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News Dutch government to compensate families of Srebrenica victims
Dutch government to compensate families of Srebrenica victims
Amy Mathieu
April 10, 2014 11:11:27 am

The Dutch government on Thursday announced plans to compensate relatives of three men killed during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . Each family will receive €20,000 euros (USD $27,734) as compensation for the deaths of their...

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News Virginia governor vetoes school prayer bill
Virginia governor vetoes school prayer bill
Amy Mathieu
April 5, 2014 01:59:05 pm

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed a bill on Friday that would have codified the rights of students to pray voluntarily in school and at school events. The bill would also codify students' right to organize prayer...

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Federal judge dismisses Yemen drone strike lawsuit
Amy Mathieu
April 5, 2014 01:21:21 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit on Friday brought against officials of the Obama administration for the 2011 drone strikes that killed three US...

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News Federal judge to decide on constitutionality of Alabama abortion law
Federal judge to decide on constitutionality of Alabama abortion law
Amy Mathieu
April 3, 2014 12:46:23 pm

Judge Myron Thompson of the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on Wednesday set a trial date of May 19 to determine the constitutionality of an Alabama law passed last year requiring doctors who...

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UN SG urges countries to sign arms trade treaty
Amy Mathieu
April 3, 2014 12:13:46 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all nations on Wednesday to sign the UN Arms Trade Treaty . The treaty will take effect when it receives 50 ratifications. Eighteen member...

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US Congress approves legislation to aid Ukraine
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March 28, 2014 01:45:17 pm

Both the US Senate and the House of Representatives on Thursday approved nearly identical bills that would send a $1 billion aid package to Ukraine and place new sanctions on Russia. The bill passed ...

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California AG appeals decision striking down sentencing laws
Amy Mathieu
March 28, 2014 01:19:22 pm

The California Attorney General's Office on Thursday appealed a federal judge's decision striking down two sentencing laws. Judge Lawrence Karlton held that the laws were unconstitutional because they affected the punishment for crimes committed before...

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Federal appeals court allows Kansas to defund Planned Parenthood
Amy Mathieu
March 27, 2014 12:22:22 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled on Tuesday that the Kansas legislature can withhold federal funding for two Planned Parenthood clinics. In the original lawsuit, Planned Parenthood challenged a...

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Indiana governor signs bill allowing guns on school property into law
Amy Mathieu
March 27, 2014 11:45:59 am

Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law HB 1048 on Wednesday, allowing adults to carry a concealed weapon locked in vehicles on school property. The current law in Indiana makes it a felony for any...

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March 21, 2014 01:35:51 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday overturned a lower court that struck down the Federal Reserve's cap on how much banks are permitted to charge businesses for debit...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

UK parliament rejected J.S. Mill's proposal to give women the vote

On May 20, 1867, the British Parliament rejected by 196-73 an amendment to the 1867 Reform Act presented by John Stuart Mill that would have permitted women to vote. Review Mill's 1869 work The Subjection of Women.

Supreme Court applies Free Exercise Clause to state governments

On May 20, 1940, the United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment applied to state governments in Cantwell v. Connecticut under the incorporation doctrine, which applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more about the Incorporation Doctrine from the Cornell Law Schools' Legal Information Institute.

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