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June 18, 2010 11:39:55 AM

Sara Burhan Abdullah, Pitt Law LLM '08 and JD '11, was an observer to the Iraqi Constitutional Review Committee through the University of Utah Quinney School of Law's Global Justice Project: Iraq. She shares her experiences with the issue of...

June 16, 2010 03:43:01 PM

US President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that BP will subsidize a $20 billion compensation fund to indemnify the workers and business owners harmed as a result of the BP oil spill ...

June 16, 2010 09:08:02 AM

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced the latest plan of action for tackling the BP oil spill , including the development of a compensation fund, a long-term restoration plan and prevention...

June 14, 2010 08:53:07 AM

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Sunday announced the closure of approximately 23 miles of the state's coastline to commercial harvesting of saltwater fish, crabs and shrimp out of concern for...

June 10, 2010 02:59:42 PM

US President Barack Obama on Thursday called for new oil pollution laws in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill . Speaking at a meeting of congressional leaders from both...

June 9, 2010 02:07:44 PM

US Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) on Wednesday introduced legislation intended to reduce foreign oil dependence and cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Practical Energy and Climate Plan of 2010 would reduce foreign oil...

June 8, 2010 02:47:09 PM

UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne announced Tuesday that the government will increase inspection of North Sea oil rigs and monitoring of offshore compliance and safety standards in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill ...

June 1, 2010 04:01:49 PM

US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing whether any criminal or civil laws were violated by BP resulting in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ....

May 28, 2010 10:36:55 AM

US President Barack Obama held a press conference Thursday to announce new regulations to mitigate future oil spill disasters and the current plan of action for resolving the crisis created by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil...

May 23, 2010 04:24:04 PM

BP is balking at an US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) order issued Thursday directing it to find an alternative dispersant to address the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in...

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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.