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News Supreme Court refuses to block order finding Texas county’s bail system discriminatory
Supreme Court refuses to block order finding Texas county’s bail system discriminatory
Autumn Callan
June 9, 2017 08:22:32 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block a finding that a Texas county's bail system discriminates against the poor. Officials of Harris County petitioned the court on Tuesday for an emergency order to...

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News Former FBI director James Comey testifies against Trump administration
Former FBI director James Comey testifies against Trump administration
Autumn Callan
June 9, 2017 07:28:25 am

Former FBI director James Comey testified on Thursday in front of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence . During more than two hours of testimony, Comey recounted nine encounters with President Donald Trump. Comey had...

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News Connecticut legislature passes stronger hate crime bill
Connecticut legislature passes stronger hate crime bill
Autumn Callan
June 8, 2017 11:55:15 am

The Connecticut General Assembly on Tuesday passed HB 5743 , an anti-hate crime bill that could be the strongest in the country. The legislation makes any hate crime an automatic felony rather than a misdemeanor. The bill...

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News UN rights expert calls for end to gender-based violence
UN rights expert calls for end to gender-based violence
Erik Slobe
June 8, 2017 10:37:09 am

Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, presented a report to the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday calling for governments to do more to reduce violence against women and LGBTQI...

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News Supreme Court lifts stay of execution for Alabama inmate
Supreme Court lifts stay of execution for Alabama inmate
Autumn Callan
June 8, 2017 09:01:33 am

The US Supreme Court lifted the stay of execution granted last week by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for Robert Melson late Tuesday. The brief order was issued by [AL...

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Germany top court rules nuclear fuel tax illegal
Erik Slobe
June 8, 2017 08:59:28 am

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that a tax on nuclear fuel was illegal. The tax, implemented in January 2011, charged nuclear power plants €145 per gram of...

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Delaware house approves bill guaranteeing abortion access
Autumn Callan
June 8, 2017 07:17:11 am

The Delaware legislature approved a bill on Tuesday that guarantees access to abortion. The bill, which was previously approved by the state Senate, was approved by a vote of 22-16 after five hours of debate and...

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News I did not say I would ‘let this go’: Read Comey’s prepared remarks in advance of Senate testimony
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Andrew Morgan
June 7, 2017 04:19:14 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey issued the following prepared remarks on Wednesday in advance of his June 8, 2017, testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee . The hearings will begin at 10:00 am EDT. Statement for...

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Texas governor signs abortion regulations into law
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 7, 2017 03:26:46 pm

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a series of abortion regulations into law on Tuesday. Senate Bill 8 will require the burial or cremation of fetal tissue and bans the donation of fetal tissue. The legislation also bans...

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Federal contractor charged with leaking classified report
Alexis Wheeler
June 7, 2017 11:59:58 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges against a federal contractor Monday for leaking classified material to a media source. Reality Leigh Winner operated under Pluribus International Corporation in Georgia at the time she...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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