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News Ohio naturalized citizens voter challenge law ruled unconstitutional
Ohio naturalized citizens voter challenge law ruled unconstitutional
Holly Manges Jones
October 5, 2006 07:49:00 am

US District Judge Christopher Boyko ruled Wednesday that an Ohio voting rule requiring naturalized citizens to provide proof of citizenship if challenged by poll workers was unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio [advocacy...

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News Australia to appeal court order granting Perth native title to Aborigines
Australia to appeal court order granting Perth native title to Aborigines
Holly Manges Jones
October 5, 2006 07:11:00 am

Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Thursday that the Australian government plans to appeal a court decision giving Aborigines native title to land in the city of Perth, saying the ruling could prevent non-indigenous...

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News Two Marines plead not guilty to Hamdania murder, kidnapping charges
Two Marines plead not guilty to Hamdania murder, kidnapping charges
Holly Manges Jones
October 5, 2006 07:10:00 am

Two US Marines charged with the death of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of murder and kidnapping. Pfc. John Jodka and Cpl. Marshall Magincalda are the first of...

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News EU, US: Kosovo status talks will not be affected by Serbia constitution
EU, US: Kosovo status talks will not be affected by Serbia constitution
Holly Manges Jones
October 4, 2006 11:39:00 am

Officials from the European Union and the US are adamant that references in the newly approved Serbian constitution declaring Kosovo part of Serbia will not impact ongoing United Nations ...

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US warns Thailand on constitution, martial law
Holly Manges Jones
October 4, 2006 10:34:00 am

US officials have expressed concerns over "restrictions on civil liberties" in Thailand and elements in the 39-article interim constitution "that appear to give the military an ongoing and influential role in decision-making." A US spokesman...

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Federal judge orders former Kmart executives to stand trial for fraud
Holly Manges Jones
October 4, 2006 10:12:00 am

US District Judge Paul Gadola ruled Tuesday that two former executives of Kmart will stand trial for allegedly misleading investors about the retailer's finances before it filed for bankruptcy four years ago. Former Chief Executive...

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News UK balking at US bid to return British residents from Guantanamo: report
UK balking at US bid to return British residents from Guantanamo: report
Holly Manges Jones
October 3, 2006 10:43:00 am

The US and UK governments have been discussing the release of nine British residents currently being held at the US prison base in Guantanamo Bay , but the British government has so far refused to...

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Europe court allows gender pay differential
Holly Manges Jones
October 3, 2006 08:22:00 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that European companies may pay their male employees more in wages based on years of service even though women in the same positions may have less seniority due...

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Afghan detainees launch legal challenge to US military commissions bill
Holly Manges Jones
October 3, 2006 07:51:00 am

Lawyers representing 25 detainees in US custody at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan filed a habeas corpus petition Monday calling for their release and permission to meet with attorneys, two requests not...

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Japan PM denies he wants to change constitution to ‘wage war overseas’
Holly Manges Jones
October 3, 2006 07:17:00 am

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told opposition leaders in the lower house of Parliament Tuesday that while he intends to change the role of the country's military in the Japanese constitution , he does not...

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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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