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Padilla appeals dismissal of unlawful detention suit to Supreme Court

April 24, 2012 02:29:09 PM

US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court on Monday, appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit against US officials...

March 13, 2012 12:31:02 PM

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta indicated on Tuesday that a US soldier accused of shooting and killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan could face the death penalty if convicted of the charges. The identity of the US...

February 1, 2012 06:00:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Laurie Blank of Emory University School of Law says that the current US policy of justifying all targeted strikes with reference to both armed conflict and self-defense has a detrimental effect on both current implementation and future...

January 24, 2012 01:14:13 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla , who alleged that he had been...

November 10, 2011 11:49:50 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday denied a petition for rehearing regarding its unanimous decision to vacate a district court ruling that the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT) [10 USC...

October 1, 2011 11:48:29 AM

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday issued a memorandum giving military chaplains permission to participate in or officiate same-sex marriage ceremonies. The memorandum, released by Under Secretary for Personnel and...

September 30, 2011 11:23:46 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday unanimously vacated a district court ruling that the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT) was a violation of...

September 23, 2011 11:50:48 AM

The US Court of Federal Claims on Thursday heard arguments regarding a class action lawsuit challenging a government policy that halves severance pay of service members who have been honorably discharged for being gay....

September 20, 2011 10:36:17 AM

The repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) officially took effect Tuesday at 12:01 AM ET. With the repeal of the law, the military can no longer prevent gays and...

September 16, 2011 09:06:25 AM

Two Republican Congressmen have sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asking to delay the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) , scheduled to go into effect...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

UK parliament rejected J.S. Mill's proposal to give women the vote

On May 20, 1867, the British Parliament rejected by 196-73 an amendment to the 1867 Reform Act presented by John Stuart Mill that would have permitted women to vote. Review Mill's 1869 work The Subjection of Women.

Supreme Court applies Free Exercise Clause to state governments

On May 20, 1940, the United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment applied to state governments in Cantwell v. Connecticut under the incorporation doctrine, which applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more about the Incorporation Doctrine from the Cornell Law Schools' Legal Information Institute.