Recent Updates
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Maryland House May Scrap Electoral College
Legal News Feed 03/30/2007The Maryland Senate passed a bill Wednesday to ignore the US Electoral College in presidential elections, instead awarding the state's 10 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. Currently, the state's 10 votes go to the candidate ...
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Bush to veto vote for withdrawal from Iraq
Legal News Feed 03/24/2007[##_1L|1301483363.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]President Bush accused the Democratic-led Congress of wasting taxpayers‘ time picking fights with the White House instead of resolving disputes over money for U.S. troops and the firings of th...
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Blair condemns manner of Saddam's execution
Legal News Feed 01/07/2007[##_1L|1377445624.jpg|width="120" height="131" alt=""|_##]Nine days after Saddam Hussein was put to the death in a grisly, publicized video sequence that outraged the world, Britain's prime minister has finally conveyed his complete denunciation of i...
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US court rejects bid to stop Saddam execution
Legal News Feed 12/30/2006A US federal judge has rejected an eleventh-hour bid by lawyers for Saddam Hussein seeking a direct stay of execution. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a 6-page ruling late Friday evening following a telephone conference with lawyers i...
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Defense lawyer urges US to keep custody of Saddam
Legal News Feed 12/22/2006Former US Attorney General and Saddam Hussein defense lawyer Ramsey Clark on Wednesday urged President Bush to keep Hussein and his Dujail trial co-defendants in US custody, expressing concern that Iraqi officials will torture the convicted defendant...
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US Lawyers Urge Bush to Keep Saddam in Custody
Legal News Feed 12/21/2006Former US Attorney General and Saddam Hussein defense lawyer Ramsey Clark on Wednesday urged President Bush to keep Hussein and his Dujail trial co-defendants in US custody, expressing concern that Iraqi officials will torture the convicted defendant...
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No Breakthroughs at North Korea Nuclear Talks
Legal News Feed 12/19/2006The chief U.S. negotiator at the six-party talks in Beijing that are aimed at persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program says there were no breakthroughs after his first bilateral meeting with his North Korean counterpart. From the...
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Antitrust Division Announces Merger Review
Legal News Feed 12/15/2006WASHINGTON-- The Antitrust Division announced today that it is amending its 2001 Merger Review Process Initiative in order to further streamline the merger investigation process to improve the efficiency of the Division's investigations while reducin...
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Annan urges US to uphold rule of law principles
Legal News Feed 12/12/2006[##_1L|1203688002.jpg|width="107" height="107" alt=""|_##]Outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday urged the US not to abandon "its own ideals and objectives" in the war against terrorism, stressing that "human rights and the rule of law ar...
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DOJ to Monitor Elections in New Orleans
Legal News Feed 12/10/2006WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced that on Dec. 9, 2006, it will monitor the congressional runoff election in New Orleans, La., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act.The Department monitors will watch and record activities during...
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ACLU to Congress- Investigate Rumsfeld Immediately
Legal News Feed 11/10/2006NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded Donald Rumsfeld's resignation from his post as Defense Secretary, and called on Congress to investigate the gross abuse of power committed under his watch. "Donald Rumsfeld's resignation ...
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Abortion ban fails in South Dakota
Legal News Feed 11/08/2006South Dakota voters Tuesday rejected a controversial law banning most abortions passed by the state legislature earlier this year. With 818 out of 818 precincts reporting Wednesday, the final unofficial results for Referred Law 6 were:NO 185948...