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News Supreme Court declines appeal in Mississippi Confederate flag suit
Supreme Court declines appeal in Mississippi Confederate flag suit
Erin McCarthy Holliday
November 27, 2017 02:05:18 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from African-American attorney Carlos Moore who sought to have the Mississippi state flag's Confederate battle emblem "declared an unconstitutional relic of slavery." Moore filed suit [complaint,...

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News War criminal Mladić handed life sentence for genocide, crimes against humanity
War criminal Mladić handed life sentence for genocide, crimes against humanity
Erin McCarthy Holliday
November 22, 2017 11:30:57 am

Former Bosnian Serb Army Commander Ratko Mladić was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for crimes committed during the Bosnian conflict from 1992-1996. Mladić was...

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News Virginia immigrants file federal suit over DACA extension restrictions
Virginia immigrants file federal suit over DACA extension restrictions
Erin McCarthy Holliday
November 21, 2017 03:04:54 pm

Two immigrants in Virginia filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia challenging the decision to...

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News LGBT Activist files federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee therapist law
LGBT Activist files federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee therapist law
Erin McCarthy Holliday
November 16, 2017 02:09:53 pm

An LGBT rights activist filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a Tennessee law that allows counselors to refuse to serve clients based on religious views. The law, signed in April 2016 by Tennessee Governor...

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News Supreme Court adds California abortion, free speech, retaliatory-arrest cases to 2017 docket
Supreme Court adds California abortion, free speech, retaliatory-arrest cases to 2017 docket
Erin McCarthy Holliday
November 13, 2017 02:10:14 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases Monday, including two First Amendment cases and a question of whether probable cause defeats a retaliatory-arrest claim. National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra challenges...

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Saudi authorites detain more than 200 in corruption probe
Erin McCarthy Holliday
November 10, 2017 07:41:07 am

Saudi authorities have detained more than 200 individuals in connection with an investigation into corruption that has cost more than USD $100 billion over the past several decades, Attorney General Sheikh Saud Al Mojeb said Thursday. Of these...

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News France counterterrorism bill signed into law
France counterterrorism bill signed into law
Erin McCarthy Holliday
October 30, 2017 02:17:57 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron formally signed a law Monday to replace a two-year-old state of emergency established in the wake of violent Paris attacks that killed 130 people in November 2015. The new...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Mayflower Compact signed

On November 11, 1620, 41 Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact, creating a civil government for Plymouth Colony.

Armistice signed, ending WWI

On November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM, the Allied Powers signed an armistice with Germany, ending World War I. Armistice Day is marked every year in Europe on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" with two minutes of silence.

Indictments announced in Lockerbie bombing

On November 11, 1991, prosecutors from the United States and the United Kingdom announced their indictments in the bombing of a passenger airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland. A Scottish court convicted Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, allegedly a former Libyan intelligence official, of the 270 murders in 2001. Read documents from the Lockerbie bombing trial.

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