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News US calls for consultation of controversial South Sudan legislation
US calls for consultation of controversial South Sudan legislation
William Helbling
October 5, 2014 11:51:11 am

The United States on Saturday urged the South Sudan government to participate in a consultation process throughout the phases of government relating to drafting legislation, regulations, and controlling the national security service. It is reported [South Sudan...

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News Latvia elects center right coalition despite efforts by pro Russian party
Latvia elects center right coalition despite efforts by pro Russian party
William Helbling
October 5, 2014 11:42:26 am

Latvia's center right coalition on Sunday won majority in the nations general election. The victory for the center right coalition comes as a huge victory over the pro-Russian support group which were considered a major opposition within...

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News ICC orders status conference in Kenyatta trial for October 7 and 8
ICC orders status conference in Kenyatta trial for October 7 and 8
Bradley McAllister
October 4, 2014 04:07:52 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday ordered a status conference for October 7 and 8 in the case of The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta . Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta [ICC...

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News Egyptian judge involved in mass sentences of Muslim Brotherhood removed from post
Egyptian judge involved in mass sentences of Muslim Brotherhood removed from post
Bradley McAllister
October 4, 2014 02:28:15 pm

Egyptian judge Said Youssef was removed from his position on the Minya Criminal Court of Egypt on Tuesday to a seat on the civilian judicial court in Egypt. The Minya court, known...

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Allegations of sexual abuse at Texas immigration detention center
Addison Morris
October 4, 2014 11:41:36 am

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) on Thursday filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement alleging widespread sexual abuse and...

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HRW urges Putin to veto restrictions on media freedom
Addison Morris
October 4, 2014 10:55:45 am

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Russian president Vladimir Putin to veto a series of amendments that would severely limit the freedom of the media. The new amendments seek to limit foreign involvement...

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Federal appeals court stays injunction in Texas abortion law case
Kimberly Bennett
October 3, 2014 02:01:44 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday stayed the enforcement of an injunction of a Texas law that would restrict access to abortion clinics. The bill requires any...

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Airbus insider trading trial begins in France
Elizabeth LaForgia
October 3, 2014 12:50:24 pm

The trial involving allegations of insider trading in shares of Airbus Group began on Friday after an eight-year investigation. Seven current and former managers at Airbus Group and two former industrial shareholders in Airbus' parent European Aeronautic...

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Rights group applauds Turkish ruling decreasing government power over internet
Elizabeth LaForgia
October 3, 2014 12:14:37 pm

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Friday praised a ruling by Turkey's Constitutional Court that decreases the power of the country's telecommunications authority TIB to block websites and monitor...

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Georgia judge denies death row inmate’s challenge to state intellectual disability standard
Bradley McAllister
October 2, 2014 05:55:23 pm

A judge from Georgia's Towaliga Judicial Circuit ruled Monday that death row inmate Warren Lee Hill has failed to meet the state's requirement to prove intellectual disability beyond a reasonable doubt as a bar...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 signed into law

US President Millard Filmore signed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on September 18 of that year, obliging law enforcement to arrest escaped slaves in all US states, including those where slavery was not legal. Free black men and women were endangered by the act's passage as they were at risk of being falsely identified as escaped slaves. The act heightened tensions between abolitionists in the North and slaveholders in the South, contributing to what would become the Civil War eleven years later. Learn more about the Fugitive Slave Act from the National Constitution Center.

Jurist Joseph Story born

On September 18, 1797, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author Joseph Story was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. West Virginia University law professor James Elkins notes that Story was also a poet; learn more about Story and read a couple of his poems here.

Anti-Corn Law League created in UK

On September 18, 1838, the Anti-Corn Law League was created in the United Kingdom. As the name suggests, the purpose of the association was to press for the abolition of British Corn Laws, which were indeed repealed in 1846. After the repeal, the organization worked to oppose other protectionist measures in the UK. The weekly news publication, The Economist, was founded as part of the anti-corn law movement.

Jurist Joseph Story born

On September 18, 1797, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author Joseph Story was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts.

West Virginiia University law professor James Elkins notes that Story was also a poet - learn more about Story and read a couple of his poems here.

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