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News Missouri judge blocks law banning teachers from using social media with students
Missouri judge blocks law banning teachers from using social media with students
Aman Kakar
August 28, 2011 03:58:59 pm

Cole County Circuit Court of Missouri issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday enjoining the State of Missouri from implementing Missouri Revised Statutes § 162.069.4 , which prevents students and teachers from communicating...

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News First Circuit upholds right to record public police action
First Circuit upholds right to record public police action
Aman Kakar
August 28, 2011 02:55:30 pm

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Friday ruled that there is a clearly-established First Amendment right to film police officers performing their duties in a public space. The...

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News Whistleblower soldier pleads guilty in Afghan civilian death
Whistleblower soldier pleads guilty in Afghan civilian death
Aman Kakar
August 7, 2011 04:06:53 pm

Military judge Colonel David Conn sentenced Specialist Adam Winfield to three years in prison, demotion to private and a bad-conduct discharge on Friday for involuntary manslaughter in the death of an Afghan civilian. Winfield pleaded guilty to...

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News Federal appeals court strikes down Wisconsin ban on hormone therapy for inmates
Federal appeals court strikes down Wisconsin ban on hormone therapy for inmates
Aman Kakar
August 7, 2011 02:53:07 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court's ruling invalidating the Inmate Sex Change Prevention Act , which prohibited the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) [official...

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News Europe rights court rejects appeals against Switzerland minaret ban
Europe rights court rejects appeals against Switzerland minaret ban
Aman Kakar
July 10, 2011 03:22:11 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected two appeals from Swiss Muslims challenging Switzerland's ban on construction of minarets. The court ruled that the appeals were inadmissible because the complaints failed...

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News Thailand opposition lawyers challenge election
Thailand opposition lawyers challenge election
Aman Kakar
July 10, 2011 12:14:48 pm

Lawyers associated with Thailand's outgoing ruling Democrat Party filed papers with the Election Commission on Friday challenging the Puea Thai party's election victory. The filings seek to dissolve the Puea Thai party on grounds that the...

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News Federal judge enjoins Indiana immigration law
Federal judge enjoins Indiana immigration law
Aman Kakar
June 25, 2011 03:00:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court Southern District of Indiana on Friday issued a preliminary injunction against two provisions of a controversial Indiana immigration law . The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)...

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News New York governor signs same-sex marriage legislation
New York governor signs same-sex marriage legislation
Aman Kakar
June 25, 2011 12:00:00 pm

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) on Friday signed legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry in the state. The New York State Senate had passed the Marriage Equality Act 33-29 earlier that day...

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News UN SG expresses concern over escalation of violence in Syria
UN SG expresses concern over escalation of violence in Syria
Aman Kakar
June 4, 2011 04:52:38 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday expressed concern regarding the escalation of violence in Syria and called for end to the repression by security and military forces. Ban cited 70 deaths in the last week,...

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News US urges China to release Tiananmen Square protesters
US urges China to release Tiananmen Square protesters
Aman Kakar
June 4, 2011 03:12:10 pm

The US State Department (DOS) urged the Chinese government on Friday to release protesters arrested for the peaceful protests in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. Friday marked the twenty-second anniversary of the suppression...

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Congress passed 13th Amendment

On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States.

Yugoslavia constitution adopted

On January 31, 1946 the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was adopted, creating six internal republics. The constitution, modeled on that of the Soviet Union, would serve at the supreme law of Yugoslavia throughout the Cold War, before the union dissolved in 1990.

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