US government has joined the entertainment industry in arguing before the US Supreme Court that file-sharing services such as Kazaa and Grokster, accused of enabling widespread copyright infringement, should be shut down. Acting Solicitor Paul D. Clement filed...

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News Federal judges to consider mounting Vioxx litigation
Federal judges to consider mounting Vioxx litigation
Chris Buell
January 25, 2005 10:55:00 am

A group of seven federal judges will meet in Fort Myers, FL, Thursday to consider how to handle mounting lawsuits over the painkiller Vioxx , which was pulled from the market by manufacturer Merck &...

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News Iraqi expat voter registration to hit 25%; insurgents try to suppress domestic turnout
Iraqi expat voter registration to hit 25%; insurgents try to suppress domestic turnout
Chris Buell
January 25, 2005 10:29:00 am

Voter registration by Iraqi nationals in other countries will likely tally 25 percent of the estimated 1.2 million eligible when it closes Tuesday, according to officials organizing the foreign voting program. The Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program allows...

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News Four British Gitmo detainees released to UK
Four British Gitmo detainees released to UK
Chris Buell
January 25, 2005 10:00:00 am

Four British men held at Guantanamo Bay for three years as enemy combatants were returned to the UK Tuesday, after a deal was reached between the US and UK. The four men, Moazzam Begg, Martin Mubanga,...

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News ACLU reports new complaints of abuse in Iraq, says US military failed to investigate
ACLU reports new complaints of abuse in Iraq, says US military failed to investigate
Chris Buell
January 25, 2005 09:47:00 am

More complaints of abuse of Iraqi detainees by the US military have surfaced, including reports of electric shocks and sodomy, according to newly obtained military documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union . While...

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News Iraqi judge killed in Baghdad, police say
Iraqi judge killed in Baghdad, police say
Chris Buell
January 25, 2005 09:21:00 am

In the latest of a string of attacks on Iraqi officials in Baghdad, an Iraqi judge was killed outside his home Tuesday morning, according to police. Sources said the judge, Qais Hashim Shameri, and his son were killed in...

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News Ashcroft bids farewell to DOJ after four years
Ashcroft bids farewell to DOJ after four years
Chris Buell
January 25, 2005 09:05:00 am

Attorney General John Ashcroft has prepared to step down from his post and said goodbye to members of the Department of Justice, whom he has led for the past four years. A crowd of several hundred...

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News Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Tuesday, Jan. 25
Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Tuesday, Jan. 25
Chris Buell
January 25, 2005 06:00:00 am

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, Jan. 25.On Capitol Hill, the US Senate will open its session at 9:45 AM ET, and it is scheduled to consider...

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Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Monday, Jan. 24
Chris Buell
January 24, 2005 06:30:00 am

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, Jan. 24.The US Senate will hold an executive session today at 3 PM ET to consider the nomination of Carlos M....

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Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Friday, Jan. 21
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January 21, 2005 07:00:00 am

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, Jan. 21.The 55th Presidential Inauguration comes to a close today with a National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral. C-SPAN has...

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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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