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News Supreme Court declines to review Utah anti-bigamy statute
Supreme Court declines to review Utah anti-bigamy statute
Aaron Christenson
January 24, 2017 03:04:28 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition for certiorari from Kody Brown and his four wives, famous for their reality television show Sister Wives . They were challenging the constitutionality of a...

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News Philadelphia mayor signs bill banning salary history inquiries by employers
Philadelphia mayor signs bill banning salary history inquiries by employers
Aaron Christenson
January 24, 2017 02:04:51 pm

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney on Monday signed a bill into law making Philadelphia the first US city to bar employers from asking applicants about their past salaries. The bill is designed to help decrease...

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News Federal appeals court strikes down Chicago gun range restrictions
Federal appeals court strikes down Chicago gun range restrictions
Aaron Christenson
January 19, 2017 02:09:12 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday struck down Chicago restrictions on gun ranges throughout the city. The Chicago ordinances barred anyone under the age of 18 from entering a gun range,...

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News Russia constitutional court: Russia need not pay reparations to Yukos shareholders
Russia constitutional court: Russia need not pay reparations to Yukos shareholders
Aaron Christenson
January 19, 2017 12:42:21 pm

The Russian Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that Russia does not have to comply with a 2014 European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) order to pay 1.9 billion Euros to former...

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News UN: child victims face ongoing rights violations around the world
UN: child victims face ongoing rights violations around the world
Aaron Christenson
January 17, 2017 01:30:50 pm

In a speech before a meeting of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, a senior UN human rights official said Monday that children around the world face ongoing poverty, violence and discrimination . Kate Gilmore ,...

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News UN: hundreds raped, killed in South Sudan by military groups in violent July
UN: hundreds raped, killed in South Sudan by military groups in violent July
Aaron Christenson
January 17, 2017 12:03:20 pm

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reported on Tuesday that a violent period in July 2016 left hundreds of civilians dead, along with more than 200 incidents of sexual assault. The report details violence that...

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News Pakistan court delays execution of mentally ill man
Pakistan court delays execution of mentally ill man
Aaron Christenson
January 12, 2017 03:45:46 pm

The Lahore High Court on Thursday delayed the execution of former police officer Khizar Hayat until the Pakistan Supreme Court can rule on the case of another mentally ill convict. Hayat's execution is now scheduled for...

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Baltimore reaches agreement with DOJ on police department reforms
Aaron Christenson
January 12, 2017 02:40:29 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced that it had reached an agreement with the city of Baltimore to reform its police department. The consent decree essentially puts the Baltimore Police Department...

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News HRW: Pakistan should investigate abductions of anti-Taliban activists
HRW: Pakistan should investigate abductions of anti-Taliban activists
Aaron Christenson
January 10, 2017 02:27:12 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and other international and local human rights groups on Tuesday asserted that the Pakistan government should investigate whether four missing anti-Taliban activists were abducted by the Taliban. HRW noted that the four...

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News Europe Rights Court: Muslim students must participate in mixed swimming lessons
Europe Rights Court: Muslim students must participate in mixed swimming lessons
Aaron Christenson
January 10, 2017 01:43:44 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued a ruling Tuesday refusing to exempt two Swiss Muslim students from compulsory mixed sex swimming lessons for religious reasons. The court explained that the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Warren Commission report on the Kennedy assassination released

On September 27, 1964, the report of the Warren Commission chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren on the Kennedy assassination was released. The report essentially concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone. Review the Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy.

WWII Axis Powers formed

On September 27, 1940, Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany, Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano of Italy and Ambassador Saburo Kurusu of Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, creating the World War II alliance of the Axis Powers. The Pact was later assented to by other members of the Axis, including Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

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