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Khadr defense urges federal appeals court to review ‘enemy combatant’ distinctions
Caitlin Price
April 15, 2008 03:03:00 pm

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr argued before a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Tuesday that the court has jurisdiction to intervene in Khadr's case to...

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Supreme Court to hear prosecutor immunity, EPA regulation cases
Caitlin Price
April 14, 2008 02:19:00 pm

The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari in two cases , including Van de Kamp and Livesay v. Goldstein (07-854) , in which the Court will consider the legal...

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Canada justice department moves to block public hearing on Afghan detainees
Caitlin Price
April 14, 2008 01:11:00 pm

The Canadian Department of Justice has moved to block a Canadian Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) public hearing investigating the country's military detainee transfer process in Afghanistan , the Globe and Mail reported...

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Louisiana high court finds flood insurance exception unambiguous in Katrina case
Caitlin Price
April 8, 2008 04:23:00 pm

The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an insurance company was not required to pay for water damage caused when New Orleans levees breached after Hurricane Katrina . Homeowner Joseph Sher sued Lafayette Insurance Company...

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Bosnia war crimes court issues custody order for Srebrenica massacre suspect
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April 8, 2008 03:49:00 pm

The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday issued a custody order for a former Bosnian Serb special police officer suspected of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC timeline,...

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Indonesia blocks websites over controversial Dutch anti-Islam film
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April 8, 2008 03:03:00 pm

Indonesian Internet providers blocked access Tuesday to file-sharing websites including YouTube, Google Video, and MySpace , one week after a government order sought to prevent the transmission of a controversial anti-Islamic film created by far-right Dutch...

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April 7, 2008 03:09:00 pm

War crimes suspect Vinko Kondic pleaded not guilty Monday in the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to crimes against humanity and incitement to genocide charges allegedly committed during...

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Muslim Brotherhood urges boycott of Egypt municipal elections after activist arrests
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April 7, 2008 02:28:00 pm

Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood Monday announced that it would boycott municipal elections set for April 8, saying that the government has continuously blocked the group's efforts to field candidates in the...

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Ohio lethal injection protocols less humane than animal euthanasia: doctor
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April 7, 2008 01:21:00 pm

Ohio's lethal injection procedures fall short of standards used to euthanize animals, according to Monday testimony from an anesthesiologist before a court hearing on the constitutionality of Ohio's death penalty procedure ....

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EU Kosovo justice mission going forward without Spain
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March 31, 2008 02:53:00 pm

EULEX Kosovo head Yves de Kermabon said Monday that a 1,800-strong European Union police and justice mission in Kosovo will go forward even in Serbian-controlled areas, despite reservations from some EU member states. Spain's Foreign...

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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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