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UK House of Lords vote sets roadblock for Brexit
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April 19, 2018 12:47:39 pm

The House of Lords passed Wednesday two amendments that hinder the UK's effort to leave the EU known as Brexit. The amendments address the EU (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 and require ministers to explore...

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The UN Human Rights Committee issued two decisions Wednesday finding, in the cases of former MPs Rebeca Delgado Burgoa and Eduardo Maldonado Iporre , that Bolivia violated their human rights by denying access...

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The Navajo Nation filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of New Mexico seeking damages from 11 major opioid drug manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies. The claim asserts that...

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A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colorado on Wednesday ruled that Colorado may bind its presidential electors to cast their votes for the winner of the state's popular vote. Senior Judge...

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Judge Carmen Lamela of Spain's National Court on Wednesday charged the former Catalan chief of police, Josep Lluís Trapero, with sedition for his role in the 2017 independence...

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UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged France to provide adequate emergency shelter, access to drinking water and sanitation facilities, to thousands of migrants living in camps on the northern French coast. "Migrants, regardless of their status," the...

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A committee of independent experts under the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday urged the Polish parliament to reject a proposed bill that would further restrict abortion rights in Poland. The bill would ban abortion in...

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Supreme Court stays Missouri execution over dissent of four justices
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a stay to Russell Bucklew who was scheduled to be executed that evening. The brief order stayed the execution pending a writ of certiorari to the court because of...

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Japan court orders Fukushima operator to pay voluntary evacuees
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March 16, 2018 07:18:52 am

The Kyoto District Court ruled Thursday that the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) , which operated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, was liable to voluntary evacuees in the sum of USD $1 million for failing to take adequate...

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday filed a lawsuit against Uber for violating the state's Breach of Personal Information Notification Act . "Uber violated Pennsylvania law by failing to put our residents on...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First meeting of the US Supreme Court

On February 1, 1790, the Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time. The meeting was held at the Merchants' Exchange Building in New York City, then the national capital. Chief Justice John Jay presided over the first Court with five Associate Justices: James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Cushing, and John Rutledge. However, due to the limitations of 18th-century transportation technology, the meeting was postponed by Jay until the following day. The first meeting was held primarily to organize the Supreme Court. The Justices did not hear their first actual case, Chrisholm v. Georgia, until 1792.

Sir Edward Coke born

Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and author of law reports and commentaries (including, most famously, Coke on Littleton), was born on February 1, 1552. Learn more about Sir Edward Coke.

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