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News Supreme Court rules against Vermont health care law
Supreme Court rules against Vermont health care law
Dominic Yobbi
March 2, 2016 08:55:54 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company against a 2005 Vermont health care law that required health insurance providers to release data regarding the amount paid on...

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News Europe rights committee criticizes Greece prison conditions
Europe rights committee criticizes Greece prison conditions
Alonso Diaz
March 1, 2016 03:35:57 pm

The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) released a report Tuesday condemning Greece for police abuse, poor prison conditions and mistreatment of detained juveniles. The report details...

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News Mississippi flag challenged in federal lawsuit
Mississippi flag challenged in federal lawsuit
Taylor Isaac
March 1, 2016 03:25:14 pm

A federal lawsuit was filed on Monday against the governor of Mississippi challenging the state flag, the last one in the country that bears the Confederate battle emblem. Carlos Moore, the Mississippi native and civil rights lawyer that...

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News UN rights body urged to put women at forefront of disaster reduction discussion
UN rights body urged to put women at forefront of disaster reduction discussion
Brittany Felder
March 1, 2016 02:50:22 pm

A UN human rights body was urged Monday to place more of a focus on women in disaster reduction and relief measures. Speaking to a special convention on the relationship between gender and disaster reduction and climate...

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News UN rights expert urges Kosovo to shift focus towards rule of law
UN rights expert urges Kosovo to shift focus towards rule of law
Taylor Isaac
March 1, 2016 02:30:22 pm

The head of the UN mission in Kosovo said Monday that Kosovo is set to face "complex challenges" this year and should shift focus towards more fundamental issues "such as the intrinsic links between post-conflict development, enforcement of...

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News EU court rules Germany can require refugees to live in certain places
EU court rules Germany can require refugees to live in certain places
Brittany Felder
March 1, 2016 02:22:23 pm

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Tuesday that Germany may place "residence conditions" on refugees. The case was brought by a Syrian couple who, upon arriving in Germany, were made aware that as...

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News Federal judge sides with Apple against DOJ request to extract data from iPhone
Federal judge sides with Apple against DOJ request to extract data from iPhone
Alonso Diaz
March 1, 2016 01:51:01 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday denied a Department of Justice (DOJ) request to order Apple to disable the security of an iPhone that was seized...

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News Supreme Court: mandatory minimum child pornography sentence applies without prior abuse of minor
Supreme Court: mandatory minimum child pornography sentence applies without prior abuse of minor
Alexandra Farone
March 1, 2016 12:42:20 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 on Tuesday in Lockhart v. US that the 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for child pornography possession applies when the offender has been previously convicted of sexual abuse...

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News Brazil justice minister resigns over corruption investigation
Brazil justice minister resigns over corruption investigation
Alexandra Farone
March 1, 2016 12:13:47 pm

Brazilian Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo resigned on Monday amid pushback from the ruling Worker's Party over his failure to reign in the corruption investigation targeting public officials, including former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva . Cardozo...

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News Ex-Guantanamo chief ignores France court summons to answer torture allegations
Ex-Guantanamo chief ignores France court summons to answer torture allegations
Jacqueline Jones
March 1, 2016 11:12:42 am

Former head of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, US Army Major General Geoffrey Miller, failed to appear before a French court on Tuesday to answer a subpoena to appear for questioning on his involvement...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Knights Templar arrested in France on false charges

French members of the Crusade-era chivalric order the Knights Templar, including Grand Master Jacques de Molay, were arrested upon the orders of King Phillip IV of France on October 13, 1307. The group was baselessly accused of multiple offenses, including idolatry and homosexual acts. The Templars would be tried for these offenses before being disbanded officially by Pope Clement V in 1312. Learn more about the Knights Templar.

Rosenbergs' espionage appeal denied by Supreme Court

On October 13, 1952, the US Supreme Court announced that it had declined to grant certiorari in the appeal of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, condemned to death for conspiracy to commit atomic espionage for the Soviet Union. Justice William O. Douglas eventually granted a stay of execution on June 17, 1953, but that order was vacated by the full Court and the Rosenbergs were executed on June 19, 1953. Learn more about the Rosenbergs' case from the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Greenwich Mean Time established as universal standard

On October 13, 1884, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was declared universal time by the International Meridian Conference, a gathering of 25 nations from around the globe.
Read the proceedings of the International Meridian Conference from Project Gutenberg.

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