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Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Monday, November 15
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, November 15.The US Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will hold a 12 PM ET hearing on (More) |
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International brief ~ Lithuania becomes first state to ratify new European Constitution
Lithuania became the first EU state to ratify the European Constitution on Thursday, when the Seimas, the Lithuanian Parliament, voted 84-4 (with 3 abstentions) to approve the international treaty. According to the process spelled out for ratificati (More) |
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Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Thursday, Nov. 11
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, November 11.Today is Veteran's Day, a US federal holiday. Federal courts and most state courts are closed.The US House and (More) |
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Bosnian Serb officials offer first apology for Srebrenica massacre
The Bosnian Serb government apologized for the first time Wednesday to family members and friends of the roughly 8,000 Muslims killed in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. The government issued a statement in which it said it "sympathizes with th (More) |
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Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Wednesday, Nov. 10
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, November 10.The US Supreme Court hears 10 AM ET arguments in two cases today. In the first, Illinois v. Caballes (case summary (More) |
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Lawyers for Milosevic ask to be removed as standby counsel
Steven Kay and Gillian Higgins, the two lawyers appointed to defend former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic in his war crimes trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, asked the court Tuesday to be dismissed (More) |
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Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Tuesday, Nov. 9
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, Nov. 9.The US Supreme Court will hear 10 AM ET oral arguments in the consolidated case of Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. Thompso (More) |
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Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Monday, Nov. 8
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, Nov. 8.The US Supreme Court hears arguments in two cases Monday, with the first to begin at 10 AM ET. In Devenpeck v. Alford (cas (More) |
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Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Friday, Nov. 5
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, Nov. 5.The Cato Institute is holding a briefing on Congressional legislation of computer spyware, featuring Orson Swindle of the (More) |
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Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Thursday, Nov. 4
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Nov. 4.C-SPAN's Washington Journal takes a look at how President Bush's election victory could shape the Supreme Court (More) |
US Congress passed "starve or sell" bill pressuring Sioux to give up Black Hills
On August 15, 1876, two months after the Battle of Little Big Horn, the US Congress passed a "starve or sell" bill providing that no further appropriations would be made for the subsistence of the Sioux Indian nation unless they gave up the Black Hills, where General George C. Custer had found gold in 1874.
Learn more about the US seizure of the Black Hills and Sioux legal efforts to have the land returned.
