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WORLD LAW Yemen: terrorist haven? Yemeni law takes the spotlight as authorities investigate possible terrorism associated with the recent explosion of a oil tanker off Yemen's coast. MORE WORLD LAW
FAMOUS TRIALS OJ revisited From the JURIST archives - Professor Douglas Linder takes a look back at the 1995 trial of O.J. Simpson for the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman [October 2000]. MORE FAMOUS TRIALS
MILOSEVIC TRIAL Is Slobodan Milosevic getting a fair trial? "As days pass it appears that spanners are constantly thrown into the works to make life difficult for Slobo. However his tenacity has impressed me and his experience in the legal field has helped him along.
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Saturday, September 21, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... President reiterates criticism of Senate Homeland Security Bill In his weekly radio address Saturday, President Bush renewed his criticism of the Homeland Security Bill now under debate in the Senate. MORE ON JURIST: HOMELAND SECURITY NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:28 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... McConnell nomination hearing video In association with its weekly TV program America and the Courts, C-SPAN has posted online the full-length video proceedings of Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Professor Michael W. McConnell's nomination to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. [link via How Appealing]
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 6:43 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Commerce Department extends ICANN authority for a year
The US Department of Commerce announced Friday that it was extending for an additional year its Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN, the oversight body for domain names on the Internet. MORE ON JURIST: DOMAIN NAMES NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 1:16 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... 9th Circuit: ABC hidden cameras did not trespass The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that ABC PrimeTimeLive did not trespass or invade privacy rights when it took hidden cameras into a private area of a California medical lab that its undercover journalists had been invited into. MORE ON JURIST: CASES & STATUTES
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:53 AM | #
Friday, September 20, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... ICTY unseals indictment, releases Bosnian Serb genocide defendant
On Friday the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia unsealed its latest indictment for war crimes against Croatian General Janko Bobetko and provisionally released Bosnian Serb genocide defendant Momar Talic on medical grounds. MORE ON JURIST: WAR CRIMES NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 2:55 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Rights groups ask secret appeals court to hear them, restrain government
A coalition of civil liberties groups Friday petitioned[PDF] the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Review Court to accept an amicus brief[PDF] urging it to reject the US Justice Department's request for expanded powers to conduct surveillance on US citizens. The Court met on September 9 but only allowed the government to present arguments.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 2:40 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Constitutionality of Bush Iraq resolution questioned
[UPDATED] In a letter sent Friday to members of Congress, the ACLU argued that President Bush's proposed congressional resolution allowing the use of force to depose Saddam Hussein is too open-ended to be constitutional. Senator Patrick Leahy, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, agreed that the resolution was overbroad. MORE ON JURIST: IRAQ DISCUSSION
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 2:23 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Senate confirms Raggi for 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
By an 85-0 vote, the Senate Friday confirmed the appointment of US District Judge Reena Raggi to the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 1:45 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... U. Michigan: Supreme Court should not hear admissions lawsuit
Speaking at a University of Michigan forum, outside counsel for the University of Michigan has said that U.S. Supreme Court should refuse to hear an appeal[PDF] in the lawsuit challenging the Law School's admissions policy.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 10:32 AM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... 4th Circuit: state access to abortion clinic records does not violate privacy
The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled by a split 2-1 decision Thursday that a South Carolina law allowing state inspectors access to abortion clinic records does not violate patients' privacy rights because the state is required to keep patient records confidential. MORE ON JURIST: CASES & STATUTES
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:24 AM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... 2nd Circuit overturns investor's $164.5 million award against broker
The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday overturned a $164.5 million verdict awarded to an investor who claimed his broker's bad advice and negligence had caused him to lose $300 million in the currency market. The court emphasized that the investor was experienced and his broker had only made trades with his permission. MORE ON JURIST: CASES & STATUTES
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 7:52 AM | #
THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... Slave trade abolished in DC
On this day in 1850, the slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 7:35 AM | #
Thursday, September 19, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... Government resists media access to Moussaoui documents
In a response filed Thursday in US District Court, the US government objected to media intervenors being granted access to sealed pleadings and documents in the Moussaoui case as those were not truly documents related to a judicial proceeding, but rather threats, slurs, incitements and attempts to communicate with outside parties contrary to court order. MORE ON JURIST: MOUSSAOUI TRIAL NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:08 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Bush asks Congress for use of force resolution on Iraq
[UPDATED] The Bush Administration asked Congress Thursday to approve a use of force resolution on Iraq. The US State Department has posted the full-text resolution and a transcript of a background briefing given by "two senior administration officials."
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 5:59 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Senate committee considers antitrust enforcement
Officials from the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission testified on enforcement of antitrust laws Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and Business and Consumer Rights.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 5:21 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Oral arguments: Washington State Supreme Court
The Washington State Supreme Court began[via TVW] its 2002 Fall Term Thursday.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 2:24 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Iraq: weapons inspections should accord with international law
Speaking Thursday to the United Nations General Assembly, Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri called for UN weapons inspection teams to conform to the standards of international lawand not to engage in espionage as he said they had in the past. MORE ON JURIST: IRAQ NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 1:51 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... FBI chief testifies on PATRIOT Act
[UPDATED] FBI Director Robert Mueller and other government officials testified Thursday at the House Committee on Financial Services hearing on "Terrorist Financing: A Progress Report on Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act."
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 9:56 AM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Estrada nomination hearing scheduled
Senator Patrick Leahy, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Wednesday at the nomination hearing of Professor Michael W. McConnell that the Committee would hold another hearing next Thursday, September 26, on the long-pending nomination of Miguel Estrada to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Estrada's nomination is supported by the US Department of Justice, Latino groups such as the Hispanic Business Roundtable, and conservative groups such as Concerned Women for America; Estrada is opposed by NOW, the Alliance for Justice, and other liberal organizations.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:31 AM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... 9th Circuit: US corporation can stand trial for forced labor
Offering a new interpretation of the 200-year old Alien Tort Claims Act, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that California-based Unocol Corporation could stand trial for providing "knowing practical assistance or encouragement" to the Burmese military in subjecting certain Burmese villagers to forced labor associated with the construction of a gas pipeline. MORE ON JURIST: CASES & STATUTES
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:07 AM | #
THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... Bruno Hauptmann arrested
On this day in 1934, German immigrant Bruno Hauptmann was arrested in New York for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the 20 month-old son of famed transatlantic aviator Charles Lindbergh. MORE ON JURIST: THE TRIAL OF BRUNO HAUPTMANN
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 7:49 AM | #
Wednesday, September 18, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... Moussaoui seeks Net access to case info, slams counsel In a handwritten pleading[PDF] unsealed and released Wednesday, accused terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui asked to be given Internet access to case material collected by defense Standby Counsel Frank Dunham. In the pleading Moussaoui accused Dunham of holding back material in the hope that Moussaoui would have to turn his pro se defense over to him, but Moussaoui declared that "I have more chance to live if I load a bullet in .38...and play Russian rullet" [sic]. The pleading was unsealed by Judge Leonie M. Brinkema as she considered it free of slurs, threats or incitements and the United States did not object to its public filing with slight redactions. MORE ON JURIST: MOUSSAOUI TRIAL NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 3:16 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Administration seeks Congressional resolution on Iraq
[UPDATED] In a meeting with Congressional leaders Wednesday President Bush called for Congress to pass a resolution supporting his Administration's policy on Iraq before members break for elections in early November. The call for a Congressional resolution was repeated by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in testimony Wednesday before the House Armed Services Committee. MORE ON JURIST: IRAQ NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 2:29 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... White House dismisses Iraq inspection offer
Responding to Iraq's decision to allow the return of United Nations weapons inspectors to that country without conditions, the White House has issued a timeline detailing the Iraqi regime's "repeated pattern of accepting inspections 'without conditions' and then demanding conditions, often at gunpoint." MORE ON JURIST: IRAQ NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 12:52 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Government responds to contempt order
Citing some of the key accomplishments of the Indian trust management program since 1991, the US Justice and Interior Departments have responded to Tuesday's ruling by US District Judge Royce Lamberth holding the US Secretary of the Interior in contempt for her management of Indian trust assets.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 12:39 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... McConnell nomination hearing
[UPDATED] The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday on judical nominations, including the nomination of Professor Michael W. McConnell to the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:37 AM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... House holds hearing on INS foreign student tracking
[UPDATED] The House Judiciary Committee Sub-committee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims held a hearing Wednesday on the implementation of the Foreign Student Tracking Program by the US Immigration and Naturalization service.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:32 AM | #
NEW ON JURIST... Teach law in China
Yale University and Johns Hopkins University are looking for law professors and lawyers to teach American and/or international law in China. MORE ON JURIST: LAW TEACHING JOBS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:26 AM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Secret detention and deportation hearings violated constitutional rights
In the latest of a series of court rulings rejecting the Bush administration's practice of secret deportation hearings for persons detained on terrorism-related charges, US District Judge Nancy Edmunds ruled[PDF] Tuesday that the United States violated the constitutional rights of Lebanese citizen Rabih Haddad by subjecting him to a secret deportation hearing following his detention in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Judge Edmonds ordered that he be granted a new public hearing or be released within 10 days. MORE ON JURIST: CASES & STATUTES
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:15 AM | #
THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... Joseph Story born Joseph Story, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author, was born at at Marblehead, Massachusetts on this day in 1779.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:03 AM | #
Tuesday, September 17, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... McConnell nomination on collision course
[UPDATED] With a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Professor Michael W. McConnell to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled for Wednesday, critics and supporters were busy Tuesday seeking last-minute publicity for their positions. The US Department of Justice has a pro-McConnell website; groups such as NARAL and Americans United for Separation of Church and State have posted anti-McConnell reports.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 4:24 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... 3rd Circuit hears arguments on secret immigration hearings
The US Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments today on the legality of government policy blocking media and public access to immigration hearings of people detained after Sept. 11. Last month the Sixth Circuit struck down the policy in the case of an immigrant from Detroit.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 4:12 PM | #
NEW ON JURIST... A post-9/11 view of Liberty
In the latest in JURIST's Tillers on Evidence blog, Professor Peter Tillers offers some personal post-9/11 reflections on immigration and liberty. MORE ON JURIST: LAW BLOGS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 3:44 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... House hearing on school choice
The House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing Tuesday on the Supreme Court's school choice decision and Congress' authority to enact choice programs.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 2:00 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... US Interior Secretary held in contempt re: Indian trust
Calling US Interior Secretary Gale Norton "an unfit trustee-delegate for the United States", US District Judge Royce Lamberth held[PDF] her in contempt[PDF] Tuesday for commiting "fraud on the Court" and disregarding an order to fix oversight problems with a controversialtrust fund of royalties for resources derived from Indian land.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 1:47 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Cantor Fitzgerald slams WTC victims compensation fund
A report[PDF] released online Tuesday by Cantor Fitzgerald, the bond brokerage firm that lost 658 of its 1058 World Trade Center headquarters employees in the September 11 attacks, says that the Victims Compensation Fund administered by Special Master Kenneth Feinberg is biased and would "greatly undercompensate" victims' families.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 12:21 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... More on New York terror cell arrests
The US Department of Justice and the FBI have posted additional information online concerning the arrests of 5 men in the Buffalo NY area suspected of belonging to an Al Qaeda cell. See the original announcement of arrests by Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson, the FBI Buffalo press release from Friday, September 14 with supporting affidavit and complaint, and a follow-up release from Monday, September 16 on the arrest and charging of a sixth suspect.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 10:56 AM | #
NEW ON JURIST... Faculty positions at FIU College of Law
Florida International University College of Law is seeking to fill up to 6 regular faculty slots and hire a Director of Clinical Programs. MORE ON JURIST: LAW TEACHING JOBS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 10:31 AM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... 9th Circuit stops logging in Montana National Forest
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that planned logging of 226 acres in Montana's Gallatin National Forest had to be delayed until the federal government completed more studies on its environmental impact, and in particular investigated the consequences of logging for grizzly bears protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 10:14 AM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... 7th Circuit upholds Indiana abortion counseling law
In a 2-1 split decision that overturned a lower court judgment, the US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled[PDF] Monday that an Indiana law requiring women to get in-person counseling before having an abortion is constitutional. MORE ON JURIST: ABORTION NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 9:58 AM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Iraq agrees to return of UN weapons inspectors
UN Security Council has released Monday evening's letter[PDF] from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the President of the Security Council, conveying the Iraqi Foreign Minister's letter agreeing unconditionally to the return of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq. MORE ON JURIST: UNITED NATIONS NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 9:50 AM | #
THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... US Constitution signed
On this day in 1787, the United States Constitution was signed by the 39 delegates to the federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 9:25 AM | #
Monday, September 16, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... Copyright in Reginald Denny beating tape upheld
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled[PDF] Monday that Los Angeles News Service could sue CBS for breach of copyright for distributing, without consent, footage of Reginald Denny being beaten during the Los Angeles riots a decade ago. The court dismissed a separate suit against Court TV on grounds that Court TV's broadcast of a tiny portion of the tape to advertise its coverage of the trial of Denny's attackers was "fair use." MORE ON JURIST: CASES & STATUTES
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:37 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Media may argue for access to Moussaoui record
US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema ruled[PDF] Monday that AP, CBS, CNN, the Washington Post, USA Today and other media could intervene in the case against Zacarias Moussaoui for the limited purpose of presenting arguments for access[PDF] to portions of the record. MORE ON JURIST: MOUSSAOUI TRIAL NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 3:59 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Complaint filed against New York terror cell members
A copy of the complaint filed by the FBI[PDF] on Friday against 5 alleged members of an Al Qaeda terrorist cell in Lackawanna, New York, is now online.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 3:24 PM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... Hate crimes record in 2001
The Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission released a report[PDF] Monday indicating that hate crimes in the Los Angeles area rose 11% in 2001 to a record level of 1031, prompted in large part by 188 anti-Middle Eastern/Muslim hate crimes committed in the wake of the September 11 attacks. MORE ON JURIST: HATE CRIMES NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 2:03 PM | #
NEW ON JURIST... Binalshibh arrest, extradition
Continuously-updated coverage of the arrest and extradition of Al Qaeda operative Ramzi Binalshibh, wanted in connection with the September 11 hijackings. MORE ON JURIST: LEGAL NEWS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 11:07 AM | #
NEW ON THE WEB... US News rankings out
The US News & World Reportlaw school rankings for 2003 are now online.
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 8:01 AM | #
Sunday, September 15, 2002 NEW ON JURIST... Rethinking relevance
Professor Peter Tillers reflects on this "first principle" of evidence law in the latest Tillers on Evidence. MORE ON JURIST: LAW BLOGS
Posted by Bernard Hibbitts at 4:38 PM | #
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