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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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News Supreme Court rules states may use commissions for redistricting
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

Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity

Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

Che Guevara executed

On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.

Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

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