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Statutory Ambiguity and Judicial Deference to the IRS

January 28, 2012 04:00:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Elizabeth Milito, Senior Executive Counsel for the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, says that a case recently argued before the Supreme Court will have significant implications for the jurisprudence surrounding judicial deference for...

January 15, 2012 11:28:59 AM

Two business advocacy groups filed motions in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday, contesting the constitutionality of US President Barack Obama's recent recess appointments . The National...

August 26, 2011 01:56:22 PM

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a new regulation on Thursday requiring employers to post their employees' rights under the National Labor Relations Act in the workplace. These rights include the...

June 16, 2011 11:23:38 AM

The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled in an advisory opinion on Wednesday that the legislature cannot force Attorney General Michael Delaney to join a lawsuit contesting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

May 5, 2011 09:56:28 AM

Opponents of the health care reform law filed a brief Wednesday with the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit requesting a three-judge panel uphold a lower court ruling that...

January 31, 2011 04:04:13 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Monday struck down the health care reform law as unconstitutional. The lawsuit was joined by...

January 19, 2011 01:14:16 PM

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday appealed a ruling that found the minimum coverage provision of the recently enacted health care reform law unconstitutional. The government filed a notice...

January 14, 2011 08:29:50 AM

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt sent a letter on Wednesday to Florida Attorney General Pamela Bondi requesting that Florida add Kansas as an additional party plaintiff to its lawsuit ...

December 13, 2010 01:35:33 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled Monday that the minimum coverage provision of the recently enacted health care reform law is...

December 9, 2010 12:55:21 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Wednesday granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a physician organization challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted health...

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Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).