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News Republican judiciary committee members vow to block Supreme Court nominees
Republican judiciary committee members vow to block Supreme Court nominees
Steven Wildberger
February 24, 2016 09:04:30 am

Republicans in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday vowed to block any Supreme Court nominee by President Obama . In a letter to the majority leader of the primarily-Republican Senate, all 11 of the Judiciary Committee's Republicans...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on patents, Hobbs Act
Justin Cosgrove
February 24, 2016 07:08:28 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in cases dealing with damages for patent infringement and the Hobbs Act robbery statute. The consolidated cases of Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer and Halo Electronics, Inc. v....

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News UN Commission: Civilians paying the biggest price in Syria conflict
UN Commission: Civilians paying the biggest price in Syria conflict
Alonso Diaz
February 23, 2016 03:27:33 pm

The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic reported that the Syrian conflict has had an unyielding effect on civilians as it enters in its sixth year. A concerted and sustained international action [UN News Centre...

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News Europe rights court condemns Italy for role in rendition case
Europe rights court condemns Italy for role in rendition case
Taylor Isaac
February 23, 2016 03:18:36 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday condemned Italy for their role in the 2003 kidnapping situation in connection with the US extraordinary rendition program. The court stated that Italy failed to perform their...

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News UN: Europe placing undue hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers
UN: Europe placing undue hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers
Taylor Isaac
February 23, 2016 01:28:15 pm

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday that new measures put in place by many European countries are too restrictive and place undue hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers. The measures at issue include daily...

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Obama delivers Guantanamo closure plan to Congress
Alexandra Farone
February 23, 2016 01:04:11 pm

US President Barack Obama delivered his plan to close Guantanamo Bay to Congress on Tuesday. This plan comes seven years after Obama first announced he planned to shut down the prison before the...

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News Europe rights court rules Russia violated opposition leader’s right to fair trial
Europe rights court rules Russia violated opposition leader’s right to fair trial
Alonso Diaz
February 23, 2016 12:41:45 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Russia violated the right of Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov to a fair trial. Navalny was convicted of organizing and Ofitserov of facilitating large-scale embezzlement, including timber...

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UN rights office expresses concern over Uganda elections
Alexandra Farone
February 23, 2016 12:05:51 pm

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern Tuesday over the tense situation in Uganda after Thursday's election where President Yoweri Museveni apparently won a...

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Utah senate advances bill legalizing medical marijuana
Brittany Felder
February 23, 2016 12:03:18 pm

The Utah Senate on Monday voted to advance Senate Bill 73 , which would legalize the use of medical marijuana in various forms such as vapor or edible form. The bill allows for dispensaries to...

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Amnesty: Austria cap on asylum seekers violates human rights
Jacqueline Jones
February 23, 2016 09:30:27 am

Amnesty International (AI) warned Tuesday that Austria is violating the human rights of asylum seekers by putting caps of 80 requests per day through the main migrant route. Heinz Patzelt, of Amnesty International...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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