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News Supreme Court wraps up final argument session of term with travel ban case
Supreme Court wraps up final argument session of term with travel ban case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 26, 2018 08:00:32 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Hawaii , challenging the latest version of President Donald Trump's ban on entry to the US from certain Muslim-majority countries. When granting...

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News Supreme Court upholds patent review process
Supreme Court upholds patent review process
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 24, 2018 02:42:54 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Tuesday in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC that inter partes review, which authorizes the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to...

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News Supreme Court rules foreign corporations cannot be sued under Alien Tort Statute
Supreme Court rules foreign corporations cannot be sued under Alien Tort Statute
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 24, 2018 01:39:28 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC that foreign corporations cannot be used in the US under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) . The plaintiffs in...

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News Supreme Court kicks off final week of arguments for the term
Supreme Court kicks off final week of arguments for the term
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 24, 2018 10:08:30 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases Monday. In Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission the court heard arguments on whether administrative law judges of the Securities and Exchange Commission...

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News Supreme Court to review challenge to latest travel ban
Supreme Court to review challenge to latest travel ban
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 19, 2018 04:21:06 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in Trump v. Hawaii , a challenge to the latest version of the so-called travel ban. The court agreed to consider the following questions presented [cert. petition,...

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News Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting case
Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 12, 2018 08:56:21 pm

The US Supreme Court added 12 cases to its docket on Friday, including two Texas redistricting cases. The court had previously blocked two lower court rulings that mandated the redrawing of Texas' congressional and state legislative...

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News In other news…
In other news…
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 5, 2018 04:23:21 pm

The legal world is a busy place. Here are a few stories we didn't get to this week that we thought you might be interested in. A new law took effect in Iceland Monday, making it...

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News Trump administration to expand drilling off US coast
Trump administration to expand drilling off US coast
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 5, 2018 01:38:25 pm

US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke on Thursday announced plans to make much of the US coast available for potential offshore drilling. Zinke unveiled a 380-page Draft Proposed Program (DPP) that includes 47 potential leases...

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News Norway court rules against environmental groups to allow Arctic drilling
Norway court rules against environmental groups to allow Arctic drilling
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 5, 2018 09:03:36 am

The Oslo District Court ruled Thursday that the government may allow Arctic drilling. The ruling was a defeat for environmental groups Nature and Youth and Greenpeace Nordic , which...

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News UN rights chief urges Iran to investigate protest deaths
UN rights chief urges Iran to investigate protest deaths
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 4, 2018 04:42:04 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged Iranian authorities to investigate all deaths and injuries stemming from the recent protests. The mass protests began in late December in Mashhad, Iran's second largest...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First international arbitration court founded

On February 6, 1900, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) was founded with the ratification of the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Set at The Hague in the Netherlands, the PCA was the first international tribunal established to settle disputes between nations. The PCA was later revised by the subsequent 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Today, the PCA is housed at the Peace Palace in The Hague and is comprised of 109 member countries.

20th Amendment to the US Constitution ratified

On February 6, 1933, the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified by the requisite majority of states, moving the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January in an effort to shorten the problematic "lame duck" period.

Learn more about the 20th Amendment.

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