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News Chicago to sue US Steel for violating Clean Water Act
Chicago to sue US Steel for violating Clean Water Act
Jonathon Churchin
November 21, 2017 11:32:40 am

The City of Chicago announced in a press conference on Friday that they would file a federal lawsuit against US Steel alleging that the company had violated the Clean Water Act and accusing the company of...

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News DOJ files lawsuit against AT&T to block Time Warner takeover
DOJ files lawsuit against AT&T to block Time Warner takeover
Lindsay Offutt
November 21, 2017 07:34:47 am

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit on Monday against AT&T, DirecTV, and Time Warner on Monday seeking to prevent the companies' proposed $108 billion merger. The DOJ alleges that the companies' merger would violate...

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News Trump places North Korea on list of state sponsors of terrorism
Trump places North Korea on list of state sponsors of terrorism
Jonathon Churchin
November 20, 2017 02:17:03 pm

Speaking in a cabinet meeting on Monday US President Donald Trump announced that the US is re-designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism nine years after it was removed from the list. Trump stated, "Today the United...

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News Kenya Supreme Court upholds re-election of President Kenyatta
Kenya Supreme Court upholds re-election of President Kenyatta
Akira Tomlinson
November 20, 2017 01:53:50 pm

The Supreme Court of Kenya on Monday upheld last month's re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta . All six judges unanimously dismissed the two petitions as lacking merit. The National Super Alliance (NASA) stated...

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News Zimbabwe ruling party moves to impeach Mugabe
Zimbabwe ruling party moves to impeach Mugabe
Austin Koltonowski
November 20, 2017 01:53:15 pm

The Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) on Sunday demanded the resignation of 93-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe . The document threatened that the ZANU PF, which has kept Mugabe in power for decades,...

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News Nebraska regulators approve alternative route for Keystone XL Pipeline
Nebraska regulators approve alternative route for Keystone XL Pipeline
Jennifer Suder
November 20, 2017 01:48:40 pm

Nebraska regulators voted on Monday to approve a route for TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline, lifting the final regulatory barrier for the long-delayed project. The Nebraska Public Service Commission , an elected panel that rules on the...

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News Sweden Supreme Court rules against growing marijuana to self-medicate
Sweden Supreme Court rules against growing marijuana to self-medicate
Brittney Zeller
November 20, 2017 01:19:05 pm

Sweden's Supreme Court ruled it is illegal to grow cannabis to self-medicate. Anders Thörn broke his neck in a motorcycle accident in 1994 and was paralyzed from the waist down. Medical treatment...

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News Turkish officials ban LGTBI group events
Turkish officials ban LGTBI group events
Akira Tomlinson
November 20, 2017 12:57:22 pm

Turkish officials banned all events by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) non-governmental groups on Saturday in Ankara, the country's capital, asserting that the measure will ensure peace and security, personal immunity, safety and security...

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News HRW: new use of incendiary weapons reveals need for stronger laws
HRW: new use of incendiary weapons reveals need for stronger laws
Jennifer Suder
November 20, 2017 12:53:45 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Monday for the nations at the UN disarmament meeting later this week to strengthen international law surrounding incendiary weapons in response to the use of such weapons by the...

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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 18 November 2017
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 18 November 2017
JURISTbot
November 18, 2017 12:00:06 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Amnesty International (AI) on Friday released a report detailing humanitarian crisis incidents that may amount to war crimes in the Philippines. The chief judge of the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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