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News Youngest participant in Delhi gang rape free
Youngest participant in Delhi gang rape free
Alexis Wheeler
December 20, 2015 04:49:19 pm

The youngest participant in the violent 2012 Delhi gang rape which lead to the death of the victim was freed from jail Sunday after serving a three year sentence. The rape, on a moving bus, gathered international attention...

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News Supreme Court blocks decision revoking parental custody from lesbian
Supreme Court blocks decision revoking parental custody from lesbian
Alexis Wheeler
December 14, 2015 03:12:34 pm

The Supreme Court Monday stayed an Alabama court decision that repudiated the parental rights of a woman (VL) who had been raising the three children she shared with her same-sex partner. The Alabama Supreme Court [official...

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News Federal judge finds public cross monument constitutional
Federal judge finds public cross monument constitutional
Alexis Wheeler
December 1, 2015 12:01:56 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled Monday that the display of a prominent cross-shaped war memorial in a public park operated by Prince George County does not violate the...

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News UNICEF urges aid for 1.2 million children in Central African Republic
UNICEF urges aid for 1.2 million children in Central African Republic
Alexis Wheeler
November 30, 2015 02:20:24 pm

UNICEF on Friday called for aid to approximately 1.2 million children distressed by conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) . Violence has persisted in the CAR since the predominately Muslim-based Seleka rebels ousted former...

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News UN rights expert urges Nigeria to end unlawful evictions
UN rights expert urges Nigeria to end unlawful evictions
Alexis Wheeler
November 23, 2015 02:35:53 pm

A UN human rights expert on Monday advised Nigerian officials to halt mass, unlawful evictions and demolitions in the region of Badia, Lagos, exoressing concern over the homelessness resulting from a lack of adequate housing and compensation to...

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News Canada top court rules Alberta not required to enact laws in French
Canada top court rules Alberta not required to enact laws in French
Alexis Wheeler
November 20, 2015 02:39:57 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday that the constitution does not require the Alberta legislature to enact laws in both French and English. French speakers, Gilles Caron and Pierre Boutet, challenged traffic tickets they were...

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UN rights experts express concern over latest violence in Israel
Alexis Wheeler
November 16, 2015 02:10:56 pm

UN Special Rapporteurs Makarim Wibisono and Christof Heyns expressed concern Monday over ongoing violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Israel. This latest phase of conflict began in October and has claimed an...

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Federal judge rules against courthouse nativity scene
Alexis Wheeler
November 13, 2015 02:15:45 pm

A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas ruled against Thursday that a nativity scene on Baxter County Courthouse grounds violates the First Amendment. The lawsuit was filed by the American...

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News Supreme Court declines case on cell data search warrant
Supreme Court declines case on cell data search warrant
Alexis Wheeler
November 9, 2015 02:09:40 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to rule in Davis v. United States , Monday, rejecting a case that questioned the necessity of search warrants being presented to wireless carriers when law enforcement requests...

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News Guatemala raises marriage age to 18
Guatemala raises marriage age to 18
Alexis Wheeler
November 6, 2015 01:59:36 pm

The Guatemalan Congress on Thursday approved legislation to raise to legal age for marriage to 18. The minimum legal age for marriage had been 14 for girls and 16 for boys. An exception was made so...

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Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

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