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News Bipartisan immigration bill unveiled despite lack of support from White House
Bipartisan immigration bill unveiled despite lack of support from White House
Autumn Callan
January 18, 2018 11:49:44 am

A bipartisan group of senators unveiled an immigration proposal on Wednesday as more Republicans offered support for immigration reform. Senator Lindsey Graham announced that Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME), Lamar Alexander (TN), Lisa Murkowski...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in overtime pay, Sixth Amendment cases
Supreme Court hears arguments in overtime pay, Sixth Amendment cases
Lindsay Offutt
January 18, 2018 08:50:44 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday: one concerning overtime-pay, and another concerning constitutional protections to criminal defendants. The first case, Encino Motorcars v. Navarro , asks the court two questions. First, whether...

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News Supreme Court hears oral arguments on procedural rule, military judges holding multiple offices
Supreme Court hears oral arguments on procedural rule, military judges holding multiple offices
Erin McCarthy Holliday
January 17, 2018 02:43:59 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. Hall v. Hall questions which judgments are final under Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 42 refers to the consolidation of cases versus separate...

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News Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to return Rohingya Muslims within two years
Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to return Rohingya Muslims within two years
Tate Brown
January 17, 2018 12:51:42 pm

Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed Tuesday to complete the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya within two years. According to a statement released by the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the repatriation will be completed within two years...

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News 22 state AGs to challenge net-neutrality repeal in federal court
22 state AGs to challenge net-neutrality repeal in federal court
Lawrenz Fares
January 17, 2018 09:41:35 am

Attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia filed a Protective Petition for Review in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday asking the court to review...

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News DOJ to appeal DACA decision directly to Supreme Court
DOJ to appeal DACA decision directly to Supreme Court
Lawrenz Fares
January 17, 2018 08:37:25 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it plans to seek Supreme Court review of a trial court's decision to block the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ...

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News EU Court revives Starbucks’s trademark infringement claim
EU Court revives Starbucks’s trademark infringement claim
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
January 16, 2018 03:30:58 pm

The EU General Court on Tuesday reinstated a four-year-old trademark infringement complaint filed by Starbucks against a Belgian coffeehouse whose musical-note signage is accused of infringing the iconic mermaid logo. Hasmik Nersesyan filed an...

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News UN human rights experts implore Iran to stop execution of juvenile offender
UN human rights experts implore Iran to stop execution of juvenile offender
Sean Rohtla
January 16, 2018 01:00:03 pm

United Nations human rights experts asked Iran on Tuesday to stay the execution of an offender who was 15 years old when he was sentenced to death. Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to...

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News UK rights groups demand cancellation of Saudi Crown Prince’s visit
UK rights groups demand cancellation of Saudi Crown Prince’s visit
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
January 16, 2018 12:15:55 pm

A coalition of human rights groups, including the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK), Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign Against Arms Trade and Human Rights for Yemen, sent a letter to Prime Minister...

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News Supreme Court dismisses partisan-gerrymandering case for lack of jurisdiction
Supreme Court dismisses partisan-gerrymandering case for lack of jurisdiction
Mary Nicholas
January 16, 2018 11:11:57 am

Supreme Court dismissed Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott today, claiming want of jurisdiction. This dismissal may seem surprising, given that the Court has chosen to hear other gerrymandering cases this term. This past October the Supreme Court heard Gill...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First impeachment trial began in US Senate

On December 17, 1798, the US Senate began its first impeachment trial. Senator William Blount of Tennessee, a land speculator, was accused of plotting with England to wrest control of Florida from Spain. The Senate ultimately dismissed the charges for lack of jurisdiction—and, perhaps incidentally, lack of Blount, who had gone to Tennessee and had refused to return to the Senate for trial. Read more on the trial of William Blount.

Simon Bolivar dies

On December 17, 1830, South American revolutionary Simon Bolivar died in Colombia. During his lifetime, Bolivar led successful revolutions against Spanish colonial rule throughout South America. His efforts led to the independence of the modern-day nations of Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador and Bolivia, a nation named in his honor.

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