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News US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 18 November 2017
US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 18 November 2017
JURISTbot
November 18, 2017 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A US District judge declared a mistrial in New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial on Thursday after questioning the 12 jurors. The US District Court for...

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News Russia vetoes Security Council renewal of Syria chemical weapons investigation, again
Russia vetoes Security Council renewal of Syria chemical weapons investigation, again
Andrew Morgan
November 17, 2017 11:33:29 pm

The Russian Federation on Friday vetoed a measure before the UN Security Council (UNSC) that would have extended the mandate of a UN panel investigating the use of chemical weapons in Syria for thirty days. The...

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News Federal court denies Chicago’s request for further injunction in ‘sanctuary city’ funding case
Federal court denies Chicago’s request for further injunction in ‘sanctuary city’ funding case
Christopher Hsu
November 17, 2017 09:17:17 pm

The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Thursday denied the City of Chicago's motion for reconsideration of an earlier order granting partial injunction of a federal law enforcement grant program. The dispute...

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News UN humanitarian committee calls for action on situation in Myanmar
UN humanitarian committee calls for action on situation in Myanmar
Christopher Anderson
November 17, 2017 04:35:47 pm

The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday calling on authorities in Myanmar to address a number of human rights concerns related to the treatment of the country's Rohningya population. The committee,...

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News Former Venezuela chief prosecutor files complaint against nation’s president in ICC
Former Venezuela chief prosecutor files complaint against nation’s president in ICC
David Zwier
November 17, 2017 04:24:32 pm

Luisa Ortega Díaz, Venezuela's deposed chief prosecutor, filed a complaint on Thursday with the International Criminal Court (ICC) calling for the arrest and trial of top Venezuela officials for crimes against humanity. These...

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News District judge declares a mistrial in New Jersey Senator’s corruption trial
District judge declares a mistrial in New Jersey Senator’s corruption trial
Raven Moore
November 17, 2017 03:45:07 pm

A US District judge declared a mistrial in New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial on Thursday after questioning the 12 jurors. Following several hours of deliberation, the jury announced that they were "hopelessly deadlocked" ...

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News UNSMIL Chief calls for joint tribunal over Libyan war crimes
UNSMIL Chief calls for joint tribunal over Libyan war crimes
Jonathon Churchin
November 17, 2017 02:09:40 pm

On Thursday UNSMIL chief Ghassan Salamé suggested to the United Nations Security Council that a joint tribunal should be considered to try individuals suspected of war crimes in Libya. In the speech to the Security...

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News Appeals court denies Homeland Security petition to overturn lower court’s DACA ruling
Appeals court denies Homeland Security petition to overturn lower court’s DACA ruling
Erik Slobe
November 17, 2017 10:13:25 am

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday denied the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) petition seeking to put a hold on a district court's order requiring the DHS to...

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News AI finds war crimes and violations in the Philippines
AI finds war crimes and violations in the Philippines
Miracle Jones
November 17, 2017 01:09:35 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Friday released a report detailing humanitarian crisis incidents that may amount to war crimes in the Philippines. The report is titled ‘The Battle of Marawi’: Death and destruction in...

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News House approves tax reform bill
House approves tax reform bill
Lawrenz Fares
November 16, 2017 08:50:47 pm

The US House of Representatives approved HR 1 , a bill which will overhaul the US tax code, by a vote of 227-205 on Thursday. The bill proposes a $1.5 trillion dollar tax cut...

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Convention on Psychotropic Substances signed

On February 21, 1971, the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The Convention was promulgated to regulate psychotropic drugs, extending the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which applied to cannabis-, cocoa-, and opium-based drugs. In 1988, the UN Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was promulgated to address international drug manufacture, possession, and distribution, primarily in organized crime. 175 nations are now parties to the Convention. Member nations have implemented the Convention in the form of domestic laws such as the US Psychotropic Substances Act, the UK Misuse of Drugs Act, and the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Former Nixon AG Mitchell sentenced to prison for Watergate

On February 21, 1975, former US Attorney General John Mitchell, Nixon Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman and domestic adviser John Ehrlichman were sentenced to prison terms of 2 1/2 to 8 years for obstructing justice in the Watergate affair.

Learn more about John Mitchell from the Washington Post.

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