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News Pakistan court lifts Musharraf travel ban
Pakistan court lifts Musharraf travel ban
Jaclyn Belczyk
June 12, 2014 04:02:11 pm

Pakistan's Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday lifted a travel ban that had prevented former president Pervez Musharraf from leaving the country. Opponents will have 15 days to challenge the...

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News Federal appeals court rules warrant needed to track cell phone location
Federal appeals court rules warrant needed to track cell phone location
Jaclyn Belczyk
June 12, 2014 02:21:25 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that police must obtain a warrant to get a person's cell phone location history from the cell phone provider. Police conducting a robbery investigation...

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News US rights groups report abuse of unaccompanied immigrant children
US rights groups report abuse of unaccompanied immigrant children
Jaclyn Belczyk
June 12, 2014 01:29:04 pm

Unaccompanied immigrant children are facing abuse and mistreatment at the hands of US customs officials, according to a complaint filed Wednesday by a group of human rights organizations. The National Immigrant Justice Center, Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project,...

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News Supreme Court rules for POM Wonderful in false advertising case
Supreme Court rules for POM Wonderful in false advertising case
Jaclyn Belczyk
June 12, 2014 12:08:43 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co. that POM Wonderful can go ahead with a federal false advertising lawsuit under the Lanham Act . Pom Wonderful sued...

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News Supreme Court rules on retirement funds in bankruptcy case
Supreme Court rules on retirement funds in bankruptcy case
Jaclyn Belczyk
June 12, 2014 11:36:52 am

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in Clark v. Rameker that funds held in inherited individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are not "retirement funds" for bankruptcy purposes. Section 522 of the Bankruptcy Code...

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ICC confirms war crimes charges against Congo rebel leader
Jaclyn Belczyk
June 10, 2014 01:11:08 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday confirmed charges against Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda . The charges consist of 18 counts of war crimes including murder, rape,...

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News Russia court sentences Politkovskaya killers to life in prison
Russia court sentences Politkovskaya killers to life in prison
Jaclyn Belczyk
June 9, 2014 03:06:47 pm

A Russian court on Monday sentenced two men to life in prison for the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Rustam Makhmudov was convicted last month of pulling the trigger, and his...

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News Supreme Court rules state statute of repose not preempted by federal law
Supreme Court rules state statute of repose not preempted by federal law
Jaclyn Belczyk
June 9, 2014 02:11:07 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday in CTS Corp. v. Waldburger that the discovery rule set forth in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) does not preempt a...

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Supreme Court rules on bankrtupcy court jurisdiction
Jaclyn Belczyk
June 9, 2014 12:43:24 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Executive Benefits Ins. Agency v. Arkison that when a bankruptcy court lacks jurisdiction to enter a final judgment, the bankruptcy court can still issue proposed...

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News Supreme Court rules in child immigration case
Supreme Court rules in child immigration case
Jaclyn Belczyk
June 9, 2014 11:38:23 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday in Scialabba v. Cuellar de Osorio that a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) does not automatically grant relief to all aliens who...

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President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act

On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.

Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.

UK returns Hong Kong to China

On July 1, 1997, the United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to China at the conclusion of a 99-year lease. The foundation for the transfer of power was set in December of 1984, when China and UK signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong. The Declaration affirmed the handover of Hong Kong along with governing principles. Most significantly, the Chinese agreed not to impose their socialist system on Hong Kong.

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