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News China authorities release detained Sweden rights advocate
China authorities release detained Sweden rights advocate
Jacqueline Jones
January 26, 2016 11:14:19 am

Chinese authorities on Tuesday released and deported Swedish citizen charged with training and funding unlicensed lawyers, after the Swedish embassy expressed concerns over the charges last week. Peter Dahlin had appeared on Chinese national television...

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News Texas grand jury indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood video
Texas grand jury indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood video
Jacqueline Jones
January 26, 2016 10:47:29 am

A Texas grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood over allegations of selling fetal tissue, instead indicting two activists responsible for releasing videos that spurred the allegations. Harris County District Attorney Devon...

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News Central African Republic court certifies first round of presidential election results
Central African Republic court certifies first round of presidential election results
William Helbling
January 26, 2016 10:20:17 am

The Central Africa Republic (CAR) constitutional court on Monday certified the results of the first round of the recent presidential vote, resulting in a runoff between two former prime ministers. The election results reported that Anicet Georges...

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News Supreme Court: sufficiency challenges should not be based on jury instructions
Supreme Court: sufficiency challenges should not be based on jury instructions
Alexandra Farone
January 25, 2016 04:48:56 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Musacchio v. US that sufficiency of the evidence appeals should not be based on the elements in an erroneous jury instruction, but rather on the elements...

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News Supreme Court rules equitable tolling does not apply to tribe’s contract claim
Supreme Court rules equitable tolling does not apply to tribe’s contract claim
Bradley McAllister
January 25, 2016 03:14:34 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. United States that equitable tolling does not apply to the presentment of a tribe's contract claim. The Menominee Tribe...

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News Supreme Court rules for energy commission over wholesale demand response
Supreme Court rules for energy commission over wholesale demand response
Bradley McAllister
January 25, 2016 12:37:44 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 Monday in favor of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the case of FERC v. EPSA , upholding a 2011 rule regulating the market for...

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News Supreme Court: ruling against mandatory juvenile life sentences applies retroactively
Supreme Court: ruling against mandatory juvenile life sentences applies retroactively
Taylor Isaac
January 25, 2016 11:42:10 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Montgomery v. Louisiana that a landmark decision banning mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles should apply retroactively. The Supreme Court reached that decision ...

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News Mexico authorities arrest 3 suspects in ‘missing 43’ investigation
Mexico authorities arrest 3 suspects in ‘missing 43’ investigation
Matthew Santiago
January 25, 2016 11:38:49 am

Three men were arrested on Saturday for their possible connection to the disappearance of 43 Mexican students in September 2014. Mexican authorities claim the suspects are members of Guerreros Unidos , a local drug cartel...

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News Supreme Court declines to rule on North Dakota abortion law
Supreme Court declines to rule on North Dakota abortion law
Taylor Isaac
January 25, 2016 11:10:22 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in a case regarding a North Dakota law that would ban abortion as soon as a heartbeat is detectable, as early as six weeks. The Abortion Control...

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News Former Bangladesh PM ordered to appear in court following sedition charges
Former Bangladesh PM ordered to appear in court following sedition charges
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
January 25, 2016 10:56:54 am

Former Bangladesh prime minster Khaleda Zia was ordered to appear in court following charges of sedition on Monday. The suit against Zia was filed by Momtaz Uddin Ahmad Mehdi, a lawyer with the Bangladesh Supreme Court...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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