On March 27th in U S Political History
On March 27th in 1999 NATO expanded its air assault on Yugoslavia in the 4th straight day of attacks. A $42 million US F-117A stealth fighter was downed over Yugoslavia during continued NATO airstrikes. The American pilot was rescued by US forces. The wreckage was later believed to have been sold. In 2005 it was reported that Col. Zoltan Dani of Serbia was behind the shooting down of the stealth fighter. Dani said the F-117 was detected and shot down during a moonless night, just three days into the war, by a Soviet-made SA-3 Goa surface-to-air missile.
On March 27th in 2000 The Supreme Court decided the federal government could deny food stamps and other welfare benefits to people who live permanently in the United States but who are not citizens.
On March 27th in 2000 A San Francisco jury ordered Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds to pay $20 million in punitive damages to Leslie Whiteley
On March 27th in 2001 A US federal judge ruled that the Univ. of Michigan racial criteria for accepting minority students with lower test scores than whites was invalid.
On March 27th in 2001 California regulators approved electricity rate hikes of up to 46 percent.
On March 27th in 2002 The US Supreme Court ruled that illegal immigrants do not have the same rights as Americans when they are wrongly fired from US jobs.
On March 27th in 2003 President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair met to assess the progress of the war in Iraq.
On March 27th in 2003 The Bush administration seized $1.62 billion in Iraqi assets already frozen in the US. The money would be used to help rebuild Iraq once Saddam Hussein is ousted.
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