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News Ohio voters approve amendment expanding crime victim rights
Ohio voters approve amendment expanding crime victim rights
Tate Brown
November 9, 2017 12:05:39 pm

Ohio voters on Tuesday approved an amendment that will give Ohio crime victims more Constitutional rights. Issue 1 passed with over 82 percent of the vote , giving crime victims more rights and requiring that those...

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News Indonesia Constitutional Court declares discriminatory religion law unconstitutional
Indonesia Constitutional Court declares discriminatory religion law unconstitutional
Lindsay Offutt
November 9, 2017 08:40:41 am

The Indonesian Constitutional Court on Tuesday found that a 2013 law requiring people who adopted indigenous native faiths to not disclose that religion on their ID cards was discriminatory and unconstitutional. The Indonesian government only recognizes six official...

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News Turkish court upheld opposition party deputy’s 25 year sentence
Turkish court upheld opposition party deputy’s 25 year sentence
Lindsay Offutt
November 9, 2017 07:10:35 am

The Instanbul 14th High Criminal Court on Tuesday upheld Enis Berberoğlu's 25-year prison sentence, finding the appeals court did not have grounds to order a retrial . Berberoğlu, deputy of the main opposition party, Republican People's Party (CHP), was...

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News Syria agrees to join Paris Climate Accord
Syria agrees to join Paris Climate Accord
Jennifer Suder
November 9, 2017 06:13:50 am

Syria announced on Tuesday during UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, that the nation is poised to send its ratification of the Paris Climate Accord to the UN. The Syria People's Assembly voted to...

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News Motion to dismiss partially denied in PA redistricting case
Motion to dismiss partially denied in PA redistricting case
Autumn Callan
November 8, 2017 05:50:41 pm

A three-judge panel for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied in part a motion to dismiss filed by intervenor defendants in Agre v. Wolf , a Pennsylvania redistricting case....

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News Supreme Court finds appellate procedure timing rules non-jurisdictional
Supreme Court finds appellate procedure timing rules non-jurisdictional
Kenneth Hall
November 8, 2017 04:14:52 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago that a court-made time limitation rule was not jurisdictional. The issue was whether the US Court of Appeals for the...

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News Judge restricts extrajudicial statements in Manafort and Gates trial
Judge restricts extrajudicial statements in Manafort and Gates trial
Erik Slobe
November 8, 2017 03:20:37 pm

Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia released an order Wednesday preventing all interested parties in the case against Paul Manafort Jr. and Richard Gates III from making certain statements to...

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News Spain constitutional court annuls Catalan independence declaration
Spain constitutional court annuls Catalan independence declaration
Jennifer Suder
November 8, 2017 02:51:21 pm

Spain's Constitutional Court on Wednesday declared the Catalan independence declaration to be unconstitutional. The court initially nullified the October 27 declaration of independence while it studied its legality. The...

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News UN reports increase in religous attacks in Afghanistan
UN reports increase in religous attacks in Afghanistan
Erik Slobe
November 8, 2017 02:37:50 pm

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported Wednesday that attacks against places of worship and religious leaders have seen a "disturbing" increase in Afghanistan since January 1, 2016. The attacks typically target Shi'a Muslim congregations,...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in separation of powers case
Supreme Court hears arguments in separation of powers case
Akira Tomlinson
November 8, 2017 01:19:35 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Patchak v. Zinke . The case centers around whether Section 2(b) of the Gun Lake Act is an unconstitutional violation of Article III of...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Read a biography of Nelson Mandela from the Nobel Foundation.

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