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News Maryland transgender inmate granted relief under Prison Rape Elimination Act
Maryland transgender inmate granted relief under Prison Rape Elimination Act
Jacqueline Jones
September 27, 2015 03:25:45 pm

Attorneys for a Maryland transgender inmate said Thursday that their client had won relief under the Prison Rape Elimination Act , marking the first such successful challenge. The inmate, Sandy Brown, claimed that guards called her "it"...

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France launches first airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria
Dominic Yobbi
September 27, 2015 03:05:26 pm

France's government on Sunday announced that it has launched its first airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria. The attack targeted an IS training camp in order to prevent attacks against French interests in...

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News DOJ to dedicate $44M in grant funding to fight human trafficking
DOJ to dedicate $44M in grant funding to fight human trafficking
Jacqueline Jones
September 27, 2015 01:29:37 pm

Attorney General Loretta Lynch of the Department of Justice , announced on Thursday, that the Department of Justice will fund a 44 million dollar grant to fight human trafficking me. The funds will support the actual fight...

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News NJ court broadens police authority in warrantless car searches
NJ court broadens police authority in warrantless car searches
Dominic Yobbi
September 27, 2015 01:16:35 pm

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday ruled to broaden police authority to search vehicles without a warrant based on probable cause. The ruling, which was decided 5-2, was praised by the state attorney general...

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UNICEF announces new plea to support refugees
Steven Wildberger
September 27, 2015 11:06:13 am

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Friday announced a new plea to raise $14 million in an effort to support the many children migrating to Europe from war-torn Middle Eastern nations. Over the last half-year, one...

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Guantanamo Bay prisoner to be released to UK
Steven Wildberger
September 27, 2015 10:06:32 am

The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress of its plan to release Guantanamo Bay inmate Shaker Aamer to the United Kingdom next month. Aamer, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2001, is the final British resident held...

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UN: no short-term end to refugee crisis in Europe
Bradley McAllister
September 26, 2015 03:28:02 pm

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday announced that the flow of refugees into Europe shows no signs of easing or stopping, as approximately 8,000 refugees a day seek to enter Europe. Amin...

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Iraq Yazidi minority urge ICC genocide investigation
Ashley Hogan
September 26, 2015 08:57:12 am

Members of Iraq's Yazidi minority on Thursday submitted a report to the International Criminal Court detailing the crimes committed against their community by militants of the Islamic State (IS) and urged the...

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Massachusetts Senate unanimously repeals drug-related driver’s license suspension law
Ashley Hogan
September 25, 2015 02:55:45 pm

The Massachusetts state Senate unanimously passed a resolution Thursday to repeal a law requiring a driver's license suspension of at least six months for anyone convicted of a drug crime. The law required the driver's...

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UN high court rules it may hear Bolivia case on ocean access
Alexandra Farone
September 25, 2015 11:30:07 am

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled 14-2 Thursday that it has jurisdiction to hear the case between Bolivia and Chile regarding land-locked Bolivia's access to the Pacific Ocean. Bolivia argued to the ICJ that...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First meeting of the US Supreme Court

On February 1, 1790, the Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time. The meeting was held at the Merchants' Exchange Building in New York City, then the national capital. Chief Justice John Jay presided over the first Court with five Associate Justices: James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Cushing, and John Rutledge. However, due to the limitations of 18th-century transportation technology, the meeting was postponed by Jay until the following day. The first meeting was held primarily to organize the Supreme Court. The Justices did not hear their first actual case, Chrisholm v. Georgia, until 1792.

Sir Edward Coke born

Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and author of law reports and commentaries (including, most famously, Coke on Littleton), was born on February 1, 1552. Learn more about Sir Edward Coke.

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