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News G7 fails to reach deal on Syria sanctions
G7 fails to reach deal on Syria sanctions
Alexandra Farone
April 11, 2017 01:33:04 pm

The Group of Seven (G7) nations failed to reach an agreement on whether to impose new sanctions on Russia and Syria, Italian foreign minister Angelino Alfano announced Tuesday. Before the two-day meeting of the G7 ministers, British Foreign...

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Advocacy groups sue for presidential visitor records
Alexandra Farone
April 11, 2017 12:50:04 pm

Several US advocacy groups filed a lawsuit on Monday to obtain visitor logs for who has met with President Trump at the White House, the Mar-a-Lago Florida resort and Trump Tower in New York. Citizens for Responsibility...

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News Federal judge rules Texas voter ID law discriminatory
Federal judge rules Texas voter ID law discriminatory
Matthew Santiago
April 11, 2017 12:32:03 pm

US District Judge Nelva G. Ramos found Monday that a controversial Texas voter ID law was passed in part with discriminatory intent. The plaintiffs argued that the law burdened minority voters who are more...

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News Alabama governor resigns following the start of impeachment proceedings
Alabama governor resigns following the start of impeachment proceedings
Lars Peterson
April 11, 2017 11:23:01 am

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Monday afternoon resigned from his office after impeachment proceedings were initiated against him by lawmakers that morning. Bentley was under investigation for misuse of state resources to pursue and cover up an affair...

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UN commissioner: stop transferring refugees to Hungary
Elizabeth Lowman
April 10, 2017 02:49:14 pm

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a press release on Monday that all transfers of asylum-seekers from other EU states to Hungary should be suspended under the Dublin Regulation . The Dublin...

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New York passes law offering free college tuition to residents
William Theisen
April 10, 2017 01:51:35 pm

New York became the first state to offer free college tuition to residents on Monday when governor Andrew Cuomo approved the 2018 State Budget . The budget, unanimously passed by the Senate, invests $163 million in the Excelsior...

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Gorsuch sworn in as Supreme Court justice
Meena Ansari
April 10, 2017 01:43:10 pm

Judge Neil Gorsuch was sworn in Monday, becoming the 113th person to serve on the US Supreme Court . Gorsuch's confirmation will return the court to a balance of four conservatives, four liberals and...

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Pakistan military court sentences India naval officer to death
Lawrenz Fares
April 10, 2017 01:24:59 pm

A Pakistani military court on Monday sentenced Kulbushan Jadhav , an Indian naval officer who was detained in Pakistan for the past year, to death. The court handed down the death sentence after...

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Advocacy group: Shell knew of bribes to Nigeria official
Elizabeth Lowman
April 10, 2017 01:18:25 pm

The anti-corruption group Global Witness (GW) said Monday that recently leaked emails reveal that Shell knowingly briber Nigerian officials so the company could access a Nigerian offshore oilfield. GW alleges Shell and its...

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Egypt president announces state of emergency after terror attacks
Meena Ansari
April 10, 2017 01:04:26 pm

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi announced a national state of emergency following two terror attacks on Coptic Christian churches on Sunday. The attacks killed at least 44 people and injured 100 others after suicide bombers in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Millard Filmore signed bill banning flogging in the navy

On September 28, 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy. Learn more about the history of flogging in the Navy.

William the Conqueror invades England, leading to major legal and political reform

On September 28, 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England from Normandy, France. After successfully conquering the country, William ushered in a series of political and legal reforms that still define the United Kingdom and its former colonies to this day, including, centralization of state power, a census, and the infusion of French and Latin into the language of the courts. Learn more about William the Conqueror from Project Gutenberg.

President Millard Filmore signed bill banning flogging in the navy

On September 28, 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy.

Learn more about the history of flogging in the navy from Bluejacket.com.

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