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News Egypt court upholds life sentence of Muslim Brotherhood leader
Egypt court upholds life sentence of Muslim Brotherhood leader
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
November 16, 2017 11:35:23 am

An Egypt court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence of 74-year-old Mohamed Badie, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood , convicted in 2015 for his role in the 2013 attack on a Port Said police station that resulted...

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News Senate release changes to proposed tax bill
Senate release changes to proposed tax bill
Erik Slobe
November 16, 2017 10:06:14 am

US Senate Committee on Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch on Tuesday released changes to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act . The proposed tax structure still follows a seven tier tax bracket with tax rates of 10%, 12%, 22%,...

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News 44 state AGs ask Congress to repeal law favoring drug companies
44 state AGs ask Congress to repeal law favoring drug companies
Lindsay Offutt
November 16, 2017 08:42:40 am

Attorneys general from 44 states on Tuesday signed a letter asking Congress to repeal the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act , which they claim prevents the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) from using effective drug...

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News UN rights chief urges DRC to allow peaceful protests
UN rights chief urges DRC to allow peaceful protests
Jennifer Suder
November 16, 2017 08:30:28 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Wednesday for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to deal with those protesting the general election time change in accordance with international human rights laws...

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News Colombia constitutional court rules justice tribunals are constitutional
Colombia constitutional court rules justice tribunals are constitutional
Lindsay Offutt
November 16, 2017 07:22:03 am

Colombia's Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that provisions for special justice tribunals outlined in the 2016 peace accord between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were constitutional. The Final Agreement...

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News Sessions denies misleading congress on Russia probe
Sessions denies misleading congress on Russia probe
Kenneth Hall
November 16, 2017 07:06:33 am

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified on Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee , denying claims that he had misled Congress during his previous testimonies regarding ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. In Sessions' last...

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News Kenya Supreme Court removes opposition coalition from petitions challenging presidential election
Kenya Supreme Court removes opposition coalition from petitions challenging presidential election
Jennifer Suder
November 15, 2017 03:32:32 pm

The Supreme Court of Kenya on Tuesday rejecte the participation of the main opposition coalition in petitions challenging President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in last month's repeat presidential election. This means that the National Super...

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News Uber facing lawsuit alleging ‘thousands’ of instances of sexual assault
Uber facing lawsuit alleging ‘thousands’ of instances of sexual assault
Ohara Hamlin
November 15, 2017 12:30:09 pm

Two women filed a lawsuit against Uber on Tuesday in a San Francisco federal court alleging that they had been sexually assaulted by their Uber drivers. The women claim that they are not the only ones—that drivers have...

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News UK Supreme Court rules in favor of minimum alcohol pricing in Scotland
UK Supreme Court rules in favor of minimum alcohol pricing in Scotland
Sean Rohtla
November 15, 2017 12:05:32 pm

The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in favor of allowing minimum pricing in Scotland per unit of alcohol. The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing)(Scotland) Act of 2012 sought to institute minimum pricing for alcohol based on...

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News Australia votes to legalize same-sex marriage in non-binding postal survey
Australia votes to legalize same-sex marriage in non-binding postal survey
Erik Slobe
November 15, 2017 11:42:04 am

The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday announced the results of a national postal survey on Australia's marriage law in which voters voted that Australia's marriage law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry. The...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Mexican Army kills over 400 Texas prisoners of war

The Mexican army executed more than 400 Texian prisoners of war on March 27, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, in an event that would become known as the Goliad Massacre. A decree passed in December 1835 allowed Mexican soldiers under General Antonio López de Santa Anna to shoot any foreigners in rebellion. Texian Colonel James Fannin and his men surrendered to the Mexican government under the expectation that they would be treated as prisoners of war, but they were executed regardless, engendering sympathy (and eventual support) from the neighboring United States. Learn more about the Goliad Massacre.

Khrushchev becomes USSR leader

On March 27, 1958, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became the new Premier of the USSR, replacing Joseph Stalin as the Soviet leader. During his rise to power, Khruschev denounced crimes of the Stalinist regime and the "cult of personality" surrounding his predecessor. While in office as Soviet Premier, Khruschev oversaw some of the most famous and influential events of the Cold War: the launch of Sputnik, the Sino-Soviet split, the U-2 Spy Plan incident, and finally the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, which led to his ouster by reactionary elements the following year. The conspirators forced Khruschev's resignation on October 15, 1964 and replaced him with Leonid Brezhnev.

Read the New York Times obituary of Nikita Khrushchev.

President Andrew Johnson vetoed citizenship for slaves

On March 27, 1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill that would later become the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, conferring full US citizenship on all slaves. Read President Johnson's veto letter, transmitted to the US Senate.

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