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Saudi Arabia condemns passage of 9/11 bill authorizing civil suits for damages
Ram Eachambadi
September 30, 2016 01:01:50 pm

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia has condemned the passage of the 9/11 bill , called the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) , that would allow the families of 9/11...

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UN calls for independent investigation into US drone strike in Afghanistan
Ram Eachambadi
September 30, 2016 11:43:04 am

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Thursday condemned an airstrike launched by unmanned aerial vehicle that struck a civilian home killing 15 and injuring 13, including one child. The airstrike, apparently targeting Islamic State (IS) militants,...

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Federal appeals court strikes down Ohio purging of inactive voters from rolls
Ram Eachambadi
September 24, 2016 02:58:15 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday struck down a procedure implemented by the Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted that effectively eliminated inactive voters from registration rolls if they...

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Missouri Supreme Court announces new mandatory standards for municipal courts
Ram Eachambadi
September 24, 2016 01:34:51 pm

Chief Justice Patricia Breckenridge of the Missouri Supreme Court announced at the joint annual meeting of the Missouri Bar and the Judicial Conference in Lake Ozark on Thursday new mandatory standards of practice and procedure for municipal...

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Rights groups urge international investigation into Yemen war crimes
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September 23, 2016 12:07:40 pm

International human rights groups, including Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) , issued a joint letter on Thursday to the permanent representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council urging them "to...

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September 23, 2016 11:05:04 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on the international community to intensify its efforts to protect cultural treasures against enemy combatants in regions devastated by conflict. Ban specifically directed attention to attacks on cultural heritage...

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September 16, 2016 12:42:18 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that a decades-old federal prohibition against gun ownership by people committed to mental health institutions could violate the Second Amendment, reviving a challenge to the...

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September 16, 2016 12:05:41 pm

A Swedis appellate court in Stockholm on Friday upheld the arrest warrant and detention order issued six years ago against Julian Assange . The warrant, which Assange has challenged multiple times, was issued in 2010...

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Federal appeals court blocks voter proof of citizenship requirement in three states
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September 10, 2016 01:56:46 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday blocked a proof of citizenship requirement imposed upon voters by the states of Alabama, Georgia and Kansas. The court found that the parties...

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Chelsea Manning, a former US soldier imprisoned for leaking classified documents, has gone on a hunger strike to protest her mistreatment at the Fort Leavenworth facility in Kansas where she has been imprisoned since her conviction in military...

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Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.

Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted Vietnam antiwar bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution.

Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts. See Anthony D'Amato, Massachusetts In The Federal Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Vietnam War [PDF], 4 Journal of Law Reform (1970).

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