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News Turkish PM bans Twitter
Turkish PM bans Twitter
Amy Mathieu
March 21, 2014 01:12:48 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attempted to block Twitter on Friday but users quickly found ways to circumvent the ban. The ban came after audio recordings of a voice, resembling...

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News Human rights lawyer urges ICC to investigate Cambodia officials
Human rights lawyer urges ICC to investigate Cambodia officials
Amy Mathieu
March 20, 2014 01:15:40 pm

Human rights lawyer Morton Sklar urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday to investigate attacks in Cambodia on political opponents of Prime Minister Hun Sen . Sklar accused the Cambodian authorities...

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News Thailand senate president indicted for malfeasance
Thailand senate president indicted for malfeasance
Amy Mathieu
March 20, 2014 12:51:22 pm

Thailand's anti-graft commission indicted Senate President Nikom Wairatpanij for alleged wrongdoing when he ended the debate on a bill to amend the Thai constitution even though members still wanted to discuss the bill further. Wairatpanij has...

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News Administrative judge strikes down FAA ban on commercial drones
Administrative judge strikes down FAA ban on commercial drones
Amy Mathieu
March 9, 2014 12:57:35 pm

An administrative judge for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) , Patrick Geraghty dismissed a fine brought by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) against a drone operator Thursday. The ruling effectively strikes...

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News China considering limiting use of death penalty
China considering limiting use of death penalty
Amy Mathieu
March 9, 2014 12:31:56 pm

China's legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC) , on Sunday announced measures that would subject less crimes to capital punishment if passed. Various government departments are reportedly beginning to study the topic by bringing in...

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Russia court fines opposition leader for anti-police chants
Amy Mathieu
March 7, 2014 12:22:08 pm

A Russian court in Moscow on Friday fined opposition leader Alexei Navalny 10,000 rubles (USD $275) for participation in an unsanctioned public gathering. Navanly was charged after chanting anti-police statements outside of the courthouse last...

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UN member states condemn violence in Egypt
Amy Mathieu
March 7, 2014 11:56:18 am

Twenty-seven member states of the United Nations (UN) released a joint statement expressing concern about the escalating violence in Egypt. The statement stresses the UN's concern for Egypt's restrictions on the freedom to peaceably assembly, expression...

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Musharraf appeals denial of military court trial
Amy Mathieu
March 6, 2014 11:00:26 am

Lawyers for former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf filed an appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the decision not to allow Musharraf's high treason charge to be tried in military court. A special court was...

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Brazil top court reduces sentences of former Workers Party leaders
Amy Mathieu
February 28, 2014 01:53:34 pm

The Brazil Supreme Court overturned racketeering convictions of several former leaders of the Workers Party on Thursday by a 6-5 vote, which will result in lessened prison sentences. The convictions of corruption and...

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February 28, 2014 01:17:04 pm

California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a petition on Thursday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit urging the court to reverse its decision that struck down a...

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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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