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...decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Last Thursday, the First Circuit Court of Appeals overrode Judge Gertner’s decision, despite admitting that there was indeed good reason to webcast the proceedings. In reaching its decision, the court cited Local Rule 83.3, a Massachusetts law that prohibits recording and broadcasting court proceedings in District courts. Though he acknowledged that the judges’ application of the rule to the Internet was “reasonable,” Nesson said that Gertner’s interpretation cannot be called “palpably erroneous...
...fourth, as Macadam hit a double with the bases loaded for two RBI, and singles by Francis and Schellberg combined for three more runs, making it a 9-2 game. The Crimson scored three more in the fifth inning to end the game early by the mercy rule. “We’ve all been working really hard to tweak our swings and work hard on our fundamentals–swinging and taking a lot of cuts,” Shaw said. “We did a good job and stuck with it and were a tough...
...order to uphold the rule of law, President Obama must immediately appoint a special prosecutor to investigate violations of both American and international law. Shielding those who perpetrated this American torture regime from investigation and prosecution—or, in the case of Jay Bybee, currently serve on the federal bench—would be a grave miscarriage of justice...
...Although the new regulations merely meant that citizens could apply for permission to travel abroad, a procedure that would take some time, and while the rule was not supposed to come into effect until the next day, the majority of the gathered press had no doubt that Schabowski's statement meant the end of the Berlin Wall. The news quickly spread and brought thousands of people to the border crossings where they demanded to pass. The border guards eventually gave in. (See TIME's cover story on the wall's fall...
...brings the loaded 20th anniversary of the student political movement that began on April 15 and ended in June 1989, activists here are already busy holding discussion panels and meetings across the city. Hong Kong, with its unique political and legal traditions, is the only city under China's rule that permits activities observing the 1989 democracy movement, and has become a hub for activists and dissidents to foster and maintain an active Chinese political scene...