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News Federal appeals court upholds EPA regulations
Federal appeals court upholds EPA regulations
Daniel Mullen
April 16, 2014 03:13:48 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would limit mercury emissions and other hazardous pollutants from...

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Federal appeals court dismisses challenge to Senate filibuster rule
Daniel Mullen
April 16, 2014 02:06:39 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the district court properly dismissed a lawsuit brought by members of the US House of Representatives and the organization...

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News UN rights investigator urges Iran to halt execution of sexual assault victim
UN rights investigator urges Iran to halt execution of sexual assault victim
Daniel Mullen
April 14, 2014 03:33:14 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Ahmed Shaheed on Monday urged Iran to immediately halt the execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a woman sentenced to death of...

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Military judge halts 9/11 trial following accusations of FBI spying
Daniel Mullen
April 14, 2014 02:43:40 pm

Army Col. James Pohl , the military judge presiding over the trials of those accused of involvement with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, halted a hearing on Monday following accusations that the FBI was...

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Kenya deports 82 Somalis amid crackdown on immigrants
Daniel Mullen
April 9, 2014 02:29:12 pm

Kenya's Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku announced on Wednesday that Kenya deported 82 Somalis and rounded up hundreds of other undocumented immigrants in response to a series of attacks committed by Somali Militants since 2011. Since the crackdown [BBC...

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April 9, 2014 01:21:05 pm

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Wednesday ordered Bank of America to pay $727 million for its illegal credit card practices. The CFPB asserts that Bank of America used deceptive marketing and...

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Sri Lanka refuses to cooperate with UN in war crimes inquiry
Daniel Mullen
April 7, 2014 07:30:00 pm

Sri Lanka's foreign minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris announced on Monday that Sri Lanka would not cooperate with a UN investigation into alleged war crimes committed during the country's civil war. Last month, the UN Human Rights Council [official...

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Supreme Court lifts limits on aggregate campaign donations
Daniel Mullen
April 2, 2014 03:03:19 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in McCutcheon v. FEC that limits on overall campaign contributions by individual donors are unconstitutional. The court previously held in Buckley v. Valeo that limits on contributions...

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Australia court recognizes ‘non-specific’ gender
Daniel Mullen
April 2, 2014 02:15:05 pm

The High Court of Australia ruled on Wednesday that a person can be legally recognized as gender neutral. "Norrie," who was born male but underwent a "sex affirmation procedure" in 1989, sought to be officially categorized...

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Alabama federal judge to hold trial on abortion law
Daniel Mullen
March 31, 2014 04:00:03 pm

Judge Myron Thompson of the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama announced on Monday that he would hold a trial on Alabama's new law requiring abortion clinic to have approval to admit patients to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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