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News Supreme Court sends Uighur case back to lower court
Supreme Court sends Uighur case back to lower court
Jaclyn Belczyk
March 1, 2010 10:06:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to reconsider the case of seven Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay . The court originally granted certiorari [JURIST...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in sex offender registration case
Supreme Court hears arguments in sex offender registration case
Jaclyn Belczyk
February 24, 2010 03:53:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Carr v. United States , the court heard arguments on whether the...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on terrorism support law
Supreme Court hears arguments on terrorism support law
Jaclyn Belczyk
February 23, 2010 04:17:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project , the court heard arguments on whether...

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News Supreme Court rules police warnings satisfied <u>Miranda</u> requirements
Supreme Court rules police warnings satisfied Miranda requirements
Jaclyn Belczyk
February 23, 2010 11:11:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 7-2 in Florida v. Powell that the requirements of Miranda v. Arizona are satisfied by advice that a...

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News Supreme Court rules corporation&#8217;s principal place of business is its &#8216;nerve center&#8217;
Supreme Court rules corporation’s principal place of business is its ‘nerve center’
Jaclyn Belczyk
February 23, 2010 10:18:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Hertz Corp. v. Friend that, for the purposes of diversity jurisdiction , a corporation's principal place of...

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News Supreme Court hears attorneys&#8217; fees, employment discrimination cases
Supreme Court hears attorneys’ fees, employment discrimination cases
Jaclyn Belczyk
February 22, 2010 04:14:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Astrue v. Ratliff , the court heard arguments on whether an award...

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News Supreme Court rules excessive force claims must be decided on nature of force
Supreme Court rules excessive force claims must be decided on nature of force
Jaclyn Belczyk
February 22, 2010 11:09:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Wilkins v. Gaddy that excessive force claims must be decided based on the nature of the force rather than the extent of the...

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US war crimes ambassador says US unlikely to join ICC in ‘foreseeable future’
Jaclyn Belczyk
January 28, 2010 03:01:00 pm

US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp said Thursday that no US president is likely to present the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to...

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News Supreme Court rules city lacks standing to bring suit against &#8216;tax-free&#8217; cigarette website
Supreme Court rules city lacks standing to bring suit against ‘tax-free’ cigarette website
Jaclyn Belczyk
January 25, 2010 10:07:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-3 in Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York that the city government lacks standing under the Racketeer Influenced...

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Supreme Court eases corporate restrictions on political campaign spending
Jaclyn Belczyk
January 21, 2010 10:01:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Thursday decided 5-4 in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission to ease restrictions on political campaign spending by corporations. The Court was asked to...

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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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