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Washington Governor Signs Domestic Partnership Law
Legal News Feed 04/23/2007[##_1L|1376755909.jpg|width="100" height="112" alt=""|_##]Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signed legislation Saturday recognizing domestic partnership status for same-sex couples. The law guarantees gay and lesbian couples some of the legal rights tha...
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In Testimony, Gonzales Says Firings Were Justified
Legal News Feed 04/19/2007[##_1L|1085910982.jpg|width="140" height="112" alt=""|_##]U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is facing tough questions about his honesty and his competence from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. Gonzales defended his controversi...
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Newt Gingrich says Alberto Gonzales should resign
Legal News Feed 04/09/2007[##_1L|1016863491.jpg|width="100" height="131" alt=""|_##]Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Newt Gingrich said Sunday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should consider resigning in the wake of his role in the firings of eight US ...
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Bush defends Gonzales' role in US Attorney firings
Legal News Feed 04/02/2007[##_1L|1233271637.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]US President George W. Bush again defended US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over his role in the firings of federal prosecutors in a press conference Saturday, saying that Gonzales has his...
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Hicks could face Australian control order after release
Legal News Feed 04/02/2007[##_1L|1095231318.jpg|width="110" height="120" alt=""|_##]The Australian Federal Police will determine whether Guantanamo Bay military prison detainee David Hicks will be subject to a control order when released from prison later this year, members o...
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Gonzales Highlights DOJ Efforts to Combat Sexual Abuse
Legal News Feed 03/31/2007[##_1L|1351024120.jpg|width="140" height="112" alt=""|_##]Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today joined U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan to highlight the ongoing efforts of federal, state and local law enforcement in combating the sexual abuse a...
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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...