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News US report: Afghanistan hospital attack not a war crime
US report: Afghanistan hospital attack not a war crime
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 29, 2016 04:01:22 pm

US Central Command released its final report Friday on the October airstrike that hit a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, finding that the strike was not a war crime. The investigation concluded...

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News Supreme Court refuses to block Texas voter ID law
Supreme Court refuses to block Texas voter ID law
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 29, 2016 02:29:08 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to block Texas from enforcing its controversial voter identification law. Plaintiffs had filed an application with the Supreme Court last month, asking the court to vacate a...

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News Colombia legalizes same-sex marriage
Colombia legalizes same-sex marriage
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 29, 2016 11:59:42 am

The Constitutional Court of Colombia on Thursday legalized same-sex marriage. In a 6-3 decision , the court found that same-sex marriage does not violate the country's constitution . The decision comes just...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in former Virginia governor’s case
Supreme Court hears arguments in former Virginia governor’s case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 27, 2016 03:00:51 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in McDonnell v. United States . The court is being asked to decide the meaning of "official action" under the fraud statutes used to convict former...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on sentencing, jury duty
Supreme Court hears arguments on sentencing, jury duty
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 26, 2016 03:40:28 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In Mathis v. United States the court heard arguments on "whether a court can consider a statute or subsection, outside of the...

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News Lynch: states should make it easier for felons to obtain ID
Lynch: states should make it easier for felons to obtain ID
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 26, 2016 02:43:38 pm

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday that states should make it easier for convicted felons to obtain state-issued identification cards upon their release from prison. Lynch's remarks were delivered at the start of National Reentry Week, during which...

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News Papua New Guinea top court rules Australia offshore detention facility illegal
Papua New Guinea top court rules Australia offshore detention facility illegal
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 26, 2016 01:39:35 pm

The Papua New Guinea Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Australia's detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island in northern Papua New Guinea is illegal. The court found that the detention center violates article 42 of Papua...

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News Venezuela top court rejects attempt to cut president’s term
Venezuela top court rejects attempt to cut president’s term
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 26, 2016 12:37:18 pm

Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice (STJ) on Monday rejected an attempt by the opposition-led National Assembly to shorten President Nicolas Maduro's term from six years to four. The opposition, which won control of the National Assembly...

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News Supreme Court hears attorney’s fees, patent cases
Supreme Court hears attorney’s fees, patent cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 25, 2016 02:57:27 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , the court must determine what constitutes the standard for awarding attorney's fees under §...

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News Supreme Court to rule in bank fraud case
Supreme Court to rule in bank fraud case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 25, 2016 01:32:18 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in Shaw v. United States to determine the level of intent that must be proven for a bank fraud conviction. The Supreme Court ruled in...

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Copyright infringement made US crime

On March 4, 1909, the Copyright Act of 1909 became law, making infringement of a copyright a federal crime for the first time. Review a brief history of copyright in the United States.

First woman appointed to the Canada Supreme Court

On March 4, 1982, Bertha Wilson became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

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