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News Supreme court declines to reinstate North Carolina voter ID law
Supreme court declines to reinstate North Carolina voter ID law
Matthew Santiago
September 1, 2016 08:47:28 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a motion to reinstate North Carolina's recently overturned law that limited early voting to 10 days and required voters to present approved identification cards. Last month the US...

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News Federal appeals court refuses to stop military trial for alleged USS Cole bomber
Federal appeals court refuses to stop military trial for alleged USS Cole bomber
Taylor Isaac
September 1, 2016 07:03:08 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused Wednesday to halt the military trial of the suspect charged with orchestrating the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, which killed 17 US...

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European Court ruled against hitting schoolchildren in the UK

On February 25, 1982, in Campbell & Cosans v. The United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that parents can prevent teachers in the United Kingdom from striking their schoolchildren. At the time of the court's decision, the UK was the only Western European nation that permitted corporal punishment in schools.

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