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News Amnesty: Boko Haram has abducted at least 2,000 women since 2014
Amnesty: Boko Haram has abducted at least 2,000 women since 2014
Bradley McAllister
April 15, 2015 08:23:52 am

Boko Haram has abducted at least 2,000 women and girls in Nigeria since the start of 2014, Amnesty International (AI) said Monday in a new report detailing the extreme violence and crimes against humanity committed...

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News Canada high court rules minimum sentences for gun crimes unconstitutional
Canada high court rules minimum sentences for gun crimes unconstitutional
Bradley McAllister
April 15, 2015 07:29:10 am

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Tuesday that the national law requiring minimum sentences for gun crimes is unconstitutional because it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. The high court ruled 6-3 to affirm ...

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News Turkish court acquits 62 officers jailed for 2003 coup plot over insufficient evidence
Turkish court acquits 62 officers jailed for 2003 coup plot over insufficient evidence
Bradley McAllister
April 7, 2015 12:58:48 pm

The Anadolu 4th High Criminal Court in Istanbul on Tuesday acquitted the remaining 62 military officers for from an alleged conspiracy to initiate a coup in Turkey in 2003. A lawyer explained the ruling cites inadmissible...

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News Vietnam veteran files suit against VA office
Vietnam veteran files suit against VA office
Bradley McAllister
April 7, 2015 12:22:06 pm

The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School filed a class action lawsuit on Monday on behalf of a Vietnam-war veteran, requesting that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) promptly...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in patent disputes
Supreme Court hears arguments in patent disputes
Bradley McAllister
March 31, 2015 01:09:07 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases regarding federal patent law on Tuesday. In Commil USA, LLC v Cisco Systems, Inc. , the court must decide whether the federal circuit erred in holding...

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News Maldives parliament approves measure to eliminate political party membership for inmates
Maldives parliament approves measure to eliminate political party membership for inmates
Bradley McAllister
March 31, 2015 12:30:48 pm

The legislative body of Maldives, the People's Majlis , amended the Prison and Parole Act on Monday to remove an inmate's right to membership in a political party. The measure is known as the Bill on Amendment to...

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News Supreme Court rules trademark agency ruling sufficient ground for issue preclusion
Supreme Court rules trademark agency ruling sufficient ground for issue preclusion
Bradley McAllister
March 25, 2015 07:31:49 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday held in a 7-2 decision that a ruling from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) may be sufficient to establish issue preclusion in a patent dispute. The case...

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News Supreme Court hears oral arguments in bankruptcy dispute
Supreme Court hears oral arguments in bankruptcy dispute
Bradley McAllister
March 25, 2015 06:00:00 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in a pair of consolidated cases involving a dispute over federal bankruptcy laws brought by Bank of America (BOA). The cases, Bank of America, NA v....

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News Pakistan authorities execute 12 after six-year moratorium lifted
Pakistan authorities execute 12 after six-year moratorium lifted
Bradley McAllister
March 17, 2015 05:26:56 pm

Pakistani authorities hanged 12 men on Tuesday, the largest number of people executed in a single day following the preliminary removal of the country's moratorium on executions in December. A spokesperson for the Interior Ministry stated the...

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Senegal authorities arrest lawyer in Karim Wade corruption case
Bradley McAllister
March 17, 2015 04:12:52 pm

Authorities in the Republic of Senegal arrested Amadou Sall on Monday, a lawyer for ex-government official Karim Wade who is facing corruption charges. It is believed Sall was arrested for remarks he made...

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Connecticut adopts first modern constitution

On January 14, 1639, the first written governmental constitution in modern history was adopted in the Colony of Connecticut. The Fundamental Orders represented the first time that a government was based upon a written constitution anywhere in the world. Along with the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders served as bases for the United States Constitution 150 years later, which in turn influenced the development of later constitutions throughout the world. Three hundred and twenty-six years after the original Fundamental Orders were adopted by Connecticut, the modern Constitution of Connecticut was ratified.

Guatemala constitution takes effect

On January 14, 1986, the current constitution of Guatemala took effect.

Read the Spanish-language text of the constitution, as amended in 1993.

First constitution adopted by Connecticut

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