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Wisconsin AG asks court to block order halting union bargaining law

Wisconsin AG asks court to block order halting union bargaining law

Jennie Ryan

March 21, 2011 02:58:00 pm

Wisconsin Attorney General JB Van Hollen (R) asked the state's Court of Appeals on Monday to block an order issued last week temporarily halting a legislative measure designed to curb the collective bargaining...

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Peru national first to be arrested under new UK genocide law

Peru national first to be arrested under new UK genocide law

Jennie Ryan

March 17, 2011 01:46:37 pm

A spokesperson for the UK's Metropolitan Police Service on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a 46-year-old Peruvian national on suspicion of crimes against humanity and torture. He is suspected of involvement with the Shining Path , a...

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Obama calls for gun law reforms to minimize violence

Obama calls for gun law reforms to minimize violence

Jennie Ryan

March 14, 2011 03:26:02 pm

US President Barack Obama called Sunday for greater enforcement of gun laws in the wake of the January shootings in Arizona . In an opinion piece published by the Arizona Daily Star, Obama called for...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.

Learn more about Belva Lockwood.

British Labour Party founded

On February 15, 1906, the British Labour Party was organized. By the 1920's, Labour had surpassed the Liberal Party to become the primary opposition to the Conservative Party in Great Britain. Today, the government is controlled by Labour, headed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Read the Labour Party Rule Book.