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News France sets trial date for Uber executives
France sets trial date for Uber executives
Steven Wildberger
June 30, 2015 02:32:52 pm

French officials on Tuesday ordered the trial of two senior executives for Uber Technologies on allegations of maintaining an illegal taxi service. Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty and Thibaud Simphal , general managers for Western Europe and France respectively,...

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News Supreme Court to rule on union subsidies, state sovereignty
Supreme Court to rule on union subsidies, state sovereignty
Alexandra Farone
June 30, 2015 11:51:27 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in four cases. The court will rule on Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. United States and decide whether the D.C. Circuit misapplied the...

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News Supreme Court grants stay temporarily blocking Texas abortion law
Supreme Court grants stay temporarily blocking Texas abortion law
Brittany Felder
June 30, 2015 11:46:10 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted a motion to stay , allowing over half of Texas' 18 abortion clinics to stay open by temporarily blocking a law that would place stringent requirements on clinics...

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News Tunisia authorities make arrests in hotel attack
Tunisia authorities make arrests in hotel attack
Brittany Felder
June 30, 2015 11:29:57 am

Tunisian Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli announced Monday that authorities had arrested a group of individuals suspected to have supported a Friday attack that killed 39 at a beach resort. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack...

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News New York puts fracking ban in place
New York puts fracking ban in place
Alexandra Farone
June 30, 2015 11:08:10 am

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) released a final environmental impact statement on the dangers of fracking on Monday, which carries the force of law and officially bans fracking in the state. Signed...

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News UNESCO: Islamic State’s destruction of heritage sites may be war crimes
UNESCO: Islamic State’s destruction of heritage sites may be war crimes
Valerie Howell
June 30, 2015 10:26:36 am

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee said Monday that extremist groups' destruction of antiquities and heritage sites in conflict zones could amount to war crimes. The committee noted particularly the Islamic State's (IS) destruction of the...

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News Egypt top prosecutor killed in car bomb attack
Egypt top prosecutor killed in car bomb attack
Valerie Howell
June 30, 2015 08:45:27 am

Egypt's chief prosecutor, Hisham Barakat , was killed Monday in Cairo by a car bomb attack on his convoy. Barakat's vehicle was attacked by a car outfitted with explosives that was remotely detonated when...

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News Supreme Court agrees to hear affirmative action, 3 other cases
Supreme Court agrees to hear affirmative action, 3 other cases
Steven Wildberger
June 30, 2015 07:59:15 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin , Abigail Fisher brought suit against the University of Texas at Austin (UT...

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News Supreme Court rules emissions regulations must consider costs
Supreme Court rules emissions regulations must consider costs
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 29, 2015 03:00:21 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that the EPA could not make regulations regarding the toxic emissions of power plants without considering costs. In Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency ,...

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Supreme Court rules states may use commissions for redistricting
Devin Montgomery
June 29, 2015 02:53:31 pm

The US Supreme court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission that the Elections Clause of the US Constitution permits the state of Arizona to adopt a commission to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Japan enacts Meiji Constitution

On February 11, 1889, the Meiji Constitution of Japan was promulgated by Emperor Meiji. Officially titled the "Constitution of the Empire of Japan," the Meiji Constitution went into effect on November 29, 1890 and served as the country's fundamental law through the rise of the Japanese Empire until the end of World War II. On May 2, 1947, the Meiji Constitution was replaced by the Constitution of Japan, which serves as the country's governing document today. The Meiji constitution created a constitutional monarchy in Japan with the Emperor serving as a powerful executive. The document furthermore created a parliament, called the Diet, as well as an independent judiciary. Its passage came as part of the Meiji Restoration, in which the Japanese Imperial throne retook power from the Shogunate and guided the nation into the modern world.

First redistricting "gerrymander" created

On February 11, 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed an electoral redistricting law that favored his party. The practice became known as "gerrymandering" in reference to Gerry and the unusual, allegedly salamander-like district that resulted. See the original 1812 political cartoon of The Gerry-mander in the Boston Gazette.

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