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News New Jersey officials found guilty over ‘bridgegate’ scandal
New Jersey officials found guilty over ‘bridgegate’ scandal
Alexis Wheeler
November 4, 2016 04:12:36 pm

Bridget Kelly and William Baroni, former New Jersey officials under Governor Chris Christie , were found guilty Friday of all counts against them for the 2013 lane closings on...

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News UN rights experts urge Brazil to step-up recovery effort over Samarco dam disaster
UN rights experts urge Brazil to step-up recovery effort over Samarco dam disaster
Alexis Wheeler
November 4, 2016 03:42:05 pm

One year after the disastrous collapse of a mining dam in Brazil, UN experts called on the Brazilian government, Samarco, Vale, and BHP Billiton Friday to refocus recovery efforts. The statement urged officials to act on...

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News Supreme Court grants stay of execution for Alabama inmate
Supreme Court grants stay of execution for Alabama inmate
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
November 4, 2016 01:18:39 pm

The US Supreme Court issued an order on Thursday granting a last-minute stay of execution just as state officials in Alabama were preparing to execute Thomas Douglas Arthur by lethal injection. The application for the stay was...

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News Paris Agreement on climate change takes effect
Paris Agreement on climate change takes effect
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
November 4, 2016 12:11:10 pm

For the first time in history, governments around the world have agreed to legally binding limits on global temperature rises as the Paris Agreement on climate change became effective on Friday. All governments that have ratified...

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News Federal judge denies Pennsylvania GOP effort to allow out-of-county poll watchers
Federal judge denies Pennsylvania GOP effort to allow out-of-county poll watchers
Justin Cosgrove
November 4, 2016 10:54:28 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Thursday denied the Pennsylvania Republican Party's effort to allow out-of-county poll watchers to monitor precincts on election day. Judge Gerald Pappert stated...

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News Federal appeals court rejects challenge to Arizona election law
Federal appeals court rejects challenge to Arizona election law
Justin Cosgrove
November 4, 2016 10:30:11 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a challenge Wednesday to an Arizona election law. The Ninth circuit, in a 2-1 opinion turned down a legal challenge regarding thrown out ballots...

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News Amnesty: EU ‘hotspot approach’ causing Italy to use illegal procedures on migrants
Amnesty: EU ‘hotspot approach’ causing Italy to use illegal procedures on migrants
Taylor Isaac
November 4, 2016 09:08:20 am

The EU's "hotspot approach" to processing refugees is pressuring Italian authorities to use illegal procedures, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Thursday. The report was composed after conducting interviews with more than...

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News South Africa justice minister submits bill to withdraw from ICC
South Africa justice minister submits bill to withdraw from ICC
Taylor Isaac
November 4, 2016 08:19:21 am

The justice minister of South Africa on Thursday submitted a bill to parliament seeking withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Tshililo Michael Masutha , the Minister of Justice of South Africa, presented the bill due to...

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News UN rights experts concerned over DRC protest ban
UN rights experts concerned over DRC protest ban
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 4, 2016 07:46:39 am

A group of UN human rights experts called on the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Thursday to revoke what they consider an unjustified ban on protests in Kinshasa, the DRC capital. The statement says...

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News Federal appeals court rejects challenge to Ohio execution secrecy law
Federal appeals court rejects challenge to Ohio execution secrecy law
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 3, 2016 02:26:17 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday threw out a challenge to Ohio's execution secrecy law. Under HB 663 , the identity of individuals and entities that participate in the lethal...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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