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News Virginia felon voting rights challenged
Virginia felon voting rights challenged
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 14, 2016 03:52:33 pm

Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging an executive order by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe restoring the voting rights of certain felons. McAuliffe signed an executive order in April restoring the voting rights...

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News Supreme Court overturns Federal Circuit decision on patent infringement
Supreme Court overturns Federal Circuit decision on patent infringement
Justin Cosgrove
June 14, 2016 09:23:42 am

The US Supreme Court vacated and remanded a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Monday in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc . The court held in a unanimous decision that...

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News Supreme Court upholds use of tribal-court convictions as predicate offenses
Supreme Court upholds use of tribal-court convictions as predicate offenses
Justin Cosgrove
June 14, 2016 08:25:01 am

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in United States v. Bryant that the use of tribal-court convictions as predicate offenses in substitute prosecution does not necessarily violate the constitution. The court held that...

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News Romania court reopens probe into 1989 revolution
Romania court reopens probe into 1989 revolution
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 13, 2016 02:04:03 pm

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice ruled Monday that an investigation into the country's 1989 revolution can reopened. The prosecutor general's office said in October that the investigation into the events of December...

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News Supreme Court rules against Puerto Rico on debt restructuring
Supreme Court rules against Puerto Rico on debt restructuring
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 13, 2016 11:35:56 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-2 Monday in Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust that Section 903(1) of the Bankruptcy Code preempts Puerto Rico's Recovery Act. The federal bankruptcy code preempts state...

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News UN group condemns child labor in supply chains
UN group condemns child labor in supply chains
Taylor Isaac
June 12, 2016 01:17:44 pm

The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) on Sunday released a statement calling for the world to end child labor in supply chains such as agriculture, mining and manufacturing. The statement was made on...

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News Oregon court recognizes ‘non-binary’ as legal gender
Oregon court recognizes ‘non-binary’ as legal gender
Miracle Jones
June 12, 2016 11:27:13 am

A judge from Multnomah County Circuit Court in Oregon ruled on Friday that an individual's gender could be legally changed from from female to non-binary. This ruling legally recognizing a third gender option is the first...

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News Bangladesh detains 1,600 in search for radical Islamist militants
Bangladesh detains 1,600 in search for radical Islamist militants
Taylor Isaac
June 11, 2016 04:21:12 pm

Authorities in Bangladesh detained approximately 1,600 people between Thursday and Friday in efforts to find and detain radical Islamist militants. Police suspect only 37 of the detainees are more than petty criminals, none of whom are believed to...

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News Michigan Senate passes bill compensating the exonerated for wrongful imprisonment
Michigan Senate passes bill compensating the exonerated for wrongful imprisonment
Taylor Isaac
June 11, 2016 03:35:50 pm

The Michigan Senate on Thursday passed a bill (SB 291) that would compensate people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes once they are exonerated . SB 291, also known as the Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation...

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News UN cautions Israel against violating international law in response to attacks
UN cautions Israel against violating international law in response to attacks
Miracle Jones
June 11, 2016 11:21:00 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday cautioned Israel that their response to the deadly Tel Aviv attack earlier this week may be violating international law by implementing prohibitive collective...

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India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty

On March 19, 1972, India and Bangladesh signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Peace for twenty-five years. The treaty recognized the independence of Bangladesh by India at the conclusion of Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan. The treaty expired in 1997 without renewal.

Earl Warren born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, California. He led the Court during a critical period of social change in the 1950s and 1960s and is perhaps best known for his Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education. Learn more about Earl Warren from the Supreme Court Historical Society, and hear him deliver the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University in 1970, shortly after his retirement, on the theme "The Alternative is Chaos."

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