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News More than 170 organizations sign letter urging net neutrality
More than 170 organizations sign letter urging net neutrality
Jonathan Niznansky
March 9, 2017 09:42:22 am

More than 170 organizations urged acting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai Tuesday to preserve net neutrality . The letter , signed by organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, Greenpeace and...

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Trump nominates Noel Francisco as Solicitor General
Jonathan Niznansky
March 9, 2017 08:56:24 am

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named acting Solicitor General Noel Francisco as his choice for the permanent position. Formerly a partner at large international law firm Jones Day , Francisco has spent a career...

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News Federal appeals court rules Native American tribe has groundwater rights
Federal appeals court rules Native American tribe has groundwater rights
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 8, 2017 03:02:28 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has federally established rights to groundwater...

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News Hawaii files request to block new immigration executive order
Hawaii files request to block new immigration executive order
Alexandra Farone
March 8, 2017 01:05:11 pm

Hawaii filed a request shortly before midnight on Tuesday for a temporary injunction to block President Donald Trump's new immigration executive order . Hawaii claims that this new executive order is "infected" with the same legal problems...

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News UN rights expert condemns modern-day surveillance laws
UN rights expert condemns modern-day surveillance laws
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 8, 2017 12:50:28 pm

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy , Joseph Cannataci, presented a report to the Human Rights Council on Wednesday condemning modern-day surveillance legislation and expressing grave concerns regarding the threat to privacy...

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UN rights chief presents annual report
Alexandra Farone
March 8, 2017 12:34:28 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein presented his annual report on Wednesday to the Human Rights Council . The report details the work done by the Office of the High...

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News UK House of Lords approves amendment requiring parliamentary approval of Brexit negotiations
UK House of Lords approves amendment requiring parliamentary approval of Brexit negotiations
Erik Slobe
March 8, 2017 12:28:25 pm

The UK House of Lords passed an amendment to the EU Notification of Withdrawal Bill Tuesday that gives the Parliament the ability to approve the negotiations of the UK's exit from the EU. The upper...

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News US Senate approves bill to overturn Obama-era land management rule
US Senate approves bill to overturn Obama-era land management rule
Ruben Sindahl
March 8, 2017 12:04:07 pm

The US Senate approved a bill on Tuesday to overturn a rule created by the Obama administration regarding land management. According to supporters of the rule, it was created to streamline the communication process between federal...

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DOJ withdraws appeal on previous immigration order
Erik Slobe
March 8, 2017 11:54:13 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday withdrew its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding a challenge to President Donald Trump's previous executive order on...

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South Africa cancels withdrawal from ICC
Ruben Sindahl
March 8, 2017 11:10:32 am

South Africa on Tuesday informed the UN that it is canceling its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . South Africa's decision to cancel the withdrawal comes in response to the South African High...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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