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	<title>Promulgations &#187; This Day at Law</title>
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		<title>This Day at Law: Iran fined $2.65 billion for 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing </title>
		<link>http://jurist.org/thisday/2010/09/07/iran-fined-265-billion-for-1983-beirut-marine-barracks-bombing.php</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	    				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On September 7, 2007, a federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Iran must compensate the families of 241 US military personnel killed in the 1983 bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut. The holding awarded $2.65 billion, the largest such judgment ever awarded by a US court against a foreign country, to survivors and relatives of the victims and allows them to make a bid for Iranian assets held around the world. Iran later dismissed the ruling, calling it "baseless" and "politically motivated." Iranian flag Learn more about the 1983 Marine barracks bombing from the BBC. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Day at Law: US House passed patent overhaul legislation</title>
		<link>http://jurist.org/thisday/2010/09/07/us-house-passed-patent-overhaul-legislation.php</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	    				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On September 7, 2007, the US House of Representatives voted 220-175 in favor of the Patent Reform Act of 2007, the first overhaul of US patent laws in more than 50 years. The reforms would have changed the current system of granting patent rights to the first inventor and instead adopt a "first-to-file" system, recognizing patent rights in the first person who actually files for patents. The bill would have amended the system of post-patent review for those seeking to challenge the validity of a patent and would impose more stringent regulations for awarding damages in infringement cases, based on the value of the patent infringement. It also would have ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Day at Law: Shiite lawmakers presented draft plan for dividing Iraq</title>
		<link>http://jurist.org/thisday/2010/09/06/shiite-lawmakers-presented-draft-plan-for-dividing-iraq.php</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	    				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On September 6, 2006, the Shiite United Iraqi Alliance presented a draft plan for dictating the division of Iraq into autonomous regions to the Iraq National Assembly. The draft law provided for autonomy for the Shiite-majority south and recognizes the existing autonomy of the three northern Kurdish provinces. Current Iraqi flag Learn more about Iraq from the JURIST news archive. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Day at Law: Federal judge ruled Patriot Act gag orders unconstitutional </title>
		<link>http://jurist.org/thisday/2010/09/06/federal-judge-ruled-patriot-act-gag-orders-unconstitutional.php</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	    				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On September 6, 2007, a judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that issuing National Security Letters (NSLs) demanding private information and imposing gag orders on recipients under the reauthorized and revised USA Patriot Act was unconstitutional without judicial review. In the ruling, the court held that allowing the FBI to issue NSLs without seeking prior court approval from a judge or grand jury violated several constitutional principles including separation of powers and First Amendment rights. Learn more about the Patriot Act from the JURIST news archive. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Day at Law: France passed conscription law</title>
		<link>http://jurist.org/thisday/2010/09/05/france-passed-conscription-law.php</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	    				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On September 5, 1798, France promulgated a conscription policy with the passage of the Jourdan Law. The law instituted a draft for all males between the ages of 20 and 25 with exceptions for clergy, holders of public office and certain students and industrial workers. The law also allowed people to hire others to take their place in the military. Learn more about French conscription from the BBC. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Day at Law: John Roberts nominated as Supreme Court Chief Justice</title>
		<link>http://jurist.org/thisday/2010/09/05/john-roberts-nominated-as-supreme-court-chief-justice.php</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	    				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On September 5, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated John Roberts as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, succeeding the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Roberts served as a clerk for Rehnquist and was originally nominated to replace associate justice Sandra Day O'Connor before Rehnquist's death. Roberts had served as a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit before his nomination. Learn more about Chief Justice John Roberts from the Oyez Project, and the Supreme Court from the JURIST news archive. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Day at Law: DC appealed handgun ban ruling to Supreme Court </title>
		<link>http://jurist.org/thisday/2010/09/04/dc-appealed-handgun-ban-ruling-to-supreme-court.php</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	    				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On September 4, 2007, Washington, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty and DC Attorney General Linda Singer appealed the ruling of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit invalidating DC's handgun ban to the US Supreme Court. The court had found that the city's 30-year-old ban on private possession of handguns was unconstitutionally broad. The Supreme Court ruled against DC in the case, District of Columbia v. Heller, finding that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to private gun ownership. Learn more about the Second Amendment from Cornell University's Legal Information Institute. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Day at Law: Israeli high court ordered re-routing of West Bank security barrier</title>
		<link>http://jurist.org/thisday/2010/09/04/israel-high-court-ordered-re-routing-of-west-bank-security-barrier.php</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	    				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On September 4, 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel ordered the Israeli government to redraw the route of its West Bank security barrier near the Palestinian village of Bilin within a "reasonable period." The court also determined that the separation barrier discriminates against Bilin residents because the Israeli government has seized and uprooted thousands of olive trees along the border to make room for construction. A section of the security barrier Learn more about the security barrier from B'Tselem, and about Israeli policy in the Palestinian territories from the JURIST news archive. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Day at Law: Dallas suburb sued over ordinance targeting illegal immigrants</title>
		<link>http://jurist.org/thisday/2010/09/03/dallas-suburb-sued-over-ordinance-targeting-illegal-immigrants.php</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	    				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On September 3, 2008, a Farmers Branch municipal ordinance prohibiting illegal immigrants from renting property was challenged in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs argued it is unconstitutional because it violated the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution by regulating immigration and denying immigrants equal protection and due process rights. The lawsuit was successful, resulting in a permanent injunction against the law issued in March 2010. The city of Fremont, Nebraska passed a nearly identical housing scheme in July 2010, resulting in ongoing litigation. Learn more about US immigration law from the JURIST news archive. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Day at Law: US Treasury eased Cuba family travel restrictions</title>
		<link>http://jurist.org/thisday/2010/09/03/us-treasury-eased-cuba-family-travel-restrictions.php</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	    				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On September 3, 2009, the US Department of the Treasury lifted travel restrictions and restrictions on money transfers between Cuban-Americans and their families in Cuba. The department also authorized US telecommunications companies work within Cuba to facilitate communication between families split between the two countries. The changes did not lift the general economic embargo that has been in place against Cuba since 1962. Travel restrictions to Cuba remained in effect for Americans of non-Cuban descent, and Americans continued to be barred from sending gifts to high-ranking Cuban politicians. Cuban flag Learn more about US-Cuba relations from the Council of Foreign Relations. ]]></content:encoded>
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