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Federal appeals court orders outspoken judge off Indian Trust case

July 11, 2006 05:12:00 PM

The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday directed that US District Judge Royce Lamberth , the outspoken jurist presiding over the 10-year old Indian Trust case involving the alleged mismanagement of American...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

West Germany becomes a sovereign nation

On May 5, 1955, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) became a fully sovereign nation. Four days later on May 9, West Germany joined NATO. West Germany then became a founding member of the European Economic Community in 1958. Read the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz), which served as the constitution of West Germany and became the governing document of the reunited Germany in 1990.

Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in TN public schools

On May 5, 1925, high school science teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in the Tennessee public schools. Learn more about the Scopes Monkey Trial.