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News Russia top court hears bid to outlaw Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia top court hears bid to outlaw Jehovah’s Witnesses
Alexandra Farone
April 7, 2017 08:41:48 am

The Russian Supreme Court began hearings on Wednesday on a request to outlaw the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group. The Russian Ministry of Justice has named the group on a...

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US plans to pursue UN terrorism sanctions despite vetoes
Alexandra Farone
April 4, 2017 02:44:01 pm

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley stated to reporters on Monday that the US will continue to take action to sanction terrorists through the UN Security Council , despite other countries utilizing their veto...

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France calls for emergency Security Council meeting on Syria chemical weapons attack
Alexandra Farone
April 4, 2017 02:05:11 pm

French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault condemned a suspected chemical attack in Syria and called an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the issue. The Syrian Observatory...

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News Volkswagen reaches emissions settlements with 10 states
Volkswagen reaches emissions settlements with 10 states
Alexandra Farone
March 31, 2017 10:49:33 am

Volkswagen (VW) reached additional settlements with US state attorneys general on Thursday for emissions standards fraud. In addition to a $4.3 billion settlement agreement that VW reached with the US Department of Justice [official...

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News UK court declines bid to create legal ‘right to die’
UK court declines bid to create legal ‘right to die’
Alexandra Farone
March 31, 2017 09:29:49 am

A UK court of appeals declined on Thursday to allow a man with a terminal disease the right to seek his own death. Noel Conway has terminal motor neurone disease and is only expected to...

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Supreme Court blocks Texas execution over intellectual disability
Alexandra Farone
March 28, 2017 02:08:15 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Moore v. Texas that the factors considered by Texas in determining a defendant was not intellectually disabled do not comport with the Eighth Amendment or...

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UK court reduces sentence of marine who killed injured militant
Alexandra Farone
March 28, 2017 01:30:34 pm

The UK Court Martial Appeal Court on Tuesday reduced the sentence of former Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, who was convicted of killing an injured Taliban militant in Afghanistan in 2011. His murder conviction that...

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News North Carolina lawmakers override veto to make judicial elections partisan
North Carolina lawmakers override veto to make judicial elections partisan
Alexandra Farone
March 24, 2017 07:07:14 am

The North Carolina legislature on Thursday overrode Governor Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that makes state judicial elections partisan. House Bill 100 (HB100) will make all judicial...

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Gorsuch confirmation hearings continue with witness testimony
Alexandra Farone
March 23, 2017 06:50:06 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday held a new round of hearings on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Thursday's hearings involved testimony from 28 outside witnesses . This list included...

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Supreme Court rules ‘acting officials’ cannot act once presidentially nominated for position
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March 21, 2017 01:31:15 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that acting officers of federal agencies who were appointed by the president to fill a vacancy temporarily cannot act in that capacity after being officially nominated to the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US and Japan sign Kanagwa Treaty

On March 31, 1854, US Commodore Matthew Perry and representatives of the Japanese government signed the Convention of Kanagawa. The terms of the treaty marked the end of Japan's 500 years of self-imposed isolation by opening the Ports of Shimoda and Hakodate. Four years later, Japanese-American relations were further expanded by the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (Harris Treaty), which opened more Japanese ports to US trade and set up a system of extraterritoriality for Americans in Japan.

Spanish royal decree ordered expulsion of Jews

On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand of Spain signed a decree expelling Jews from his kingdom. Read a contemporary account of the expulsion, originally written in Hebrew by an Italian Jew in 1495.

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