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News UN Security Council calls for ‘sustainable solutions’ for millions in Darfur
UN Security Council calls for ‘sustainable solutions’ for millions in Darfur
Erin McCarthy Holliday
February 2, 2018 07:54:11 am

The UN Security Council said in a statement Wednesday that they are in support of reviewing and adjusting priorities in its Darfur Peacekeeping Operation, underlining the need for sustainable solutions for more than 2.7 million people...

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News Pennsylvania Senate President refuses to turn over redistricting data to state Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Senate President refuses to turn over redistricting data to state Supreme Court
Andrew Morgan
February 1, 2018 05:26:56 pm

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati on Wednesday refused to produce legislative district data to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court . On Monday, the Supreme Court had ordered the parties in League of...

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News HRW: Libya armed groups preventing thousands of families from returning to Benghazi
HRW: Libya armed groups preventing thousands of families from returning to Benghazi
Lawrenz Fares
February 1, 2018 05:01:57 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday that numerous armed groups, some linked to the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), are preventing thousands of internally displaced individuals from returning home. The LNA-affiliated groups are reportedly preventing...

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News Turkish court orders rearrest of Amnesty chairman
Turkish court orders rearrest of Amnesty chairman
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
February 1, 2018 02:02:44 pm

An Istanbul court on Thursday ordered the rearrest of Taner Kılıç, the chairman of the Turkish Chapter of Amnesty International , hours after he was released . Kılıç's rearrest follows an Istanbul trial court's decision on Wednesday to...

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News US extends temporary protective status for Syrians
US extends temporary protective status for Syrians
Sean Rohtla
February 1, 2018 01:39:24 pm

The US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday extended Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for certain Syrian immigrants. The TPS status is extended for 18 months and affects 7,000 Syrians in the US who benefit from that designation....

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News Federal appeals court rules Louisiana death row inmates not entitled to air conditioning
Federal appeals court rules Louisiana death row inmates not entitled to air conditioning
Christopher Anderson
February 1, 2018 01:14:54 pm

The US Court Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a lower court's ruling that temperatures in Louisiana's death-row prison cells be kept below 88 degrees Fahrenheit. In an opinion by the Chief Judge, the court explained...

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News Poland Senate approves controversial Holocaust speech law
Poland Senate approves controversial Holocaust speech law
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
February 1, 2018 12:50:45 pm

Poland's Senate approved a legislation Thursday criminalizing speeches against the national government that suggest the country was responsible for the Holocaust. The legislation, titled "Act on the Institute of National Remembrance -...

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News Washington Senate approves bill requiring insurers to provide contraception and elective abortions
Washington Senate approves bill requiring insurers to provide contraception and elective abortions
Autumn Callan
February 1, 2018 12:32:38 pm

The Washington Senate on Wednesday voted 26-22 to pass SB 6212 , which would require insurance providers that cover maternity care to also cover elective abortions and contraception. The bill, the Reproductive Parity Act (RPA), which was...

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News British lawyers call for Saudi Arabia’s removal from UN Human Rights Council
British lawyers call for Saudi Arabia’s removal from UN Human Rights Council
Lindsay Offutt
February 1, 2018 08:26:16 am

Two British lawyers released a report on Wednesday detailing Saudi Arabia's recent human rights violations and demanding the country's membership in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) be suspended for violating international law. Authors Rodney Dixon...

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News Federal appeals court adopts causation standard under Securities Exchange Act
Federal appeals court adopts causation standard under Securities Exchange Act
Lindsay Offutt
February 1, 2018 07:31:24 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday adopted a "probable cause" test in assessing losses resultant of fraud under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 . Defendants First Solar, Inc., were...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 signed into law

US President Millard Filmore signed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on September 18 of that year, obliging law enforcement to arrest escaped slaves in all US states, including those where slavery was not legal. Free black men and women were endangered by the act's passage as they were at risk of being falsely identified as escaped slaves. The act heightened tensions between abolitionists in the North and slaveholders in the South, contributing to what would become the Civil War eleven years later. Learn more about the Fugitive Slave Act from the National Constitution Center.

Jurist Joseph Story born

On September 18, 1797, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author Joseph Story was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. West Virginia University law professor James Elkins notes that Story was also a poet; learn more about Story and read a couple of his poems here.

Anti-Corn Law League created in UK

On September 18, 1838, the Anti-Corn Law League was created in the United Kingdom. As the name suggests, the purpose of the association was to press for the abolition of British Corn Laws, which were indeed repealed in 1846. After the repeal, the organization worked to oppose other protectionist measures in the UK. The weekly news publication, The Economist, was founded as part of the anti-corn law movement.

Jurist Joseph Story born

On September 18, 1797, future US Supreme Court Justice, Harvard law professor, and legal author Joseph Story was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts.

West Virginiia University law professor James Elkins notes that Story was also a poet - learn more about Story and read a couple of his poems here.

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