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News Federal judge dismisses challenge to Alabama voter ID law
Federal judge dismisses challenge to Alabama voter ID law
Brittney Zeller
January 12, 2018 01:05:38 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state's voter ID law. Alabama's voter ID law was passed in 2011 in an effort to...

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News India Supreme Court to reconsider law criminalizing homosexuality
India Supreme Court to reconsider law criminalizing homosexuality
Brittney Zeller
January 8, 2018 01:36:07 pm

The Supreme Court of India agreed Monday to re-examine Section 377 , which criminalizes sex between people of the same sex. In its order, the court noted that, "social morality also changes from age to...

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News Federal court blocks Arizona ban on ethnic studies in public schools
Federal court blocks Arizona ban on ethnic studies in public schools
Brittney Zeller
December 29, 2017 06:40:21 pm

The US District Court for the District of Arizona on Wednesday permanently enjoined Arizona from enforcing its ban on ethnic studies in public schools within the state. More specifically, the court blocked the Arizona Superintendent of...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear Texas same-sex marriage benefits case
Supreme Court declines to hear Texas same-sex marriage benefits case
Brittney Zeller
December 4, 2017 02:30:31 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday let stand a Texas Supreme Court ruling that did not extend spousal benefits to same-sex couples under employee insurance plans. The case began in 2013 when Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks...

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News Republic of Georgia Constitutional Court decriminalizes marijuana usage
Republic of Georgia Constitutional Court decriminalizes marijuana usage
Brittney Zeller
December 1, 2017 02:18:40 pm

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Georgia on Thursday decriminalized marijuana usage. The suit was brought in opposition to article 273 of the Georgia criminal code, which punished marijuana...

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News Sweden Supreme Court rules against growing marijuana to self-medicate
Sweden Supreme Court rules against growing marijuana to self-medicate
Brittney Zeller
November 20, 2017 01:19:05 pm

Sweden's Supreme Court ruled it is illegal to grow cannabis to self-medicate. Anders Thörn broke his neck in a motorcycle accident in 1994 and was paralyzed from the waist down. Medical treatment...

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News For-profit college graduates seek forgiveness of student loans in federal court
For-profit college graduates seek forgiveness of student loans in federal court
Brittney Zeller
November 13, 2017 01:09:53 pm

Two women filed suit on Sunday against the US Department of Education and the Navient Corporation seeking immediate relief from their student loans due to harm caused by fraudulent claims from their for-profit college....

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News Supreme Court declines to hear Samsung appeal in Apple patent dispute
Supreme Court declines to hear Samsung appeal in Apple patent dispute
Brittney Zeller
November 6, 2017 12:54:51 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Samsung's appeal in a patent case against Apple over Smartphone features. Samsung argued that three of Apple's patents covered trivial advances that were not eligible...

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UN approved Genocide Convention

On December 9, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly approved the first world treaty criminalizing genocide. See the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. For much more information, read Professor William Schabas' 1999 report The Genocide Convention at Fifty.

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