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News DOJ petitions Supreme Court to block order requesting DACA materials
DOJ petitions Supreme Court to block order requesting DACA materials
Akira Tomlinson
December 4, 2017 02:35:14 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday petitioned the US Supreme Court to block an order from Judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear Texas same-sex marriage benefits case
Supreme Court declines to hear Texas same-sex marriage benefits case
Brittney Zeller
December 4, 2017 02:30:31 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday let stand a Texas Supreme Court ruling that did not extend spousal benefits to same-sex couples under employee insurance plans. The case began in 2013 when Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks...

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News Supreme Court agrees to hear case on scope of collateral-order doctrine
Supreme Court agrees to hear case on scope of collateral-order doctrine
Kenneth Hall
December 4, 2017 02:13:57 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District v. SolarCity Corporation where it will determine 'hether orders denying state-action immunity to public entities are immediately appealable under the 'collateral-order...

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News Charlottesville authorities failed to protect public safety and free speech: report
Charlottesville authorities failed to protect public safety and free speech: report
Jennifer Suder
December 4, 2017 02:09:53 pm

Charlottesville authorities failed to protect public safety and free speech during the August white supremacist rally that turned deadly, according to an independent report by US Attorney Timothy Heaphy found that , citing breakdowns in planning and...

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News Spain court orders 4 members of Catalan independence movement to remain in custody
Spain court orders 4 members of Catalan independence movement to remain in custody
Jonathon Churchin
December 4, 2017 01:24:53 pm

Judge Pablo Llarena of the Supreme Court of Spain on Monday ordered the continued detention of four members of the Catalan National Assembly while allowing six other members...

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News Supreme Court denies review in death penalty case involving jury discrimination
Supreme Court denies review in death penalty case involving jury discrimination
Jennifer Suder
December 4, 2017 01:13:58 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied review in the Alabama death penalty case of Floyd v. Alabama in which attorneys argue that African-American jurors were improperly excluded from the jury. The petitioner, Christopher Floyd,...

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News US ends participation in UN’s global compact on migration
US ends participation in UN’s global compact on migration
Austin Koltonowski
December 4, 2017 12:42:40 pm

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday informed the UN of the US' withdrawal from participation in the UN process to develop a Global Compact on Migration (GCM) The GCM is the first, intergovernmentally...

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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday,  2 December 2017
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 2 December 2017
JURISTbot
December 2, 2017 12:00:07 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in favor of the Yukon First Nations in their action to fight the Yukon government's proposed plan to allow further economic development...

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News US Legal News Round Up for Saturday,  2 December 2017
US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 2 December 2017
JURISTbot
December 2, 2017 12:00:04 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Qualcomm filed three lawsuits against Apple Thursday, seeking compensation for alleged patent infringement. According to Qualcomm, Apple uses technologies that Qualcomm...

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News US Senate passes sweeping tax changes
US Senate passes sweeping tax changes
Andrew Morgan
December 2, 2017 02:45:48 am

The US Senate approved some version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by a vote of 51-49 early Saturday morning. The Senate's consideration of the proposed legislation began at 10:00 am Friday, and...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Slave revolt leader Nat Turner arrested

US slave revolt leader Nat Turner was arrested in Virginia on October 30, 1831. Turner, inspired by a religious vision, led a rebellion in August of that year which resulted in the deaths of 55 white people, including the family who enslaved Turner. White mobs later killed between 36 and 102 Black people in retaliation for the attacks. After his October capture, Turner became one of 55 people to be executed by Virginia in connection with the rebellion. Learn more about Nat Turner and Turner's Rebellion.

Russians granted basic civil liberties

On October 30, 1905 [October 17 in the Julian Calendar], Tsar Nicholas II granted Russians basic civil liberties in the October Manifesto.

Roosevelt approves $1 billion in aid to WWII Allies under Lend-Lease Act

On October 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in wartime aid to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Act. America did not formally enter World War II until December of 1941, but the US Government nonetheless provided crucial aid to the Allied Powers from the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March of 1941 through the end of the war. The Lend-Lease Agreement between the US and the UK was formalized the following year.

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