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News DOJ drops charges against 129 people involved in anti-Trump protests
DOJ drops charges against 129 people involved in anti-Trump protests
Austin Koltonowski
January 19, 2018 12:29:07 pm

The office of the US Attorney for the District of Columbia announced Thursday that it was dropping charges against 129 people arrested in the Inauguration Day protests, proceeding with charges against 59 defendants. During President Donald...

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News Supreme Court sends death penalty case back to appeals court over racist remarks by juror
Supreme Court sends death penalty case back to appeals court over racist remarks by juror
Austin Koltonowski
January 8, 2018 01:37:57 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday blocked the execution of Georgia inmate Keith Tharpe, ordering the federal appeals court in Atlanta to examine claims that a juror voted for the death sentence because Tharpe was black....

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News Federal judge grants ACLUF access to American detained in Iraq
Federal judge grants ACLUF access to American detained in Iraq
Austin Koltonowski
December 26, 2017 11:53:42 am

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Saturday ruled that the US must allow the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLUF) access to an American citizen being held in US military custody in Iraq. On...

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News Second federal judge blocks Trump contraception coverage policy
Second federal judge blocks Trump contraception coverage policy
Austin Koltonowski
December 22, 2017 03:28:28 pm

The US District Court for the Northern District of California , on Thursday, granted a preliminary injunction to block the Trump Administration's policy allowing employers with religious or moral objections to deny women insurance coverage for contraceptives. In issuing...

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News US ends participation in UN’s global compact on migration
US ends participation in UN’s global compact on migration
Austin Koltonowski
December 4, 2017 12:42:40 pm

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday informed the UN of the US' withdrawal from participation in the UN process to develop a Global Compact on Migration (GCM) The GCM is the first, intergovernmentally...

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News Rights group urges ICC to investigate mercenaries in Yemen
Rights group urges ICC to investigate mercenaries in Yemen
Austin Koltonowski
November 28, 2017 02:55:25 pm

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) on Tuesday called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate allegations of war crimes in Yemen by the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

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News Zimbabwe high court rules military intervention constitutional
Zimbabwe high court rules military intervention constitutional
Austin Koltonowski
November 27, 2017 12:57:03 pm

The High Court of Zimbabwe ruled Saturday that the military takeover that ousted ex-president Robert Mugabe was constitutional and not considered a coup. Last week the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)...

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News ICC requests authorization to investigate US involvement in Afghanistan war crimes
ICC requests authorization to investigate US involvement in Afghanistan war crimes
Austin Koltonowski
November 21, 2017 02:40:52 pm

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda made a formal request on Monday to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by U.S. military and the CIA. The proposed investigation focuses...

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News Zimbabwe ruling party moves to impeach Mugabe
Zimbabwe ruling party moves to impeach Mugabe
Austin Koltonowski
November 20, 2017 01:53:15 pm

The Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) on Sunday demanded the resignation of 93-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe . The document threatened that the ZANU PF, which has kept Mugabe in power for decades,...

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News HRW urges Guatemala courts to end due process delays
HRW urges Guatemala courts to end due process delays
Austin Koltonowski
November 13, 2017 01:16:21 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Guatemalan courts to end unjustifiable delays in high-profile criminal cases. For the past decade, the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) , in partnership with the Attorney General's...

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Congress approves first Patent Act

On April 10, 1790, Congress approved America's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" the rights to a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the U.S. Patent Board, the precursor to the modern U.S. Patent Office.

Read the current U.S. Patent Act from the Cornell University Law School, and read A History of the Early Patent Office by Kenneth W. Dobyns.

Hugo Grotius born

Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, statesman and father of international law was born in Delft, Holland, on April 10, 1583.

His best-known work is De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Law of War and Peace), which he published in 1625.

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