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News UN rights expert reports deteriorating health care in Palestine
UN rights expert reports deteriorating health care in Palestine
Raven Moore
March 21, 2018 08:52:22 am

An independent UN human rights expert on Tuesday submitted a report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva highlighting Israel's failure to ensure the health and welfare of Palestinians living under their control. Michael Lynk, the current Special...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on California abortion disclosure law
Supreme Court hears arguments on California abortion disclosure law
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 21, 2018 07:38:21 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday concerning the constitutional validity of California's Reproductive Fact Act , which has been challenged on First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds. The Act requires...

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News Federal judge dismisses Tennessee challenge to refugee resettlement program
Federal judge dismisses Tennessee challenge to refugee resettlement program
Sean Rohtla
March 20, 2018 02:10:42 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on Monday dismissed an action by the state of Tennessee against the federal refugee resettlement program. The plaintiffs on behalf of the state of Tennessee asserted...

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News Supreme Court: state courts have jurisdiction over securities class actions
Supreme Court: state courts have jurisdiction over securities class actions
Jessica Lasky
March 20, 2018 01:51:58 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (SLUSA) did not strip state courts of jurisdiction over class action lawsuits under the 1933 Securities Act . The...

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News Scotland court orders hearing on referring Brexit withdrawal question to ECJ
Scotland court orders hearing on referring Brexit withdrawal question to ECJ
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 20, 2018 01:22:58 pm

A three-judge panel of the Inner House of the Scotland Court of Session on Tuesday ordered a hearing on whether a referral may be made to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the...

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News Amnesty warns China’s new Supervision Law ‘a systematic threat to human rights’
Amnesty warns China’s new Supervision Law ‘a systematic threat to human rights’
Zachary Uram
March 20, 2018 12:39:51 pm

Amenesty International on Tuesday warned that China's new Supervision Law is a "systemic threat to human rights." The stated purpose of the new law is to centralize local and provincial supervision bodies in order to limit...

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News Russia election monitors witness electoral fraud
Russia election monitors witness electoral fraud
Elizabeth Lowman
March 20, 2018 09:59:36 am

Golos , a Russian organization which advocates for fair elections, reported numerous, large-scale instances of electoral fraud at Sunday's election, in which Vladimir Putin was reelected. In addition to members monitoring the voting facilities in...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on divorce contract statute
Supreme Court hears arguments on divorce contract statute
Lindsay Offutt
March 20, 2018 08:31:14 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case concerning the Minnesota revocation-upon-divorce statute, which revokes an ex-spouse's beneficiary designation once the couple divorces. The relevant part of the statute states: "the...

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News Federal lawsuit filed after Mississippi governor signs strict abortion law
Federal lawsuit filed after Mississippi governor signs strict abortion law
Lindsay Offutt
March 20, 2018 07:46:27 am

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Monday signed into law the country's strictest abortion law, prompting Mississippi's only abortion clinic to file a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi challenging the...

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News Federal District Court and Supreme Court reject GOP challenges to new Pennsylvania election map
Federal District Court and Supreme Court reject GOP challenges to new Pennsylvania election map
Zachary Uram
March 19, 2018 03:42:40 pm

The US District Court for the Middle of Pennsylvania on Monday dismissed the lawsuit brought by Pennsylvania Republican legislators seeking to throw out the new electoral map designed by the state Supreme Court. Also...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty extended indefinitely

On May 11, 1995, over 170 signatory nations agreed to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) indefinitely. The NPT is an agreement signed by 189 countries to control the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology based on the principles of disarmament, non-proliferation, and the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The treaty was opened for signature in 1968 with a provision for review conferences every five years. During the 1995 review conference in New York City, member countries decided to keep the treaty open indefinitely. Learn more about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from the United Nations.

Massachusetts repealed law banning Christmas

On May 11, 1682, the Massachusetts General Court repealed two laws that had banned the celebration of Christmas and had authorized capital punishment for expelled Quakers returning to the colony. Learn more about the state's ban on Christmas.

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