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Commentary The US Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015
The US Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015
Frans von der Dunk
November 30, 2015 06:52:35 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Frans von der Dunk of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law discusses the recent US Space Launch Competitiveness Act... On November 25, 2015, President Obama signed into law the US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (H.R....

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Commentary ACA Challengers Think Third Time's A Charm
ACA Challengers Think Third Time's A Charm
Glenn C. Smith
November 26, 2015 07:28:09 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn C. Smith of the California Western School of Law discusses the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act...All petitions to have a lower-court ruling reviewed by the US Supreme Court are long shots. Still, the recently-filed...

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Commentary Patent Ownership Disclosure and Real Party-In-Interest Regulation
Patent Ownership Disclosure and Real Party-In-Interest Regulation
Xiaoying Zhang
November 25, 2015 02:22:13 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Xiaoying Zhang of the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law discusses how patent ownership disclosure should be regulated... On June 4, 2013, the White House issued five executive actions designed to increase the transparency of the patent...

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Commentary France May Invoke NATO Article 5 In Wake of Paris ISIS Attacks
France May Invoke NATO Article 5 In Wake of Paris ISIS Attacks
Michael J. Kelly | Creighton University School of Law
November 18, 2015 12:15:10 pm

JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law argues that France has the legal right to invoke Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty following the Paris ISIS attacks...Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the...

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Commentary The EU’s Common Immigration & Asylum Policy—Drowning Along with the Refugees?
The EU’s Common Immigration & Asylum Policy—Drowning Along with the Refugees?
Larry Eaker
November 18, 2015 10:00:53 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Larry Eaker, former Professor at the American University of Paris, discusses the European Union's Immigration and Asylum Policy ... "The challenge to the European project today is existential. The refugee crisis has brought that to light. What...

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Commentary Changing How We See The Cross
Changing How We See The Cross
Jennifer Kim
November 18, 2015 08:00:15 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Jennifer Kim of St. John's University School of Law Class of 2016 is the fifth author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Kim discusses how courts should...

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Commentary Obamacare's Problem with the Origination Clause
Obamacare's Problem with the Origination Clause
Dwight Duncan
November 17, 2015 07:50:45 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Dwight Duncan of the University of Massachusetts School of Law discusses the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act...In 2012 Chief Justice John Roberts surprised the country with his creative jurisprudence in upholding the constitutionality of the...

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Commentary Legally Limiting Lies About Vaccines
Legally Limiting Lies About Vaccines
James G Hodge
November 17, 2015 09:40:34 am

JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge Jr. of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and Doug Campos-Outcalt of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix discuss the potential to legally limit anti-vaccination messages widely disseminated...

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Commentary Focus on Europe Neglects the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Focus on Europe Neglects the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Tendayi Achiume
November 12, 2015 08:00:18 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Tendayi Achiume of UCLA School of Law discusses how the media's disproportionate focus on the European dimensions of the plight of Syrian refugees...For four years, much of the world has ignored the Syrian refugee crisis. In light...

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Commentary Does America Need A Children's Bill of Rights?
Does America Need A Children's Bill of Rights?
Warren Binford
November 9, 2015 10:25:35 am

JURIST guest columnist Warren Binford of Willamette University College of Law discusses the Children's Bill of Rights... Earlier this month, three House Democrats in the US Congress introduced a resolution calling for the establishment of a Children's Bill of...

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Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy

Fascist leader Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy on October 31, 1922 after being appointed by King Victor Emmanuel II. Mussolini came to power after his paramilitary "blackshirts" marched on Rome to take control of the country's government. Italy would be under Mussolini's authoritarian rule until 1943, after which he was arrested and subsequently freed by the Nazis. Mussolini would rule a breakaway republic in Italy's north until his execution by anti-fascist partisans in 1945. Learn more about Benito Mussolini.

Nevada admitted to US after telegraphing Constitution

On October 31, 1864, Congress admitted Nevada as the 36th state in the US. With President Lincoln coming up for re-election and looking for support for his proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Nevadans had moved quickly to meet the legal requirements for statehood, ultimately sending the entire text of the proposed state constitution to Washington by telegraph, creating in the longest—and most expensive—telegram on record to that date.

India PM Indira Gandhi assassinated

On October 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two security guards, precipitating riots throughout the country.

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