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Brazil top electoral court dismisses case that could have ousted president

June 11, 2017 11:02:34 AM

Brazil's top electoral court, known as the TSE , dismissed a case on Friday against President Michel Temer for alleged illegal campaign funding in the 2014 election when he was the running mate of impeached president Dilma Rousseff. The...

June 2, 2017 08:01:31 AM

John Knox, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, urged all governments Thursday to fulfill their existent obligations to protect the world's biological diversity from extinction. Knox warned:The extinction of species and the loss...

May 19, 2017 08:44:35 AM

The Brazilian Supreme Court on Thursday authorized a corruption probe into President Michel Temer and his alleged involvement with the bribery of a potential witness in a major corruption case. Local news sources have cited the...

April 12, 2017 02:22:11 PM

A Brazil Supreme Court justice on Tuesday ordered investigations into eight cabinet ministers and dozens of lawmakers who are allegedly linked to the country's so-called "car wash" bribery scheme. The list of those under investigation consists...

April 5, 2017 08:45:42 AM

Brazil's top court, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) , on Tuesday suspended the trial of President Michel Temer who is accused of receiving illegal donations during his 2014 campaign. Following former president Dilma Rousseff's...

March 15, 2017 11:25:53 AM

Brazil's top prosecutor has asked the country's Supreme Court to open 83 more investigations into politicians in connection to the Petrobras scandal . The list of names has sent to the court not been released . However,...

February 23, 2017 09:26:37 AM

The Brazil federal senate on Wednesday confirmed President Michel Temer's nominee for the vacant Supreme Court seat, Alexandre de Moraes. Moraes, a 49-year-old lawyer, professor and current justice minister, was...

January 20, 2017 01:24:04 PM

Brazilian Supreme Court justice Teori Zavascki died in a small plane crash Thursday. Also aboard the plane were Alberto Filgueiras, a longtime friend of Zavascki and owner of the aircraft, as well as the pilot, a...

January 12, 2017 11:23:13 AM

The Govenor of the Brazilian state of Amazonas on Tuesday dismissed the official in charge of the prison where 56 inmates died during a riot on New Year's Day. The dismissal came as a reaction to...

December 1, 2016 11:53:53 AM

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies , the lower house of Congress, passed a measure on Wednesday that would permit defendants to seek criminal consequences for prosecutors and judges if the officials abuse their...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

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).