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News Supreme Court rules on sentencing guidelines
Supreme Court rules on sentencing guidelines
Bradley McAllister
April 20, 2016 12:50:13 pm

The US Supreme Court voted 8-0 to reverse and remand the case of Molina-Martinez v. US on the issue of whether courts reviewing sentencing guideline errors may apply a categorical "additional evidence" rule...

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News Supreme Court rules terrorism victims may collect Iranian assets
Supreme Court rules terrorism victims may collect Iranian assets
Bradley McAllister
April 20, 2016 11:24:52 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 Wednesday in Bank Markazi v Peterson that the enactment of a statute allowing terrorism victims' families to collect seized Iranian assets does not violate separation of powers,...

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News Bangladesh official denies political motivations for arrest of prominent magazine editor
Bangladesh official denies political motivations for arrest of prominent magazine editor
Bradley McAllister
April 18, 2016 11:53:33 am

Bangladesh's minister of law on Sunday told the press that the arrest of a well-known magazine editor, Shafik Rahman, was not politically motivated. Recently, Rahman was named the convener of the international affairs committee for the opposition Bangladesh National...

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News Supreme Court clarifies precedent under Armed Career Criminal Act
Supreme Court clarifies precedent under Armed Career Criminal Act
Bradley McAllister
April 18, 2016 11:01:04 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-1 in Welch v. United States that the court's 2015 decision in Johnson v. United States created a substantive rule of constitutional law and...

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News Parties file supplemental Supreme Court briefs in contraception case
Parties file supplemental Supreme Court briefs in contraception case
Bradley McAllister
April 13, 2016 12:04:48 pm

Religious groups including the Little Sisters of the Poor , and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed supplemental briefs with the US Supreme Court [official...

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News China judge rules against same-sex couple seeking marriage certificate
China judge rules against same-sex couple seeking marriage certificate
Bradley McAllister
April 13, 2016 11:41:18 am

A judge in Changsha, China, on Wednesday refused to allow a same-sex couple to register as married. The two men attempted to register their marriage last June. After being denied, the couple filed the lawsuit in December....

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News HRW: EU trade agreement with Turkmenistan should be halted until human rights benchmarks are met
HRW: EU trade agreement with Turkmenistan should be halted until human rights benchmarks are met
Bradley McAllister
April 12, 2016 08:28:41 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday argued that a proposed Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Turkmenistan should be halted until Turkmenistan meets human rights benchmarks. The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee held...

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News China arbitration panel hears first transgender job discrimination suit
China arbitration panel hears first transgender job discrimination suit
Bradley McAllister
April 11, 2016 11:59:37 am

A labor arbitration panel in China on Monday opened a hearing in the country's first transgender job discrimination lawsuit, filed by a 28-year-old plaintiff known as Mr. C. C was born as a woman but has considered himself a...

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News Japan court rejects suit seeking to enjoin restart of nuclear reactors
Japan court rejects suit seeking to enjoin restart of nuclear reactors
Bradley McAllister
April 7, 2016 08:46:29 am

The Fukuoka High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal filed by citizens of Japan seeking to stop the operation of the only two remaining nuclear reactors in the country. The suit was originally raised by 12 residents [Japan...

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Brazil high court orders legislature to commence impeachment procedures against VP
Bradley McAllister
April 6, 2016 06:01:08 pm

The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court on Tuesday ordered the legislature to commence impeachment proceedings against Vice President Michel Temer. Judge Marco Aurelio Mello overruled a previous rejection from a high ranking member of...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

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