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Supreme Court declines to rule on Asian carp
Hillary Stemple
February 28, 2012 01:59:59 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant an injunction, and denied a petition for writ of certiorari in Michigan v. US Army Corp. of Engineers . Five states petitioned the court...

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Germany high court rules eurozone stimulus oversight procedure unconstitutional
Hillary Stemple
February 28, 2012 12:59:01 pm

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that use of a parliamentary subcommittee to fast-track decisions related to eurozone bailouts is unconstitutional, and that such decisions require full oversight of the...

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Hillary Stemple
February 21, 2012 02:30:04 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday in Kawashima v. Holder that, under the Immigration and Nationality Act , the making of false tax returns is a...

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Supreme Court declines to expand definition of custodial for Miranda purposes
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February 21, 2012 01:21:52 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday in Howes v. Fields that a US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit categorical rule that all private questioning of prisoners about outside events is...

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EU court limits privacy rights for public figures
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued two rulings on Tuesday upholding the right of the media to report on celebrities and limiting celebrities' right to privacy. In Axel Springer AG v. Germany ,...

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February 7, 2012 01:18:13 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled Monday that Texas can begin enforcing a state law that requires women to have a sonogram before undergoing...

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January 31, 2012 01:14:07 pm

Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon took the stand in his second trial before the Spanish Supreme Court on Tuesday and defended his investigation into war crimes allegedly committed under...

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January 24, 2012 12:28:36 pm

The Canadian government on Monday deported Rwandan war crimes suspect Leon Mugesera, after a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled that the court did not have jurisdiction to rule on immigration cases. Mugesera, who has been fighting deportation...

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Spain high court begins first trial of judge Garzon
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January 17, 2012 12:50:25 pm

The trial of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon , accused of ordering illegal wiretaps in jailhouses, began on Tuesday before a seven-judge panel of the Spanish Supreme Court . The court announced in...

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January 17, 2012 11:43:46 am

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US suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate

On September 20, 1884, a group of American suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class."
Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party.

The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries, and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.

Catholic Church tries Galileo for heresy

On September 20, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church tried Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was brought before the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith for his assertion that the Earth orbits the Sun. He was sentenced to spend the rest of his life under house arrest.
Read documents from the trial of Galileo.

Suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate

On September 20, 1884, a group of suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class."
Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party.

The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries, and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.

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