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News Military judge finds no violation for destruction of CIA ‘black site’
Military judge finds no violation for destruction of CIA ‘black site’
Elizabeth Lowman
January 23, 2018 06:07:35 am

Military judge James Pohl ruled on Friday that no wrongdoing occurred when the prosecution destroyed a CIA secret prison, or "black site," on Pohl's orders. At the time Pohl gave the prosecution permission to destroy the...

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News Pennsylvania Supreme Court strikes down congressional districting plan as unconstitutional
Pennsylvania Supreme Court strikes down congressional districting plan as unconstitutional
Elizabeth Lowman
January 22, 2018 03:03:15 pm

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Monday struck down the Congressional Redistricting Act of 2011 as violating the state constitution. The plaintiffs in the League of Women Voters v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania accused...

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News Trump administration rescinds Obama guidance on Medicaid coverage for Planned Parenthood
Trump administration rescinds Obama guidance on Medicaid coverage for Planned Parenthood
Elizabeth Lowman
January 22, 2018 08:36:43 am

The Trump administration announced in a letter to state Medicaid directors on Friday that it will be rescinding the Obama administration's guidance that made it more difficult for state Medicaid programs to refuse to cover...

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News Supreme Court adds Maryland redistricting case to merits docket
Supreme Court adds Maryland redistricting case to merits docket
Elizabeth Lowman
December 11, 2017 11:56:39 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday added a Maryland redistricting case, Benisek v. Lamone, to its merits docket on Friday, along with six other cases . While the case was previously being considered on...

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News Supreme Court adds 11 cases to 2017 docket
Supreme Court adds 11 cases to 2017 docket
Elizabeth Lowman
September 29, 2017 07:55:18 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in 11 cases on Thursday. Dalmazzi v. United States Cox v. United States , and Ortiz v. United States are three cases...

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Environmental group asks court to recognize Colorado River as a person
Elizabeth Lowman
September 26, 2017 01:21:56 pm

Deep Green Resistance , a direct action environmental group, filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking the US District Court for the District of Colorado to grant personhood status to the Colorado River. If personhood status is...

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News ACLU and Planned Parenthood seek injunction against Maine abortion law
ACLU and Planned Parenthood seek injunction against Maine abortion law
Elizabeth Lowman
September 21, 2017 01:54:06 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Maine and Planned Parenthood on Wednesday challenged a Maine law requiring abortions to be performed by a physician. 22 MRS §1598 reads "Any person not so...

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HRW details abuses by Ethiopia security forces at festival
Elizabeth Lowman
September 19, 2017 02:19:44 pm

Human Rights Watch released a report on Monday detailing the violence carried out by the Ethiopian security forces during the Irreecha festival, the annual harvest celebration observed by the country's ethnic Oromo people. According to the...

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Angola high court dismisses challenge to August vote
Elizabeth Lowman
September 14, 2017 02:26:22 pm

The Angola Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed four opposition parties' challenge to the August 23 election in which one party gained over 60 percent of the popular vote. The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola party (MPLA)...

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News Minnesota top court finds part of disorderly conduct law unconstitutional
Minnesota top court finds part of disorderly conduct law unconstitutional
Elizabeth Lowman
September 14, 2017 01:36:23 pm

The Minnesota Supreme Court overruled part of a state disorderly conduct statute on Wednesday, saying that it violated the First Amendment because it is "overbroad." Minnesota Statues 609.72, subd. 1(2) makes it a crime...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

World Intellectual Property Organization created

On April 26, 1970, the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) went into force, creating WIPO. WIPO is a United Nations agency that works to promote intellectual property rights in the international community. Today, 184 nations have signed the convention.

Learn more about WIPO.

US soldier arrested for killing John Wilkes Booth

On April 26, 1865, Sergeant Thomas P. Corbett was placed under technical arrest for killing John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.

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