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The Voting Rights Act: Still Needed in Obama's America Laughlin McDonald ACLU Voting Rights Project

The Way Forward: Post-9/11 Principles Mary Ellen O'Connell U. Notre Dame Law School

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	Ending "don't ask, don't tell" policy will make the military stronger 11/22 Aubrey Sarvis [Executive Director, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network]: "The opposition by more than 100 retired flag officers to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) law is another indication of growing nationwide support to replace DADT with a nondiscrimination law that would allow all qualified service members to serve openly, regardless of sexual orientation. These retired generals and ...." [more]
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THIS DAY AT LAW
	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery December 2 is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery [UN factsheet]. On December 2, 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for murder and treason in the wake an unsuccessful attack on the US armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Read John Brown's last speech to the court at his trial, and review Daniel C. Draper, Legal Phases of the Trial of John Brown....." [more]
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