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Lawyers who authored interrogation memos should be disbarred: coalition
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 1:13pm MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] A coalition of progressive organizations Monday filed disciplinary complaints with five state bar associations seeking the disbarment [materials] of 12 former US government officials associated with the legal rationales behind the Bush administration's use of enhanced interrogation techniques [JURIST news archive]. Complaints filed by the Velvet Revolution [advocacy website] with the bar -
Myanmar court begins trial of jailed democracy advocate
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 12:45pm MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] Pro-democracy advocate and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] went on trial Monday in Myanmar for violating the terms of her house arrest. Suu Kyi allegedly violated these terms earlier this month by allowing an American man who swam across a lake [NYT report] to stay with her and faces up to five years imprisonment. Her arrest was controversial and highly -
Supreme Court remands Ashcroft immunity case
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 12:19pm MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday ruled [opinion, PDF] 5-4 in Ashcroft v. Iqbal [JURIST report] that a complaint filed against former US Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller [official profiles] and other officials by a terrorism suspect failed to adequately state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 [text] and the -
Somali pirate suspects go on trial in Netherlands court
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 11:16am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] Five Somalians suspected of piracy [JURIST news archive] went on trial Monday before a Dutch court in Rotterdam. The men are accused of attempting to hijack [NRC Handelsblad report] a Dutch Antilles freighter in the Gulf of Aden in January. The Danish navy seized the Somalians in February and handed them over to Dutch authorities. While at least one of the men has admitted an intention -
UK court rules European human rights laws apply to soldiers in Iraq
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 10:54am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] The England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) on Monday ruled [judgment text] that the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) [text] applies to UK troops serving abroad. The court found that the UK's obligation under the Human Rights Act of 1998 [text], which implemented the ECHR in the UK, extends in some cases beyond territorial jurisdiction, including foreign service by -
Supreme Court rules against retroactive application of pregnancy discrimination law
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 7:49am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] Monday ruled [opinion, PDF] 7-2 in ATT Corp. v. Hulteen [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that companies do not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) [EEOC backgrounder] by failing to award employees credit for maternity leave taken before the act's effective date. The Court found that although the method of -
Supreme Court takes separation of powers, equal employment, fraud cases
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 7:42am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday granted certiorari [order list, PDF] in four cases. In Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board [docket; cert. petition, PDF], the Court will consider whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 [GPO materials] violates Constitutional separation of powers by affording -
Foreign intelligence surveillance warrants decline in 2008: DOJ report
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 5:51am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Friday reported to Congress [text, PDF] that 2,083 wiretap and search requests for investigating terrorism suspects were granted in 2008 through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) [text; JURIST news archive], a decline from 2,370 in 2007. This was the first decrease in warrants since the 9/11 terror attacks [JURIST -
Federal judge dismisses US-Mexico border fence challenge
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 5:50am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] A federal judge on Friday dismissed [opinion, PDF] a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [official website] that sought to block construction of a fence along the US-Mexico border. The Texas Border Coalition [advocacy website], a group of Texan officials and business owners, filed suit [JURIST report] last year challenging the condemnation of land for the -
Senate Republicans want Supreme Court nominee to apply law impartially
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 4:28am MSD by Safiya Boucaud
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[JURIST] US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) [official website] said Sunday that he wants the Supreme Court [official website] nominee who will replace retiring Justice David Souter [JURIST report] to be someone who will apply the law without bias. Speaking on Fox News Sunday, McConnell said [transcript]:what we are looking for, we meaning Republicans in the Senate ... is a nominee