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News Suspension of mandatory military anthrax vaccine ruling [US DC]
Suspension of mandatory military anthrax vaccine ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
October 28, 2004 11:35:00 am

Doe v. Rumsfeld, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Emmet Sullivan, October 27, 2004 [ordering the Defense Department to suspend its Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program providing mandatory anthrax vaccinations for troops because the vaccine did not...

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News Restraining order against Ohio GOP voter registration challenges [US DC]
Restraining order against Ohio GOP voter registration challenges [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
October 28, 2004 10:42:00 am

Miller et al. v. Blackwell et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Judge Susan J. Dlott, October 27, 2004 [preventing elections boards in six Ohio counties from hearing challenges filed by the Ohio Republican Party...

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News UK Gitmo detainees suit against US [US DC]
UK Gitmo detainees suit against US [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
October 28, 2004 07:13:00 am

Rasul et al. v. Rumsfeld et al., United States Distrcit Court for the District of Columbia, October 27, 2004 [alleging torture and various human rights violations and seeking $10 million each in compensation to 4 UK citizens formerly detained by...

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News Missouri mentally-ill voter ruling [US DC]
Missouri mentally-ill voter ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
October 27, 2004 03:24:00 pm

Prye v. Blunt, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Judge Otrie D. Smith, October 26, 2004 . Excerpt:Missouri is denying Prye the...

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News New Jersey electronic voting machine ruling [NJ Sup. Ct.]
New Jersey electronic voting machine ruling [NJ Sup. Ct.]
Bernard Hibbitts
October 27, 2004 11:04:00 am

Assemblyman Reed Gusciora et. al. v. McGreevey et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Judge Linda Feinberg, October 26, 2004 [ruling that the state's voters will be able to cast their ballots in next Tuesday's election using electronic voting machines,...

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Florida voter registration ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
October 27, 2004 10:56:00 am

Diaz v. Hood, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Judge James L. King, October 26, 2004 [ruling that county election supervisors had acted legally in denying voter applications that were incomplete at the Oct. 4 registration...

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Georgia same-sex amendment referendum ruling [GA SC]
Bernard Hibbitts
October 26, 2004 02:12:00 pm

O'Kelley et al. v. Cox, Georgia Supreme Court, October 26, 2004 [ruling that the courts could not intervene in the referendum process and that the parties challenging the inclusion of the proposed amendment banning same-sex marriage on the November 2...

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News Legal opinion on transfer of detainees from Iraq under Geneva IV [US DOJ]
Legal opinion on transfer of detainees from Iraq under Geneva IV [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts
October 26, 2004 01:34:00 pm

Draft legal opinion for White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales on the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War to detainees held by the US in occupied Iraq [concluding that it...

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Florida touchscreen recount ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
October 25, 2004 01:33:00 pm

Wexler et al. v. LaPore et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Judge James I. Cohn, October 25, 2004 [ruling that Florida does not have to create a paper record in the case of recounts...

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Georgia ruling against hate crimes law [GA SC]
Bernard Hibbitts
October 25, 2004 01:25:00 pm

Botts v. The State, Georgia Supreme Court, October 25, 2004 . Excerpt:We recognize that persons of ordinary intelligence may understand the dictionary definition of the words "bias" and "prejudice." However, because...

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Ford pardoned Nixon for Watergate

On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford, in a televised address to the American people, pardoned ex-President Richard Nixon for any offenses committed in association with the Watergate break-in.

Read the full text of Ford's address, or listen to him read the pardon (via Watergate.info).

Treaty of San Francisco signed, officially ending WWII in the Pacific

On September 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco was signed between 49 nations and Japan, ending World War II in the Pacific region. In addition to dismantling the Japanese Empire, the accord also provided for compensation to be paid by Japan to prisoners of war and civilians who were victimized by Japan during the War. Communist China did not participate in the San Francisco negotiations and thus signed the separate Treaty of Tapei with Japan.

Ford pardoned Nixon

On Sepetmber 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned predecessor Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. Read President Ford's remarks explaining the pardon.

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