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News UK officials accused of Iraq war crimes
UK officials accused of Iraq war crimes
Benjamin Minegar
January 13, 2014 10:59:35 am

Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) on Sunday filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging that UK government and military officials engaged in...

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News Saudi Arabia court hands down death sentence for 2004 bombing
Saudi Arabia court hands down death sentence for 2004 bombing
Benjamin Minegar
January 13, 2014 10:39:44 am

A Saudi Arabian court on Sunday sentenced to death a member of an extremist group convicted of producing explosives used in a May 2004 suicide attack on a western company operating in Saudi Arabia's northwestern port city of Yanbu....

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News UN humanitarian expert calls for action in Syria
UN humanitarian expert calls for action in Syria
Bradley McAllister
January 12, 2014 03:04:46 pm

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos spoke on behalf of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and encouraged the world on Sunday to do...

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News Supreme Court adds seven new cases to docket
Supreme Court adds seven new cases to docket
Elizabeth LaForgia
January 12, 2014 02:04:24 pm

The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to rule on seven cases. In Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital , the court will consider whether a hedge fund could subpoena banks for information about...

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News Former Israel PM Ariel Sharon is dead at age 85
Former Israel PM Ariel Sharon is dead at age 85
Bradley McAllister
January 12, 2014 01:14:39 pm

Former Israeli Prime Minister and military leader, Ariel Sharon , was pronounced dead on Saturday at the age of 85. Sharon suffered a major stroke in January of 2006, which placed him in a coma for...

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News Federal appeals court rules Apple did not infringe on Google patents
Federal appeals court rules Apple did not infringe on Google patents
Matthew Pomy
January 11, 2014 02:20:43 pm

Friday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Apple Inc. did not infringe on any of Google Inc.'s Motorola Mobility patents in the creation of the iPhone. Motorola Mobility,...

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News Federal appeals court upholds multibillion dollar settlement for BP oil spill
Federal appeals court upholds multibillion dollar settlement for BP oil spill
Nicholas Tomsho
January 11, 2014 01:20:50 pm

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday to uphold a district court ruling approving BP's settlement with parties who claim to have suffered financial loss due to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [JURIST news...

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France court backs ban on comedy show performance
Matthew Pomy
January 11, 2014 01:09:33 pm

A French administrative appeals court ruled on Thursday, upholding a ban on performance by French comedian Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala that was deemed anti-semitic. Dieudonne was appealing the prohibition order issued by courts in Nantes and...

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News Supreme Court to hear streaming television copyright case
Supreme Court to hear streaming television copyright case
Nicholas Tomsho
January 11, 2014 12:01:05 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted review for ABC, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. , to decide the legality of Aereo's online service that streams and records publicly broadcast television programming without...

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News UN rights expert urges Spain not to extradite terror suspect to Kazakhstan
UN rights expert urges Spain not to extradite terror suspect to Kazakhstan
Samuel Franklin
January 10, 2014 04:13:06 pm

UN independent human rights expert Francois Crepeau on Friday urged the Spanish government to reverse its decision to extradite Alexsandr Pavlov to Kazakhstan. Pavlov, an associate of opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov, whose extradition was ordered Thursday by...

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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.

Learn more about the impact of this case from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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