US Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that passing hate crimes legislation is one of his top priorities for the future, during the first Department of Justice (DOJ) [official...
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Holder tells Senate judiciary committee hate crimes legislation is a DOJ priority
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Slavery apology resolution [US Senate]
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Scrushy HealthSouth shareholder liability ruling [Jefferson County AL CC]
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Post-conviction DNA evidence access ruling [US SC]
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Age discrimination burden of proof ruling [US SC]
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Double jeopardy 5th Amendment ruling [US SC]
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Federal employee same-sex partnership benefits memorandum [White House]
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Rwanda genocide tribunal begins retrial of ex-army officer
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Obama proposes broad financial regulations to increase confidence
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House subcommittee questions Uighur terrorist classification
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Resolution apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African Americans, S Con Res 26, US Senate, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
Tucker, et al. v. Scrushy, et al., Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.FindLaw | Opinion in Tucker v....
District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. v. Osborne, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 [holding that a defendant does not have the right to obtain post-conviction access to the state's biological evidence in order to do...
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 [holding that the burden is on the plaintiff to prove that age was the determining factor in an age discrimination in employment suit and that a mixed-motive jury...
Yeager v. United States, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 [holding that a criminal defendant cannot face new prosecution for counts on which a jury failed to reach a verdict but that share a common element with other counts of...
Memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies, Subject: Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination, The White House, June 17, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday began the retrial of former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi . In August, the ICTR quashed Muvunyi's 25-year prison sentence, ruling that...
US President Barack Obama proposed a broad series of financial regulatory reforms Wednesday intended to reestablish stability and confidence in the US financial system. The plan calls for the expansion of Federal Reserve...
A US House of Representatives subcommittee questioned why a group of Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs is classified as a terrorist organization during a hearing Tuesday. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee...
