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News Reuters: DOJ conducting criminal investigation of Uber for avoiding law enforcement
Reuters: DOJ conducting criminal investigation of Uber for avoiding law enforcement
Autumn Callan
May 5, 2017 04:09:34 pm

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a criminal investigation into Uber Technologies Inc. for the use of a software tool that helped drivers evade local transport regulators, according to a Thursday report by Reuters....

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News Supreme Court requires separate appeal notice when restitution findings deferred
Supreme Court requires separate appeal notice when restitution findings deferred
Autumn Callan
April 19, 2017 02:26:52 pm

The US Supreme Court held on Wednesday that a defendant wishing to appeal a restitution order must file a separate motion from the notice of appeal for the judgment. The ruling came from Manrique v. United States ....

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News Supreme Court rules Colorado Exoneration Act violates due process
Supreme Court rules Colorado Exoneration Act violates due process
Autumn Callan
April 19, 2017 01:34:17 pm

The US Supreme Court held in Nelson v. Colorado on Wednesday that Colorado's Exoneration Act is not in accord with the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of due process. The Act permits...

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News HRW: California bail system disadvantages poor
HRW: California bail system disadvantages poor
Autumn Callan
April 12, 2017 02:21:23 pm

Human Rights Watch issued a report on Tuesday saying California's bail system pressures the poor into pleading guilty in order to be released from jail. The group said tens of thousands of Californians have been held for...

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News Hungary Constitutional Court repeals village ban on burkas
Hungary Constitutional Court repeals village ban on burkas
Autumn Callan
April 12, 2017 01:22:40 pm

The Constitutional Court of Hungary repealed a village ban on the construction of mosques as well as headscarves like burkas and chadors worn by Muslim women on Wednesday. The village of Asotthalom, located on the Serbian boarder, implemented...

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Federal judge blocks Seattle ride sharing union law
Autumn Callan
April 5, 2017 02:01:34 pm

The US District Court for the Western District of Washington has issued a preliminary injunction to block Seattle's first-in-the-nation law that will allow drivers for taxis, Lyft and Uber to unionize. The law, passed...

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News UK court stays citizen’s extradition to Turkey based on safety concerns
UK court stays citizen’s extradition to Turkey based on safety concerns
Autumn Callan
April 5, 2017 01:17:19 pm

A UK high court on Wednesday stayed the extradition of a British man, Rosslee Charles, to Turkey given concerns over his safety. Charles, a gay man, was convicted of homosexual rape in Turkey in 2006. Before the trial, Charles had...

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Ivory Coast former first lady acquitted after flawed trial
Autumn Callan
March 29, 2017 02:07:36 pm

An Ivory Coast court acquitted former first lady Simone Gbagbo of crimes against humanity on Tuesday. The court acquitted due to a lack of evidence and concerns on whether Gbagbo, who is already serving a 20-year...

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UK PM triggers Article 50 to begin Brexit
Autumn Callan
March 29, 2017 01:15:22 pm

The UK government triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on Wednesday, officially beginning the legal process of Britain leaving the European Union. British Prime Minister Theresa May stated shortly after signing the exit letter , "The Article...

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Arkansas governor signs bill separating celebrations of King and Lee
Autumn Callan
March 22, 2017 01:36:53 pm

Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law a bill that separates the celebrations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate General Robert E Lee. King and Lee were both born in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Japan enacts Meiji Constitution

On February 11, 1889, the Meiji Constitution of Japan was promulgated by Emperor Meiji. Officially titled the "Constitution of the Empire of Japan," the Meiji Constitution went into effect on November 29, 1890 and served as the country's fundamental law through the rise of the Japanese Empire until the end of World War II. On May 2, 1947, the Meiji Constitution was replaced by the Constitution of Japan, which serves as the country's governing document today. The Meiji constitution created a constitutional monarchy in Japan with the Emperor serving as a powerful executive. The document furthermore created a parliament, called the Diet, as well as an independent judiciary. Its passage came as part of the Meiji Restoration, in which the Japanese Imperial throne retook power from the Shogunate and guided the nation into the modern world.

First redistricting "gerrymander" created

On February 11, 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed an electoral redistricting law that favored his party. The practice became known as "gerrymandering" in reference to Gerry and the unusual, allegedly salamander-like district that resulted. See the original 1812 political cartoon of The Gerry-mander in the Boston Gazette.

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