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News Argentina lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill to legalize elective abortion
Argentina lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill to legalize elective abortion
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 8, 2018 10:21:52 am

A bipartisan group of Argentine lawmakers proposed legislation on Tuesday allowing women, in their "exercise of the human right to health," to voluntarily "interrupt" their pregnancy during the first 14 weeks. Titled "Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy,"...

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News Israel Parliament passes controversial ‘breach of trust’ residency laws
Israel Parliament passes controversial ‘breach of trust’ residency laws
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 8, 2018 09:55:39 am

The Knesset on Wednesday passed an amendment to its "Entry into Israel" law authorizing the minister of Interior to cancel the permanent residency status of individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities or committing...

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News Chicago sues three largest opioid distributors
Chicago sues three largest opioid distributors
William Theisen
March 7, 2018 05:07:45 pm

Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel announced on Tuesday that his administration has filed a federal lawsuit against the three largest distributors of opioid narcotics. The complaint names AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, Cardinal Health, and McKesson Corporation ,...

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News Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase sued for insider trading
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase sued for insider trading
Austin Koltonowski
March 7, 2018 05:06:05 pm

A group of private cryptocurrency traders on Thursday filed a class action lawsuit alleging that employees of the San Francisco based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase engaged in insider trading of Bitcoin Cash. The class action lawsuit was...

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News UN investigators accuse Russia of potential war crime in Syria
UN investigators accuse Russia of potential war crime in Syria
Austin Koltonowski
March 7, 2018 04:22:07 pm

UN investigators on Tuesday reported that Russian airstrikes on a Syrian market that killed more than 80 civilians last year may constitute a war crime. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria stated that on November...

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News Federal judge rules Trump had right to end DACA
Federal judge rules Trump had right to end DACA
Austin Koltonowski
March 7, 2018 03:30:34 pm

A federal judge in Maryland on Monday rejected a challenge to President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrival (DACA) program, an Obama-era immigration policy that protects undocumented children. Judge Roger Titus stated that...

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News Federal judge rules cryptocurrency can be regulated as commodity
Federal judge rules cryptocurrency can be regulated as commodity
William Theisen
March 7, 2018 03:14:27 pm

Virtual currency, also known as cryptocurrency, can be regulated by federal agencies just like other commodities, according to a federal court order issued Tuesday. Jack Weinstein, Senior US District Judge for the Eastern District of New York [official...

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News Immigration and Customs Enforcement sued for detaining immigrant teens
Immigration and Customs Enforcement sued for detaining immigrant teens
Sean Rohtla
March 7, 2018 12:57:49 pm

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday in Washington, DC, alleging that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) consistently fails in following guidelines in federal statute by transferring...

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News Trump administration files lawsuit against California over sanctuary city laws
Trump administration files lawsuit against California over sanctuary city laws
Kenneth Hall
March 7, 2018 12:14:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against California in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California seeking declaratory judgment and injustice relief against three California immigration laws....

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News Ireland Supreme Court rules on rights of unborn children
Ireland Supreme Court rules on rights of unborn children
Sean Rohtla
March 7, 2018 11:22:57 am

The Supreme Court of Ireland ruled Wednesday that unborn children are not offered additional protections apart from the right to life in the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland. The judgment came from an immigration case...

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Massacre of hundreds of Jews ends in Lisbon, Portugal

An anti-Jewish pogrom known as the "Lisbon Massacre" came to an end on April 21, 1506. The killings started as the result of a "New Christian," who was forcibly converted from Judaism as a result of King Manuel I's 1497 Edict of Forced Conversion, questioning a purported miracle at the Church of Saint Dominic. At least 1,000 New Christians were killed as a result of the ensuing riots, spurred on by two friars.  Today a memorial to the massacre victims stands outside of the church. Learn more about the Lisbon Massacre.

Henry VIII becomes King of England

On April 21, 1509, King Henry VII died, leaving his son, Henry VIII, King of England. Henry VIII eventually seceded his nation from the Roman Catholic Church, becoming the first major European nation to do so. Henry then made himself head of the Church of England and dissolved Catholic monasteries throughout the country.

Learn more about Henry VIII.

Maryland Toleration Act established freedom of worship for all Christians

On April 21, 1649, the Maryland Assembly passed the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians. The key section of the act read: And whereas the inforceing of the conscience in matters of Religion hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous Consequence in those commonwealthes where it hath been practised, And for the more quiett and peaceable governement of this Province, and the better to preserve mutuall Love and amity amongst the Inhabitants thereof, Be it Therefore also by the Lord Proprietary with the advise and consent of this Assembly Ordeyned and enacted (except as in this present Act is before Declared and sett forth) that noe person or persons whatsoever within this Province, or the Islands, Ports, Harbors, Creekes, or havens thereunto belonging professing to beleive in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth bee any waies troubled, Molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion nor in the free exercise thereof within this Province or the Islands thereunto belonging nor any way compelled to the beleife or exercise of any other Religion against his or her consent, soe as they be not unfaithfull to the Lord Proprietary, or molest or conspire against the civill Governement established or to bee established in this Province under him or his heires. Learn more about the Maryland Toleration Act.

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