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News Gay men challenge Tennessee counseling law
Gay men challenge Tennessee counseling law
Alexis Wheeler
June 10, 2016 08:22:03 am

Bleu Copas and Caleb Laieski filed a lawsuit in the Chancery Court for Anderson County on Tuesday, challenging a Tennessee law that protects counselors who refuse to provide services to individuals based on their religious...

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News Supreme Court: federal courts have inherent powers to recall jury in civil cases
Supreme Court: federal courts have inherent powers to recall jury in civil cases
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
June 10, 2016 08:17:46 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 Thursday in Dietz v. Bouldin that federal district courts have "the inherent power to rescind a jury discharge order and recall a jury for further deliberations" in a...

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News UK prosecutors: no charges against MI6 for sending back Libya dissidents
UK prosecutors: no charges against MI6 for sending back Libya dissidents
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
June 10, 2016 07:46:39 am

Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) stated on Thursday that there was insufficient evidence to bring charges against anyone in MI6 for its involvement in the movement and alleged ill treatment of Abdel Hakim Belhadj ,...

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News Supreme Court rules Pennsylvania judge should have recused himself in death penalty case
Supreme Court rules Pennsylvania judge should have recused himself in death penalty case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 9, 2016 03:01:55 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Thursday in Williams v. Pennsylvania that Pennsylvania's Chief Justice should have recused himself from a death penalty case in which he formerly served as prosecutor. Terrance Williams was...

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News Supreme Court rules against Puerto Rico in double jeopardy case
Supreme Court rules against Puerto Rico in double jeopardy case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 9, 2016 01:10:20 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 Thursday in Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle that the double jeopardy clause bars Puerto Rico and the US from successively prosecuting a single person for...

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News Ex-CIA agent to be extradited to Italy following unsuccessful appeal
Ex-CIA agent to be extradited to Italy following unsuccessful appeal
Kasey Tuttle
June 9, 2016 10:52:13 am

Former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative Sabrina de Sousa will be extradited to Italy to serve a four-year prison sentence following a ruling by Portugal's Constitutional Court on Wednesday. De Sousa filed an appeal [JURIST...

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News UN report: Eritrea committing crimes against humanity
UN report: Eritrea committing crimes against humanity
Kasey Tuttle
June 9, 2016 09:16:22 am

Crimes against humanity , including enslavement, imprisonment, torture, rape and murder have been widespread in Eritrea, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea said in a report Wednesday. The commission has been...

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News Google, Facebook, Yahoo oppose expansion of FBI surveillance powers
Google, Facebook, Yahoo oppose expansion of FBI surveillance powers
Justin Cosgrove
June 8, 2016 09:54:31 am

Google, Facebook, Yahoo and various rights groups expressed opposition Monday to legislation that extends categories of Internet records that the government can collect without court approval through the National Security Letters . These expanded powers...

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News EU court: migrants cannot be jailed for illegally crossing border
EU court: migrants cannot be jailed for illegally crossing border
Brittany Felder
June 8, 2016 09:01:10 am

The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that non-EU immigrants who illegally enter the Schengen area across an internal border should not be jailed solely on that basis. They can, however, be returned...

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News Supreme Court rejects Ecuador challenge to Chevron arbitration award
Supreme Court rejects Ecuador challenge to Chevron arbitration award
Justin Cosgrove
June 8, 2016 08:32:40 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by Ecuador over an arbitration award to Chevron Corp . In 2011 Chevron was issued...

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US Supreme Court struck down statute prohibiting interracial marriage

On June 12, 1967, the US Supreme Court struck down a Virginia state law prohibiting interracial marriages. Learn more about Loving v. Virginia.

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On June 12, 1987, the Central African Republic's former leader Jean-Bédel Bokassa sentenced to death in C.A.R. for treason, embezzlement, and murder of political dissenters. His sentence was then commuted to life in prison before he was released as part of a general amnesty program at the end of his life.

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