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News DOJ sues Detroit suburb over Voting Rights Act violation
DOJ sues Detroit suburb over Voting Rights Act violation
Justin Cosgrove
January 12, 2017 09:35:58 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against a Detroit suburb on Tuesday for allegedly violating the Voting Rights Act . The DOJ claims that black residents have been denied an...

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News Supreme Court blocks ruling ordering special elections in North Carolina
Supreme Court blocks ruling ordering special elections in North Carolina
Justin Cosgrove
January 11, 2017 10:28:48 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a trial court's ruling ordering special elections in North Carolina. The court granted a stay of the order of the US District court for the Middle District of North Carolina, which...

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News New UN Chief addresses efforts to build and sustain peace
New UN Chief addresses efforts to build and sustain peace
Justin Cosgrove
January 11, 2017 10:07:00 am

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered his first formal briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday. In the briefing , Guterres "underlined the need for new, strengthened efforts to build and sustain peace." Guterres stressed that a...

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News HHS Secretary warns of damage from potential ACA repeal
HHS Secretary warns of damage from potential ACA repeal
Justin Cosgrove
January 10, 2017 10:22:54 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell warned on Monday that a move to repeal the Affordable Care Act without simultaneously implementing a replacement plan would create a dangerous situation in American healthcare....

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on acquittal refunds, tribal immunity
Supreme Court hears arguments on acquittal refunds, tribal immunity
Justin Cosgrove
January 10, 2017 09:00:03 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Nelson v. Colorado . The court granted certiorari in September to decide whether Colorado's requirement that defendants must prove their innocence by clear and convincing...

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Malaysia opposition leader loses final appeal
Justin Cosgrove
December 15, 2016 12:13:11 pm

A Malaysian federal court on Wednesday rejected a final appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to set aside his sodomy conviction. Anwar was convicted of sodomy in 2014 and sentenced to a five-year jail term. This...

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News Dutch court orders Crimean artifacts returned to Ukraine
Dutch court orders Crimean artifacts returned to Ukraine
Justin Cosgrove
December 15, 2016 11:31:54 am

The Amsterdam District Court ruled on Wednesday that Crimean gold artifacts are to be returned to Ukraine and not Crimea. The artifacts, including gems, helmets and scabbards, were on loan to Amsterdam's Allard...

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Congress sends bill to Obama regarding racially motivated killings
Justin Cosgrove
December 11, 2016 03:33:17 pm

The US Congress on Saturday passed legislation that would continue reviews of racially motivated killings in the civil rights era. The bill indefinitely extends a 2007 law, which expires next year, that calls...

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Alabama lethal injection execution called ‘avoidable disaster’
Justin Cosgrove
December 11, 2016 02:06:38 pm

Defenders of condemned inmate Ronald Bert Smith Jr. are calling his execution an "avoidable disaster." The death row inmate was seen coughing, and his upper body heaved repeatedly for 13 minutes as he was being...

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New Brexit legal challenge moves forward before Ireland court
Justin Cosgrove
December 11, 2016 11:32:28 am

The Irish High Court will hear a new challenge to Brexit after tens of thousands of pounds were raised, according to reports Sunday. The challenge contends that Article 50 is revocable once it is...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Germany surrenders unconditionally, ending WWII in Europe

On May 7, 1945, General Gustav Jodl, on behalf of Germany, signed an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe. The surrender was formally accepted by the Allied Powers the next day, May 8, which came to be known as Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

Read World War II legal documents, treaties, and declarations from the Avalon Project at the Yale University School of Law.

27th Amendment to US Constitution ratified

On May 7, 1992, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, barring Congress from granting its members pay raises in the middle of terms. The Amendment had initially been proposed in 1789 by James Madison, but only became law after a grass-roots campaign in the 1980s against "excessive" Congressional privileges. Learn more about the Twenty-seventh Amendment.

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