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News Los Angeles Catholic diocese ordered to release clergy abuse files
Los Angeles Catholic diocese ordered to release clergy abuse files
Samuel Franklin
January 8, 2013 12:11:56 pm

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Monday was ordered to release its files on child abuse by its employees with full disclosure on all subject matter, totaling nearly 30,000 pages of documents and more than...

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News Veterans discharged under DADT to receive full separation pay
Veterans discharged under DADT to receive full separation pay
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 8, 2013 11:22:34 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday announced a settlement with the federal government to provide full separation payment to service members discharged under the controversial Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy....

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News AI to Egypt: release journalist facing military trial
AI to Egypt: release journalist facing military trial
Peter Snyder
January 8, 2013 11:12:28 am

Amnesty International (AI) called Monday for Egypt to release an Egyptian journalist facing a military trial in the country. Mohamed Sabry, a journalist and blogger, was arrested Friday by the country's military in the city...

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News Federal judge orders trial for Kansas abortion law challenge
Federal judge orders trial for Kansas abortion law challenge
Dan Taglioli
January 8, 2013 10:50:49 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Kansas ruled Monday that a challenge to a 2011 Kansas law prohibiting insurance companies from covering abortions will go...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on class actions, federal and state laws
Supreme Court hears arguments on class actions, federal and state laws
Julia Zebley
January 8, 2013 08:30:21 am

The US Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases on Monday. The first, Descamps v. United States , concerned whether Matthew Descamps' burglary conviction under California law can allow a conviction under federal burglary...

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News Supreme Court denies challenge to funding of embryonic stem cell research
Supreme Court denies challenge to funding of embryonic stem cell research
Julia Zebley
January 7, 2013 10:26:32 pm

The US Supreme Court denied certiorari Monday in Sherley v. Sebelius , which appealed a dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell [JURIST...

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News Scotland to extradite Basque separatist to France
Scotland to extradite Basque separatist to France
Peter Snyder
January 7, 2013 03:19:37 pm

A Scottish court on Monday granted a request to extradite an alleged member of the Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) to France. Benat Atorrasagasti Ordonez, who had relocated to Scotland in...

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News Bahrain high court rejects appeals of 13 imprisoned rights activists
Bahrain high court rejects appeals of 13 imprisoned rights activists
Dan Taglioli
January 7, 2013 02:12:43 pm

The highest Bahraini appellate court on Monday upheld the convictions of 13 prominent pro-democracy protestors convicted by military tribunal in 2011 on charges of plotting to overthrow the monarchy. Bahrain's Court of Cassation rejected the appeals [AFP...

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News China vows to reform forced labor camps
China vows to reform forced labor camps
Benjamin Minegar
January 7, 2013 01:42:00 pm

China's Communist Party Politics and Law Committee head Meng Jianzhu on Monday notified Chinese media sources of the nation's plan to end its 56 year-old "re-education through labor" program , which authorizes government entities to...

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News North Carolina to appeal ruling against ‘choose life’ license plates
North Carolina to appeal ruling against ‘choose life’ license plates
Alison Sacriponte
January 7, 2013 01:02:27 pm

North Carolina on Friday announced plans to appeal a ruling finding "Choose Life" license plates unconstitutional. Judge James Fox of the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience

On June 7, 1893, Mohandas Gandhi committed his first act of civil disobedience in South Africa. Because he was an Indian, Gandhi was ordered to move to the third class section of a train, despite holding a first-class ticket. When he refused, Gandhi was thrown off of the train. Gandhi would go on to organize efforts by Indians living in South Africa to oppose racial discrimination thereby founding the Natal Indian Congress. He would then return to his native India to lead its drive for independence from Great Britain. Learn more about the Natal Indian Congress from the South African History Archive.

US Supreme Court ruled contraceptive use protected by privacy right

On June 7, 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, the US Supreme Court held that the use of contraceptives was protected by the constitutional right of privacy.

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