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New Hampshire governor asks legislature to amend same-sex marriage bill
Posted: May 14th, 2009, 1:27pm MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] New Hampshire Governor John Lynch [official website] said Thursday that he is willing to sign [statement] a same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] bill [text] into law, but only if the legislature amends it to make it clear that religious groups will not be required to perform or recognize the unions. The New Hampshire legislature gave final approval to the bill last week after the -
Spain cabinet approves draft bill expanding abortion rights
Posted: May 14th, 2009, 12:49pm MSD by Matt Glenn
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[JURIST] Spain's Cabinet [official website, in Spanish] approved a draft bill [press release, in Spanish] Thursday that would liberalize Spanish abortion law. The new bill, which must now be approved by Parliament, would give women the right to an abortion any time during the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy. During the next eight weeks an abortion would be allowed only if two doctors determined -
House speaker claims CIA misled Congress on use of harsh interrogation techniques
Posted: May 14th, 2009, 12:05pm MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] Speaker of the US House of Representatives [official website] Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) [official website] said Thursday that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] misled Congress about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques [JURIST news archive] during the Bush administration. Pelosi, the former top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee [official website], said -
Myanmar government criticized over arrest of democracy advocate
Posted: May 14th, 2009, 11:31am MSD by Matt Glenn
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[JURIST] The government of Myanmar [JURIST news archive] received widespread international criticism after jailing democracy advocate and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] Thursday for violating the terms of her house arrest. Myanmar's military junta arrested Suu Kyi after a US man swam across a lake [NYT report] to the compound in which she was confined and spent -
Germany parliament approves late-term abortion restrictions
Posted: May 14th, 2009, 9:10am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] The German Bundestag [official website, in German] voted Wednesday in favor of heightened requirements for late-term abortions including a three-day waiting period and a mandatory psychological evaluation. Current law in Germany outlaws abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy [text, PDF, in German] except in circumstances in which the mental or physical health of the mother is threatened -
Russia plan would shift appointment of Constitutional Court chief to parliament
Posted: May 14th, 2009, 8:34am MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] Speaker of the Russian State Duma [official website, in Russian] Boris Gryzlov said Wednesday that a proposal by President Dmitry Medvedev [official website] to allow parliament to select the head of the Constitutional Court will be supported by the parliamentary majority. Under the proposed legislative amendments [Moscow Times report], the 19 members of the court would no longer have -
Obama considering five women for Supreme Court nomination: report
Posted: May 14th, 2009, 7:02am MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] is considering six possible nominees for the US Supreme Court [official website] to replace retiring Justice David Souter [JURIST report], including five women, the Associated Press reported [AP report] Thursday. This six names disclosed by White House officials are Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Homeland -
Italy lower house approves bill increasing penalties for illegal immigration
Posted: May 14th, 2009, 6:36am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] The Italian Chamber of Deputies [official website, in Italian], the lower house of parliament, on Wednesday approved legislation [materials, in Italian] that would increase the penalties for illegal immigration by a vote of 297-255. The controversial legislation provides that an alien who enters or resides in Italy in violation of existing immigration laws shall be fined between 5,000 -
Bybee declines Senate committee request to testify on interrogation memos
Posted: May 14th, 2009, 5:58am MSD by Jaclyn Belczyk
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[JURIST] Former head of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) [official website] and federal judge Jay Bybee [official profile], who signed off on memos detailing the legal rationale for enhanced interrogation techniques, has declined an invitation to testify [JURIST report] before the US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website], committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official profile] said [