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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 13 January 2018
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 13 January 2018
JURISTbot
January 13, 2018 12:00:10 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Luxembourg Court of Cassation on Thursday reversed the conviction of "LuxLeaks" whistleblower Antoine Deltour who had leaked thousands of documents revealing tax breaks for major companies. ...

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News US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 13 January 2018
US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 13 January 2018
JURISTbot
January 13, 2018 12:00:04 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Supreme Court added 12 cases to its docket on Friday, including two Texas redistricting cases. The court had previously blocked two lower court rulings that...

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News Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting case
Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 12, 2018 08:56:21 pm

The US Supreme Court added 12 cases to its docket on Friday, including two Texas redistricting cases. The court had previously blocked two lower court rulings that mandated the redrawing of Texas' congressional and state legislative...

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News Germany court overturns lower court’s acquittal of “Sharia Police”
Germany court overturns lower court’s acquittal of “Sharia Police”
Christopher Hsu
January 12, 2018 05:03:01 pm

Germany's highest federal court on Thursday overturned a lower federal court's acquittal of seven men charged with violating Germany's ban on wearing uniforms in public that convey a political message. In November...

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News Luxembourg high court reverses conviction of whistleblower
Luxembourg high court reverses conviction of whistleblower
Sean Rohtla
January 12, 2018 04:57:37 pm

The Luxembourg Court of Cassation on Thursday reversed the conviction of "LuxLeaks" whistleblower Antoine Deltour who had leaked thousands of documents revealing tax breaks for major companies. Deltour, an employee at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), disclosed tax agreements between...

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News US civil rights commission urges Congress to increase public school funding in minority and low-income communities
US civil rights commission urges Congress to increase public school funding in minority and low-income communities
Patrick Sherry
January 12, 2018 03:40:39 pm

The United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) on Thursday urged Congress to take drastic actions to remedy the disparity in public school funding in minority and low-income communities. The report calls on "ederal, state, and...

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News Trump administration will allow states to impose employment requirement on eligibility for Medicaid
Trump administration will allow states to impose employment requirement on eligibility for Medicaid
Raven Moore
January 12, 2018 03:34:32 pm

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday issued guidance that will allow states to require people to work as a condition to receiving Medicaid. CMS reasoned that health care is but...

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News Federal judge dismisses challenge to Alabama voter ID law
Federal judge dismisses challenge to Alabama voter ID law
Brittney Zeller
January 12, 2018 01:05:38 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state's voter ID law. Alabama's voter ID law was passed in 2011 in an effort to...

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News Guantánamo inmates claim indefinite detention due to Trump’s hostility toward Muslims
Guantánamo inmates claim indefinite detention due to Trump’s hostility toward Muslims
Erik Slobe
January 12, 2018 11:34:39 am

Eleven Guantánamo inmates filed a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday claiming that their indefinite detention is due to President Donald Trump's anti-Muslim stance. The...

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News US House approves extension of NSA foreign surveillance program
US House approves extension of NSA foreign surveillance program
Erik Slobe
January 12, 2018 09:59:47 am

The US House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that extends Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. The bill was approved by a vote of 256-164. Title VII...

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First international arbitration court founded

On February 6, 1900, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) was founded with the ratification of the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Set at The Hague in the Netherlands, the PCA was the first international tribunal established to settle disputes between nations. The PCA was later revised by the subsequent 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Today, the PCA is housed at the Peace Palace in The Hague and is comprised of 109 member countries.

20th Amendment to the US Constitution ratified

On February 6, 1933, the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified by the requisite majority of states, moving the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January in an effort to shorten the problematic "lame duck" period.

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