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News Legislators object to special master appointment in North Carolina redistricting case
Legislators object to special master appointment in North Carolina redistricting case
Allison Hall
October 31, 2017 02:59:27 pm

North Carolina state legislators on Monday objected to the appointment of a special master by a three judge panel in the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina . Last week, the panel had...

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News Spain Constitutional Court nullifies Catalan independence declaration
Spain Constitutional Court nullifies Catalan independence declaration
Austin Koltonowski
October 31, 2017 02:37:19 pm

Spain's Constitutional Court on Tuesday formally nullified Catalonia's October 27th declaration of independence. Citing earlier decisions related to the Catalan referendum on independence, the Constitutional Court reiterated their right to...

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News War crimes trial of former Ethiopia leader’s aide begins
War crimes trial of former Ethiopia leader’s aide begins
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
October 31, 2017 01:31:29 pm

The war crimes trial of Eshetu Alemu, an aide to Ethiopia's former communist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam , began on Monday at a Dutch national court in the Hague. Alemu is alleged to have ordered the execution of 75...

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News Federal court partially blocks Trump’s transgender military ban
Federal court partially blocks Trump’s transgender military ban
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
October 31, 2017 11:47:23 am

The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday granted a preliminary injunction against portions of President Donald Trump's transgender military ban. The Court also granted portions of the government's motion to...

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News Catalonia leaders face rebellion charges after declaring independence
Catalonia leaders face rebellion charges after declaring independence
Jennifer Suder
October 31, 2017 09:40:50 am

Spanish Attorney General José Manuel Maza on Monday charged the former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont , and other top Catalan officials with rebellion, sedition, embezzlement and malfeasance related to the region's declaration of independence...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in criminal procedure cases
Supreme Court hears arguments in criminal procedure cases
Lindsay Offutt
October 31, 2017 07:27:08 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in two criminal procedure cases. In Ayestas v. Davis the petitioner, Carlos Manuel Ayestas, a Texas death-row inmate, filed a habeas petition for ineffective assistance of...

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News Argentina top prosecutor resigns over corruption scandal
Argentina top prosecutor resigns over corruption scandal
Akira Tomlinson
October 30, 2017 03:16:48 pm

Argentina's top prosecutor Alejandra Gils Carbo resigned on Monday amid accusations that she hindered investigations into the corruption scandal surrounding officials from former-president Cristina Fernandez's administration. Current President Mauricio Macri accused Carbo of misusing her...

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News France counterterrorism bill signed into law
France counterterrorism bill signed into law
Erin McCarthy Holliday
October 30, 2017 02:17:57 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron formally signed a law Monday to replace a two-year-old state of emergency established in the wake of violent Paris attacks that killed 130 people in November 2015. The new...

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News Saudi Arabia to allow women to attend stadium sporting events
Saudi Arabia to allow women to attend stadium sporting events
Kenneth Hall
October 30, 2017 01:41:53 pm

Saudi Princess Reema Bandar bint Al-Saud, vice president for women's affairs of the General Sports Authority , tweeted Sunday that the country will begin to allow women to attend sporting events in 2018. Sport stadiums...

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News Oman establishes committee for international humanitarian law
Oman establishes committee for international humanitarian law
Jonathon Churchin
October 30, 2017 12:54:05 pm

Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs , Yousuf Bin Alawi, on Monday signed Ministerial Decision No. 330/2017 into law, establishing the Omani Committee for International Humanitarian Law. The committee was established [Times of...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Knights Templar arrested in France on false charges

French members of the Crusade-era chivalric order the Knights Templar, including Grand Master Jacques de Molay, were arrested upon the orders of King Phillip IV of France on October 13, 1307. The group was baselessly accused of multiple offenses, including idolatry and homosexual acts. The Templars would be tried for these offenses before being disbanded officially by Pope Clement V in 1312. Learn more about the Knights Templar.

Rosenbergs' espionage appeal denied by Supreme Court

On October 13, 1952, the US Supreme Court announced that it had declined to grant certiorari in the appeal of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, condemned to death for conspiracy to commit atomic espionage for the Soviet Union. Justice William O. Douglas eventually granted a stay of execution on June 17, 1953, but that order was vacated by the full Court and the Rosenbergs were executed on June 19, 1953. Learn more about the Rosenbergs' case from the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Greenwich Mean Time established as universal standard

On October 13, 1884, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was declared universal time by the International Meridian Conference, a gathering of 25 nations from around the globe.
Read the proceedings of the International Meridian Conference from Project Gutenberg.

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