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News North Korea leader Kim Jong-un orders more nuclear tests
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un orders more nuclear tests
Justin Cosgrove
March 11, 2016 12:09:29 pm

North Korea's state-run news agency (KCNA) reported Friday that Kim Jong-un watched a ballistic missile launch test, and ordered more tests, in order to improve the country's nuclear attack capabilities. This test is believed to have taken...

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News Germany court rules against Facebook ‘like’ button
Germany court rules against Facebook ‘like’ button
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 10, 2016 04:53:50 pm

The Dusseldorf district court on Wednesday ruled against the use of Facebook's "like" button on an online shopping site, Peek & Cloppenburg (P&C) , stating that proper consent from...

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News Poland constitutional court strikes down legal reforms
Poland constitutional court strikes down legal reforms
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
March 10, 2016 03:03:52 pm

Poland's Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that controversial government reforms to the court violate the constitution . The ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) pushed the...

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News Brazil ex-president Lula charged with money laundering
Brazil ex-president Lula charged with money laundering
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 10, 2016 02:27:48 pm

São Paulo state prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against former Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in connection with money laundering and misrepresentation of assets involving a luxury apartment in the beachfront city of Guarujá. Although the...

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News Federal appeals court to reconsider Texas voter ID law
Federal appeals court to reconsider Texas voter ID law
Kasey Tuttle
March 10, 2016 10:43:53 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed Wednesday to reconsider Texas' voter identification law before the entire court. A three-judge panel had ruled in August that the law, which requires 14.6 million registered...

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News West Virginia governor vetoes second-trimester abortion ban
West Virginia governor vetoes second-trimester abortion ban
Kasey Tuttle
March 10, 2016 10:01:18 am

West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin on Wednesday vetoed a bill banning second-trimester abortions. Tomblin expressed concern that the bill creates constitutional issues and conflicts with women's health rights. Supporters argue the...

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News UN: EU migrant exchange with Turkey possibly illegal
UN: EU migrant exchange with Turkey possibly illegal
Alexis Wheeler
March 9, 2016 02:08:27 pm

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi , expressed concerns Tuesday for a proposed migrant exchange program between the EU and Turkey. The Joint Action Plan , was proposed to decrease human...

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News Japan court orders two nuclear reactors closed
Japan court orders two nuclear reactors closed
Alexis Wheeler
March 9, 2016 01:47:14 pm

The Otsu District Court in Japan ordered an injunction halting the operation of two nuclear reactors Wednesday, days before the fifth anniversary of the Fukuishima nuclear disaster. The Fukuishima disaster , meltdowns triggered by a tsunami, was rated a...

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News Federal judge upholds Puerto Rico same-sex marriage ban
Federal judge upholds Puerto Rico same-sex marriage ban
Justin Cosgrove
March 9, 2016 12:19:45 pm

A federal judge on Tuesday upheld Puerto Rico's same-sex marriage ban. US District Judge Juan Pérez-Giménez for the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ruled that last year's landmark Supreme Court ...

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News South Carolina senate approves 20-week abortion ban
South Carolina senate approves 20-week abortion ban
Justin Cosgrove
March 9, 2016 10:42:25 am

The South Carolina Senate approved legislation on Tuesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation. The Senate approved the legislation by a vote of 36-9 allowing exceptions only if the mother's...

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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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