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News California governor signs bill to improve undocumented immigrant healthcare access
California governor signs bill to improve undocumented immigrant healthcare access
Miracle Jones
June 11, 2016 10:53:04 am

California Governor Edmund Brown signed a bill into law on Friday that attempts to allow undocumented immigrants to purchase healthcare plans. The bill, SB 10 , allows the healthcare exchanges set up in the state...

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News Venice Commission: Poland surveillance powers reach too far
Venice Commission: Poland surveillance powers reach too far
Mark Casper
June 10, 2016 04:40:59 pm

In an opinion issued on Friday, the Venice Commission announced that it believes Poland's current surveillance powers are too broad and need to be checked. The opinion focuses on sections 19 and 20c of the Police Act...

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News Federal judge: transgender inmates must be given access to female items
Federal judge: transgender inmates must be given access to female items
Mark Casper
June 10, 2016 03:48:11 pm

A US magistrate judge issued an order on Thursday requiring California prisons to provide transgender inmates who identify as female access to female-oriented items to which inmates have access in women's correctional facilities. The order lists pajamas,...

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News California doctors challenge ‘aid-in-dying’ law
California doctors challenge ‘aid-in-dying’ law
Mark Casper
June 10, 2016 03:15:11 pm

A group of five doctors and the American Academy of Medical Ethics (AAME) filed suit Wednesday challenging a physician-assisted suicide law. The End of Life Option Act would allow "terminally-ill" patients, an individual who, determined...

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News UN rights office condemns attacks in residential areas of Yemen
UN rights office condemns attacks in residential areas of Yemen
Mark Casper
June 10, 2016 02:21:55 pm

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday condemned a recent string of rocket and mortar attacks against residential areas and markets in Taizz, Yemen, from June 3 to June...

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News US House approves bill to address Puerto Rico financial crisis
US House approves bill to address Puerto Rico financial crisis
Mark Casper
June 10, 2016 01:43:27 pm

Members of the US House of Representatives approved bi-partisan legislation to relieve financial pressure on Puerto Rico on Thursday. The statute, entitled the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act of 2016 (PROMESA) , creates a financial...

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News ICC prosecutor: UN Security Council has failed in not arresting Sudan president
ICC prosecutor: UN Security Council has failed in not arresting Sudan president
Mark Casper
June 10, 2016 12:01:18 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) and the UN Security Council have been "conspicuous silent" in response to the prosecutor office's calls to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, said ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Thursday. She stated...

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News South Africa president appeals ruling reinstating corruption charges
South Africa president appeals ruling reinstating corruption charges
Mark Casper
June 10, 2016 11:23:36 am

South African President Jacob Zuma, along with the state prosecutor, began an appeal on Friday of a ruling reinstating 783 corruption charges against him. The charges were initially dropped by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) ...

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News Federal appeals court: authorities may require permits for concealed handguns in public
Federal appeals court: authorities may require permits for concealed handguns in public
Mark Casper
June 10, 2016 10:46:45 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held Thursday that the right to carry a concealed gun is not within Second Amendment right to bear arms. The court, reversing a prior 2014 decision...

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News UN: Ireland woman faced ‘inhuman treatment’ while seeking abortion
UN: Ireland woman faced ‘inhuman treatment’ while seeking abortion
Alexis Wheeler
June 10, 2016 09:41:22 am

Independent experts for the UN determined Thursday that an Irish woman was "subjected to discrimination and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment," when seeking an abortion. The woman, going by "AM," discovered her fetus suffered from fatal congenital defects...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court ruled Indians not US citizens

On November 3, 1884, the US Supreme Court ruled in Elk v. Wilkins that John Elk, an American Indian who had tried to vote in a federal election in Omaha, Nebraska, was not a US citizen entitled to the protection of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the US Constitution. Native Americans became eligible for citizenship in 1887 under the Dawes Act, but only in 1924, under the Indian Citizenship Act, were all Native Americans born in the US made citizens.

Last public execution at Tyburn Gallows in London

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin's execution, Tyburn served as London's primary location for public executions.

Learn more about the trial of John Austin.

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