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Supreme Court rules for employee in free speech case
Dominic Yobbi
April 27, 2016 09:44:20 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Heffernan v. City of Paterson that when an employer demotes an employee based on participation in a protected political activity, the employee is entitled to challenge...

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday dropped a request to force Apple to unlock an iPhone linked to a New York drug case, stating that an individual has provided investigators with the passcode...

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A federal judge on Friday ruled that a lawsuit against two former military psychologists who developed the CIA's interrogation program under George W. Bush may proceed. US District Court Judge Justin Quackenbush...

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday in favor of a transgender Virginia high school student who sued his school for discrimination. Gavin Grimm, 16, of Gloucester County, Virginia, sued his...

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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In US v. Bryant the court heard arguments to determine whether a conviction in an Indian tribal court without...

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People began protesting in Baghdad this weekend demanding a new government amid the third parliament session cancelled this week as officials discuss political reforms. The session of parliament was cancelled because the chambers could not be secured ...

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April 10, 2016 04:31:42 pm

A former Serb general suspected of war crimes against Albanian civilians has been detained, police and a Kosovo-based human rights group reported Friday. Behxhet Shala of the Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms and police spokesperson...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

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