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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 31 March 2018
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 31 March 2018
JURISTbot
March 31, 2018 12:01:10 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy must stand for trial for charges of corruption and influence the 2007 French presidential election. A judge for the US...

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News US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 31 March 2018
US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 31 March 2018
JURISTbot
March 31, 2018 12:00:09 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US State Department submitted a proposal to the Federal Register on Friday that would require nonimmigrant visa applicants to list their social media identities...

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News Federal court blocks HHS policy on pregnant minors, grants class status
Federal court blocks HHS policy on pregnant minors, grants class status
Andrew Morgan
March 30, 2018 11:48:05 pm

The DC District Court on Friday blocked policies implemented by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) limiting the ability of undocumented, minor immigrants in HHS custody to access abortion services. The preliminary...

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News Federal court grants summary judgment in asylum class-action
Federal court grants summary judgment in asylum class-action
Patrick Sherry
March 30, 2018 10:40:58 pm

The US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Thursday granted summary judgment in favor of several groups of immigrants seeking asylum both in and out of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...

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News State Department proposal would ask about nonimmigrants’ social media profiles
State Department proposal would ask about nonimmigrants’ social media profiles
Elizabeth Lowman
March 30, 2018 06:12:58 pm

The US State Department submitted a proposal to the Federal Register on Friday that would require nonimmigrant visa applicants to list their social media identities for the last five years. The application would provide...

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News Federal judge dismisses Exxon’s effort to block climate change investigation
Federal judge dismisses Exxon’s effort to block climate change investigation
Austin Koltonowski
March 30, 2018 05:29:06 pm

A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday rejected Exxon's lawsuit claiming officials in New York and Massachusetts were pursuing bad faith investigation in violation of the oil corporations rights. The attorneys general are investigating whether Exxon's securities filings...

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News Hawaii lawmakers approve bill legalizing medically assisted death
Hawaii lawmakers approve bill legalizing medically assisted death
Christopher Hsu
March 30, 2018 05:08:26 pm

The Hawaii Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would legalize medically assisted death for terminally ill patients. The bill applies to patients with less than six months to live. It would allow patients to obtain...

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News Arkansas Supreme Court rules state must identify execution drug manufacturers
Arkansas Supreme Court rules state must identify execution drug manufacturers
Brittney Zeller
March 30, 2018 04:02:15 pm

The Supreme Court of Arkansas ruled Thursday that the state prison system may be permitted to conceal information that could be used to identify third parties who obtain drugs for the state, but must continue to identify the manufacturers...

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News California judge rules coffee must be sold with cancer warning
California judge rules coffee must be sold with cancer warning
Raven Moore
March 30, 2018 02:31:09 pm

A Los Angeles judge ruled Wednesday that coffee companies are required to display cancer warning labels on coffee because of the chemical produced in the roasting process. The Council for Education and Research on Toxics, a non-profit group,...

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News Transgender people sue Ohio to change gender on birth certificate
Transgender people sue Ohio to change gender on birth certificate
Erik Slobe
March 30, 2018 10:09:21 am

Four transgender people filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Thursday against the Ohio Department of Health and Office of Vital Statistics due to the plaintiffs' inability to change their...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Phillip III of Spain expels Muslim converts to Christianity

Phillip III of Spain began the expulsion of the country's "Morisco" (Muslims who converted to Christianity and their descendants) population on April 9, 1609, based on the Crown's fears that the Morisco population retained Muslim beliefs. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos would be expelled from the country from 1609-1614. The expulsions took place just over 100 years after Spain's Jewish population was expelled in 1492. Learn more about the expulsion of the Moriscos.

Senate approves purchase of Alaska

On April 9, 1867, the U.S. Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska and thereby approve the purchase of the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Initially, the purchase was made to keep Alaska away from the British. It was politically unpopular with many Americans who denounced it is "Seward's Folly", after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, who had lobbied for the purchase. Seward was later vindicated by the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Purchase from the U.S. State Department.

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.

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