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News State officials urge Supreme Court to block Pennsylvania gerrymandering decision
State officials urge Supreme Court to block Pennsylvania gerrymandering decision
Patrick Sherry
January 31, 2018 07:28:34 am

The Secretaries of State from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and South Carolina filed a motion on Monday urging the US Supreme Court to block the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's recent order striking down the...

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News France court overturns ban on breeding whales in captivity
France court overturns ban on breeding whales in captivity
Raven Moore
January 30, 2018 01:49:01 pm

France's highest administrative court on Monday reversed the ban on breeding killer whales and dolphins in captivity. The Council of State's decision to annul the ministerial decree comes less than a year after it was signed. They...

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News Colombia citizens file first ever climate change litigation in Latin America
Colombia citizens file first ever climate change litigation in Latin America
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
January 30, 2018 01:44:53 pm

Twenty-five children and young citizens of Colombia between the ages of seven and 26 on Monday filed the first ever climate change litigation in Latin America. The plaintiffs, represented by Dejusticia, come from 17 regions classified...

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News UK appeals court declares mass surveillance unlawful
UK appeals court declares mass surveillance unlawful
Jessica Lasky
January 30, 2018 12:19:25 pm

The UK Court of Appeal on Tuesday invalidated mass surveillance as part of legislation that was passed in 2016. The legislation, the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA), was passed initially as an emergency provision in 2014....

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News Ireland approves May/June referendum on abortion
Ireland approves May/June referendum on abortion
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
January 30, 2018 11:50:47 am

Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Monday announced his Cabinet's approval to hold a referendum on abortion in late May or early June stating the exact date will become clear after a debate and vote in the Dáil...

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News Federal judge blocks Texas fetal burial law
Federal judge blocks Texas fetal burial law
Mary Nicholas
January 30, 2018 11:26:31 am

Federal Judge David Ezra of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Monday temporarily blocked a Texas law requiring health facilitates and abortion clinics to bury or cremate fetal remains. A stay...

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News Senate defeats 20-week abortion ban
Senate defeats 20-week abortion ban
Sean Rohtla
January 30, 2018 10:56:48 am

The US Senate voted 51-46 on Monday, stopping the advancement of a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The House approved the bill in October in a 237-189 vote. The bill , entitled the...

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News China human rights lawyer arrested after urging for democratic reform
China human rights lawyer arrested after urging for democratic reform
Lindsay Offutt
January 30, 2018 08:36:32 am

Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng was reportedly charged Saturday with "inciting subversion of state officials" after writing a letter calling for reform to China's constitution. Yu was arrested outside his home in Beijing nearly two weeks ago for...

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News Federal appeals court rules alien minors do not have right to court-appointed counsel
Federal appeals court rules alien minors do not have right to court-appointed counsel
Lindsay Offutt
January 30, 2018 07:06:42 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied review of a Board of Immigrant Appeals (BIA) case on Monday, reasoning that alien minors do not have a constitutional right to court-appointed counsel. The court ruled [opinion,...

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HRW urges Sudan to release peaceful demonstrators
Elizabeth Lowman
January 30, 2018 06:14:30 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Sudanese government on Monday to immediately release peaceful protesters from detention or grant them full due process. The demonstrators were arrested while protesting Sudan's 2018 budget, which triples the...

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'Wobblies' put on trial in Chicago

On March 23, 1918, 101 leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World union ("The Wobblies") were put on trial in Chicago for conspiracy to obstruct America's participation in World War I. Learn more about the Wobblies from the Constitutional Rights Foundation.

Pakistan becomes world's first Islamic republic

On March 23, 1956, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan became the world's first Islamic republic. Unfortunately, democracy in Pakistan collapsed quickly after General Ayub Khan lead a successful coup d'etat. Since that time, Pakistan has vacillated between military and civilian government. Pakistan was governed by the 1956 Constitution of Pakistan, until it was superseded by the 1973 Constitution, which still serves as the country's basic law today.

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