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News Second Circuit blocks plan to suspend fuel economy penalty increase
Second Circuit blocks plan to suspend fuel economy penalty increase
Andrew Morgan
April 24, 2018 04:06:05 pm

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday vacated a decision by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to delay increases of fines paid by automakers under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)...

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News Supreme Court upholds patent review process
Supreme Court upholds patent review process
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 24, 2018 02:42:54 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Tuesday in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC that inter partes review, which authorizes the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to...

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News Supreme Court rules foreign corporations cannot be sued under Alien Tort Statute
Supreme Court rules foreign corporations cannot be sued under Alien Tort Statute
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 24, 2018 01:39:28 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC that foreign corporations cannot be used in the US under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) . The plaintiffs in...

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News Supreme Court kicks off final week of arguments for the term
Supreme Court kicks off final week of arguments for the term
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 24, 2018 10:08:30 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases Monday. In Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission the court heard arguments on whether administrative law judges of the Securities and Exchange Commission...

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News Supreme Court to decide whether breaking into mobile home is a ‘burglary’
Supreme Court to decide whether breaking into mobile home is a ‘burglary’
Elizabeth Lowman
April 24, 2018 06:51:04 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in two cases dealing with the question of whether breaking into a mobile home or other "nonpermanent or mobile structure" constitutes a burglary under the Armed Career...

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News EU and Mexico sign new free trade deal
EU and Mexico sign new free trade deal
Zachary Uram
April 23, 2018 03:43:47 pm

The EU and Mexico on Saturday signed a free trade agreement . The agreement reduces tariffs on food and drink while allowing for the EU Geographical Indications to be maintained. Irish Whiskey and French Champagne will be distinguished...

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News India ordinance allows for death penalty for child rapists
India ordinance allows for death penalty for child rapists
Brittney Zeller
April 23, 2018 02:59:41 pm

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind signed an ordinance Saturday that modifies the Indian Penal Code to allow for the death penalty to be imposed on anyone who rapes a child under 12 years of age. Allowing the death penalty...

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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 21 April 2018
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 21 April 2018
Andrew Morgan
April 21, 2018 12:00:09 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A US federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Liberian commander known as "Jungle Jabbah" to 30 years in prison for defrauding the US immigration authorities and lying about...

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News US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 21 April 2018
US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 21 April 2018
Andrew Morgan
April 21, 2018 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a lawsuit Friday against Donald Trump, Russia, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and several Trump aids including Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and...

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News Democratic National Committee sues Trump, Russia, Assange for conspiracy
Democratic National Committee sues Trump, Russia, Assange for conspiracy
Elizabeth Lowman
April 20, 2018 04:01:03 pm

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a lawsuit Friday against Donald Trump, Russia, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and several Trump aids including Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort. The complaint, filed in the US District...

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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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