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News Supreme Court hears oral arguments on felony firearm possession, ERISA
Supreme Court hears oral arguments on felony firearm possession, ERISA
Bradley McAllister
February 25, 2015 07:14:44 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in two cases. In Henderson v. United States , the court must decide the property interest in a collection of firearms relinquished to law enforcement...

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News Amnesty: Egypt military strike against Libya may amount to war crime
Amnesty: Egypt military strike against Libya may amount to war crime
Bradley McAllister
February 24, 2015 03:56:08 pm

Amnesty International (AI) claimed Monday that the Egyptian military failed to take adequate precautionary measures to avoid civilian casualties in an attack on the Libyan city of Derna last week. The airstrikes occurred in the...

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News Bahrain initiates criminal investigation into online content of opposition party
Bahrain initiates criminal investigation into online content of opposition party
Bradley McAllister
February 17, 2015 04:59:34 pm

Bahrain's Ministry of Interior initiated a criminal investigation on Tuesday into alleged criminal content posted by the country's main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society . Al-Wefaq regularly publishes content ...

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News Ohio high court holds local ordinances preempted by state oil and gas regulations
Ohio high court holds local ordinances preempted by state oil and gas regulations
Bradley McAllister
February 17, 2015 03:58:20 pm

The Supreme Court of Ohio on Tuesday ruled in a 4-3 decision that local drilling and zoning regulations are preempted by state laws governing oil and gas drilling activities. In 2011 Beck Energy Corporation obtained...

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News Alabama attorneys seek mandate requiring issuance of same-sex marriage licenses
Alabama attorneys seek mandate requiring issuance of same-sex marriage licenses
Bradley McAllister
February 11, 2015 08:01:23 am

After same-sex couples were turned away from some marriage license offices in Alabama Monday, attorneys sought a declaration from a federal judge on Tuesday to order local officials to issue the marriage licenses. The request was made on behalf...

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News Amnesty: proposed amendments to Spain terrorism laws infringe on human rights
Amnesty: proposed amendments to Spain terrorism laws infringe on human rights
Bradley McAllister
February 10, 2015 01:48:32 pm

Spain's lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies debated proposed amendments to the Spanish criminal code on Tuesday that Amnesty International (AI) alleges will infringe on individual human rights in the country....

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News Europe rights court: UK whole-life sentences conform with international law
Europe rights court: UK whole-life sentences conform with international law
Bradley McAllister
February 3, 2015 01:39:06 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that the methodology used by British courts to determine whether to mitigate whole-life sentences does not violate Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights,...

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News Myanmar allows temporary citizens to vote in upcoming constitutional referendum
Myanmar allows temporary citizens to vote in upcoming constitutional referendum
Bradley McAllister
February 3, 2015 01:06:17 pm

Myanmar's legislature, the Assembly of the Union , passed a new law on Monday granting temporary citizens the right to vote in a constitutional referendum later in 2015. The law will enfranchise approximately 1.5 million temporary...

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News Supreme Court denies appeals from military contractor over soldier death and exposure suits
Supreme Court denies appeals from military contractor over soldier death and exposure suits
Bradley McAllister
January 21, 2015 08:43:55 am

The US Supreme Court denied certiorari on Tuesday in three appeals filed by military contractor KBR, Inc. , seeking to end lawsuits over a soldier's electrocution in Iraq, soldier exposure to open-air burn...

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News Supreme Court rules on standard of review for patent claims
Supreme Court rules on standard of review for patent claims
Bradley McAllister
January 20, 2015 03:23:45 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Tuesday that appellate review of factual matters in a patent dispute must apply the clear error standard of review, not a de novo standard. In Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc....

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Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule. Read Gandhi's famous statement to the trial court. Gandhi served two years of his sentence and was then released.

Supreme Court requires states to provide counsel for indigent defendants

On March 18, 1963, the US Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright held that the Constitution requires states to provide counsel for indigent criminal defendants. For a unanimous Court, Justice Hugo Black wrote, "Any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." Counsel had been required for indigent federal defendants since 1938.

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