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Federal appeals court declines to rehear Texas Planned Parenthood funding case

October 26, 2012 10:40:19 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday declined to reconsider its August decision allowing Texas to impose a funding ban on clinics affiliated with abortion providers under the state's Women's Health Program [official...

October 24, 2012 09:52:25 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld an injunction on an Indiana law that would block Medicaid funding for abortion providers. The court found that the law,...

October 20, 2012 10:09:32 AM

The US District Court for the District of Arizona on Friday enjoined Arizona from implementing a public funding law that prohibits funding for health clinics that perform abortions. Judge Neil Wake declared ...

October 18, 2012 09:57:31 AM

Uruguay's Senate passed a bill on Wednesday by a vote of 17-14 that legalizes abortions within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Although the bill declares ...

October 6, 2012 03:18:17 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona held a hearing on Friday at the request of Planned Parenthood Arizona (PPA) to determine whether, under an Arizona law prohibiting...

October 3, 2012 03:45:03 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that permitted an Ohio law limiting the use of the "abortion pill." The law requires that the...

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I'm a Convention, Hear Me Roar

September 24, 2012 04:20:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Eileen Ward, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, is the author of the fifth article in a 15-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Ward offers insight...

September 22, 2012 09:57:36 AM

The Appellate Court of Illinois ruled on Thursday that the state cannot force pharmacists to fill prescriptions for emergency contraceptives if they have religious objections to these drugs. The appeals court held that an Illinois...

September 18, 2012 02:00:00 PM

Mary Ziegler, Saint Louis University School of Law

September 13, 2012 08:26:56 AM

The Missouri Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to override a veto Governor Jay Nixon of a bill that prohibits mandatory insurance coverage of birth control for anyone with ethical...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US apologizes to Japanese-Americans for detention during WWII

US President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law on August 10, 1988, apologizing on behalf of the United States to Japanese-Americans who were interned in camps during WWII and providing $20,000 in compensation for each survivor. The law also provided $12,000 in compensation for each living displaced Aleutian Islander who was relocated to a camp in Alaska during the US's Aleutian Islands campaign.

President Reagan authorized compensation for Japanese-Americans interned during World War II

On August 10, 1988, US President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that provided payments of $20,000 to Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps by the US government during World War II. Learn more about the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which also included a formal apology by Congress for what it called a "grave injustice."

National Security Act Amendment reorganizes U.S. military

On August 10, 1949, the National Security Act Amendment was signed into law. It replaced the Department of War with the Department of Defense (DoD) and pulled all military service branches directly under the supervision of the DoD. Learn more about the National Security Act from the U.S. State Department.