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BREAKING NEWS ~ Former Illinois governor guilty of corruption, fraud

April 17, 2006 01:28:00 PM

A federal jury has found former Illinois Governor George Ryan guilty on multiple counts of corruption and fraud . Ryan was charged along with lobbyist Lawrence Warner in connection with a bribes-for-licenses scandal originating...

December 27, 2005 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College, says that California Arnold Schwarzenegger's ruling denying clemency in ths case of Crips gang co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams disregarded the constitutional foundations of...

September 18, 2005 04:55:00 PM

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan , who made national headlines and won praise in some quarters in January 2003 when just before leaving office he commuted the executions of all Illinois inmates then on death row [CNN file...

February 26, 2005 02:39:00 PM

Illinois lawmakers presented legislation Friday that could end the current state moratorium on executions. House Bill 2704 calls for "guilt beyond any doubt" to replace the current penalty phase standard in capital cases of "guilt beyond a reasonable...

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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.