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News Supreme Court urged to stay Oregon same-sex marriage ruling
Supreme Court urged to stay Oregon same-sex marriage ruling
Dominic Yobbi
May 29, 2014 07:53:53 am

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) on Tuesday filed an application to block same-sex marriages in Oregon while the group appeals a decision overturning the state's ban. The group, which opposes same-sex marriage,...

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News UN rights chief urges action following Pakistan ‘honor killing’
UN rights chief urges action following Pakistan ‘honor killing’
Dominic Yobbi
May 29, 2014 06:39:44 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday condemned the killing of a 25-year-old pregnant woman who was stoned to death in a so-called "honor killing." Farzana Iqbal was killed by her family...

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News Ecuador authorities issue arrest warrant for former president
Ecuador authorities issue arrest warrant for former president
Addison Morris
May 28, 2014 11:45:57 am

Authorities in Ecuador on Tuesday announced, via Twitter , the issuance of an arrest warrant for former president Jamil Mahuad on the grounds that he allegedly misappropriated public funds during the late 1990s. Interior Minister Jose...

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News China officials sentence 55 in public rally
China officials sentence 55 in public rally
Addison Morris
May 28, 2014 10:47:06 am

Chinese officials in the western region of Xinjiang on Tuesday held a public rally at a sports stadium for the mass sentencing of criminals, in which 55 individuals were sentenced before a crowd of 7,000...

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News Turkish court orders arrest of Israeli commanders involved in 2010 Gaza flotilla raid
Turkish court orders arrest of Israeli commanders involved in 2010 Gaza flotilla raid
Nicholas Tomsho
May 28, 2014 10:37:13 am

A Turkish court on Monday called for international arrest warrants for four former Israeli military chiefs involved in a deadly 2010 maritime raid . According to a lawyer working on the case, prosecutors are seeking life sentences...

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Iran judge orders Facebook CEO to appear in court
Nicholas Tomsho
May 28, 2014 09:05:15 am

A judge in the southern Iranian province of Fars on Tuesday ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court regarding complaints that his company's Instagram and Whatsapp applications have violated...

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News Supreme Court rules Secret Service agents entitled to immunity while protecting president
Supreme Court rules Secret Service agents entitled to immunity while protecting president
Julie Deisher-Edwards
May 28, 2014 08:18:46 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that US Secret Service agents are entitled to qualified immunity despite having treated a group of protesters differently based on their viewpoints. In 2004 while then-president George...

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News Federal appeals court sides with EPA on postponing acid rain regulations
Federal appeals court sides with EPA on postponing acid rain regulations
Ann Schober
May 28, 2014 07:38:23 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was justified in its decision to defer adopting new air quality standards for pollutants...

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Supreme Court finds Florida IQ cutoff for executions unconstitutional
Max Slater
May 27, 2014 02:15:44 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a Florida law permitting the death penalty for criminal defendants whose IQ is greater than 70 violates the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution. The case,...

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Supreme Court rules for police in fatal car chase
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 27, 2014 12:39:10 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Plumhoff v. Rickard that police officers who fatally shot a driver to end a dangerous car chase did not violate the Fourth Amendment . The case was brought...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

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