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NY trial judge selection process ruling [US SC]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 16, 2008 09:01:00 pm

New York State Board of elections et al. v. Lopez Torres et al., US Supreme Court, January 16, 2008 . Read the full...

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Ex-congressman terrorism funding indictment [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 16, 2008 08:25:00 pm

US v. Islamic American Relief Agency et al., United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, January 16, 2008 [indicting Mark Deli Siljander, a former Republican US congressman from Michigan and US representative to the United Nations, for...

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Securities fraud ruling [US SC]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 15, 2008 09:44:00 pm

Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific Atlanta et al., US Supreme Court, January 15, 2008 . Read the full text of the...

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US pandemic plans and civil liberties report [ACLU]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 14, 2008 08:52:00 pm

Pandemic Preparedness: The Need for a Public Health - Not a Law Enforcement/National Security - Approach, American Civil Liberties Union, January 14, 2008 . Read the full...

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NASA contract employees background checks ruling [9th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 12, 2008 06:02:00 pm

Robert M. Nelson et al. v. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 11, 2008 [ruling that NASA cannot compel low-risk contract employees working at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory to undergo...

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Ex-Guantanamo detainees torture lawsuit ruling [DC Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 11, 2008 05:05:00 pm

Shafiq Rasul et al. v. Richard Myers, Air Force General et al., January 11, 2008 [ruling that four former Guantanamo Bay detainees - all UK citizens - do not have the right to sue high-ranking US government officials for alleged...

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Bernard Hibbitts
January 11, 2008 04:09:00 pm

REAL ID Final Rule, US Department of Homeland Security, January 11, 2008 . Read the full text of the final rule. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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No Child Left Behind lawsuit ruling [6th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 7, 2008 08:02:00 pm

School District of the City of Pontiac et al. v. Secretary of the United States Department of Education, January 7, 2008 [ruling that a 2005 lawsuit challenging the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) should not have been dismissed by...

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Padilla 'torture memos' lawsuit against John Yoo [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 4, 2008 03:42:00 pm

Jose Padilla et al. v. John Yoo, United States District Court, Northern District of California, January 4, 2008 [lawsuit against law professor and former DOJ official John Yoo seeking to hold him accountable for suffering allegedly caused by his "Torture...

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California auto emissions waiver lawsuit [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 2, 2008 04:35:00 pm

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

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