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News Federal appeals court revives challenge to Pittsburgh abortion clinic buffer zone
Federal appeals court revives challenge to Pittsburgh abortion clinic buffer zone
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 2, 2016 12:36:04 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday reinstated a challenge to a Pittsburgh ordinance establishing a 15-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) challenged...

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News EU warns Poland over constitutional court changes
EU warns Poland over constitutional court changes
Kasey Tuttle
June 2, 2016 09:31:08 am

The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday adopted a rule of law opinion on Poland, warning that changes to the country's constitutional court pose a risk to the rule of law. Following Poland's Law and Justice (PiS)...

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News UN rights experts urge protection of civilians in Syria
UN rights experts urge protection of civilians in Syria
Kasey Tuttle
June 2, 2016 08:11:18 am

UN human rights experts called Wednesday for the immediate protection of thousands of Syrian civilians. According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , Islamic State (IS) militants have recently seized a number of...

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News Federal appeals court refuses to reconsider transgender bathroom ruling
Federal appeals court refuses to reconsider transgender bathroom ruling
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
June 1, 2016 04:13:52 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday denied a motion to reconsider a three-judge panel's ruling in favor of a transgender Virginia student. The case, G.G. v. Gloucester County School...

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News Former Guantanamo prosecutor reaches settlement with Library of Congress
Former Guantanamo prosecutor reaches settlement with Library of Congress
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
June 1, 2016 03:43:42 pm

Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo military commissions, settled a freedom of speech lawsuit on Tuesday against the Library of Congress after Davis was terminated from his position as assistant director of the Congressional Research...

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News DOJ objects to judge’s order for ethics classes
DOJ objects to judge’s order for ethics classes
Justin Cosgrove
June 1, 2016 10:05:06 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday challenged a federal judge's order requiring DOJ lawyers to attend ethics classes. Judge Andrew Hanen of the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas...

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News EU court adviser: sanctions against Russia legally valid
EU court adviser: sanctions against Russia legally valid
Brittany Felder
June 1, 2016 09:41:33 am

A senior adviser to the European Court of Justice submitted an advisory opinion Tuesday finding the July 2014 EU economic sanctions against Russia legally valid. In response to a challenge by Russian oil and...

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News Supreme Court declines to rule on constitutionality of death penalty
Supreme Court declines to rule on constitutionality of death penalty
Justin Cosgrove
June 1, 2016 09:20:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused a request to decide on whether the death penalty is unconstitutional. Lamondre Tucker, who murdered his pregnant girlfriend in 2008 asked the court to grant certiorari in Tucker v....

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News Cambodia parliament opens investigation into opposition leader
Cambodia parliament opens investigation into opposition leader
Brittany Felder
June 1, 2016 08:17:33 am

Te Cambodian parliament voted Monday to allow the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to open an investigation into opposition leader Kem Sohka regarding his alleged involvement with a prostitute. Many have called this move an attempt by the Cambodian People's...

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First former Warsaw Pact countries join NATO

On March 12, 1999, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Read the NATO accession treaties for the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, and the Republic of Poland.

Janet Reno sworn in as first female US Attorney General

On March 12, 1993, Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female US Attorney General. Learn more about Janet Reno from the US Department of Justice Attorney General's website as it stood on November 9, 2000.

Mahatma Gandhi begins Salt March

Indian independence advocate Mahatma Gandhi and 78 others began a 3.5-week-long march to the Arabian Sea on March 12, 1930 to defy monopolistic colonial laws prohibiting the collection of salt by Indians. The demonstration exemplified Gandhi's strategy of Satyagraha. The march ended with thousands joining in in other cities, Gandhi being briefly jailed and then granted a seat at the 1930-1932 India Round Table Conference in London. Learn more about the Salt March.

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