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Supreme Court weighs federal habeas rights of US citizens held by military in Iraq

March 25, 2008 02:20:00 PM

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the consolidated cases of Munaf v. Geren and Geren v. Omar , 06-1666, and 07-394, where the Court is...

December 7, 2007 01:57:00 PM

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in six cases Friday afternoon, including the consolidated cases of Munaf v. Geren (06-1666) and Geren v. Omar (07-394) , where...

January 25, 2007 02:00:00 PM

US District Court Judge Melinda Harmon on Wednesday granted a motion to dismiss seven defendants from the Enron shareholder derivative lawsuit , scheduled to go to trial in April. The lead plaintiff in the case, the University...

January 13, 2006 01:10:00 PM

Canada has deported Samir Ait Mohamed, an Algerian terror suspect accused of plotting to blow up the largely Jewish Montreal neighborhood of Outremont, to an undisclosed location Wednesday. Canadian authorities detained Mohamed when he attempted to enter the US...

August 27, 2005 11:12:00 AM

The US government has said that it will appeal a 22-year sentence given to Ahmed Ressam , an Algerian convicted of planning to kill travelers at Los Angeles International Airport on New Years eve in 1999....

July 27, 2005 01:40:00 PM

Ahmed Ressam , known as the "millennium bomber" for plotting to blow up Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999 , was sentenced to 22 years in prison by federal judge John Coughenour Wednesday. US...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States.

Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.