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News Federal judge orders five Guantanamo detainees released
Federal judge orders five Guantanamo detainees released
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 20, 2008 12:37:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainees. In the first ruling on detainees' rights since the...

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News Uruguay president vetoes legislation decriminalizing abortion
Uruguay president vetoes legislation decriminalizing abortion
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 14, 2008 02:09:00 pm

Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez on Friday vetoed legislation that would have partially decriminalized abortion in the country. The bill was passed by Uruguay's Senate [official website,...

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News Supreme Court hears First Amendment, <i>habeas</i> cases
Supreme Court hears First Amendment, habeas cases
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 12, 2008 04:16:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Pleasant Grove City, UT v. Summum , the Court considered whether privately donated monuments...

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News Supreme Court rules against environmentalists in Navy sonar case
Supreme Court rules against environmentalists in Navy sonar case
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 12, 2008 01:08:00 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Winter v. National Resources Defense Council that the US Navy may continue using sonar as part of military training...

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News Supreme Court hears sentencing, gun law, testimonial evidence cases
Supreme Court hears sentencing, gun law, testimonial evidence cases
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 10, 2008 03:16:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases. In Chambers v. United States , the Court will consider whether failure to report to...

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News Malaysia court refuses to transfer Ibrahim sodomy trial to high court
Malaysia court refuses to transfer Ibrahim sodomy trial to high court
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 7, 2008 03:09:00 pm

A judge in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Friday ruled that the sodomy trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will not be transferred to the country's High Court. The application...

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News Colorado ballot measure banning affirmative action fails
Colorado ballot measure banning affirmative action fails
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 7, 2008 01:52:00 pm

A ballot measure to prohibit governmental agencies from discriminating or granting preferences on the basis of race and sex has been narrowly rejected by voters in Colorado, according...

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News New ICJ judges include UK professor who asserted legality of Iraq war
New ICJ judges include UK professor who asserted legality of Iraq war
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 7, 2008 10:29:00 am

The UN General Assembly and Security Council on Thursday elected five new judges to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) . Judges Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh of Jordan, currently the...

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News Supreme Court hears FCC, anti-dumping, habeas corpus cases
Supreme Court hears FCC, anti-dumping, habeas corpus cases
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 4, 2008 03:58:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in three cases. In FCC v. Fox Television Stations , the court will consider whether the Federal Communications...

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News Supreme Court takes DNA evidence and injured worker cases
Supreme Court takes DNA evidence and injured worker cases
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 3, 2008 10:45:00 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases Monday. In District Attorney’s Office v. Osborne the Court will consider whether a defendant has the right, under...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland.
Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

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