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News Zambia opposition leader charged with treason
Zambia opposition leader charged with treason
Justin Cosgrove
April 12, 2017 04:22:50 pm

Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was arrested Wednesday on treason charges for allegedly obstructing President Edgar Lungu's motorcade. Police raided Hichilema's house and questioned him after he blocked the president's motorcade on Saturday. Hichilema has been...

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News Hungary passes law altering requirements for foreign universities
Hungary passes law altering requirements for foreign universities
Justin Cosgrove
April 11, 2017 01:44:33 pm

Hungary's president Janos Ader on Monday signed legislation requiring foreign universities in Hungary to also have campuses their home country. This is an issue for schools like Central European University (CEU) , which has a campus in...

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News Spain court begins hearings on Syria war crimes
Spain court begins hearings on Syria war crimes
Justin Cosgrove
April 11, 2017 01:41:45 pm

Hearings began in Spain on Monday regarding potential war crimes committed by President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria . The case is a result of a Spanish national's brother being abducted and tortured in Damascus before being...

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News Appeals court upholds Ohio injunction on lethal injection
Appeals court upholds Ohio injunction on lethal injection
Justin Cosgrove
April 7, 2017 11:08:45 am

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against Ohio's lethal injection process. The court ruled that the only question before them was whether the lower court abused its...

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News DOJ raises doubts on Baltimore police reform agreement
DOJ raises doubts on Baltimore police reform agreement
Justin Cosgrove
April 7, 2017 10:19:10 am

A lawyer for the Department of Justice said Thursday that the department has "grave concerns" over the Baltimore Police Reform consent decree negotiated under former President Obama. This took place during a hearing intended...

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News New York highest court rules police can seize user Facebook activity
New York highest court rules police can seize user Facebook activity
Justin Cosgrove
April 5, 2017 01:36:29 pm

The New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that law-enforcement can seize private Facebook account information. The court ruled that Facebook could not contest the warrants and therefore the court could...

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News Massachusetts challenges state’s role in immigration detention
Massachusetts challenges state’s role in immigration detention
Justin Cosgrove
April 5, 2017 01:32:59 pm

The state of Massachusetts on Tuesday requested the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court find that state authorities lack jurisdiction to detain illegal immigrants. This request comes after the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

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News Senate Judiciary Committee approves Neil Gorsuch
Senate Judiciary Committee approves Neil Gorsuch
Justin Cosgrove
April 4, 2017 09:36:39 am

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted to endorse Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court 11-9, setting up a confirmation vote before the full Senate later this week. Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley stated [text,...

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News Fifth Circuit hears arguments on religious versus LGBT rights
Fifth Circuit hears arguments on religious versus LGBT rights
Justin Cosgrove
April 4, 2017 07:56:09 am

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday over a Mississippi law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage. The Mississippi law would let merchants and government employees cite religious...

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Environmental groups sue administration over Keystone XL pipeline
Justin Cosgrove
March 31, 2017 10:46:31 am

Several environmental groups filed lawsuits against the Trump administration Thursday over the Keystone XL pipeline . In their complaints, the groups argued that the State Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act [text,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius Caesar assassinated on Ides of March

Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated at the Roman Forum by a number of his own senators led by Marcus Brutus on March 15, 44 BC over concerns that he was becoming too powerful. The assassination wound up being a political failure as the Roman citizenry ended up becoming incensed at the conspirators and a civil war broke out, which Brutus and his supporters lost to Mark Antony and Octavian (later Augustus). William Shakespeare later wrote in his eponymous play about the assassination, "Beware the ides of March." Learn more about the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg born

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933.

Learn more about Justice Ginsburg from Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia project at Northwestern University.

Code Napoleon promulgated

On March 15, 1803, the Code Napoleon (French Civil Code) was promulgated in France. The Code is considered the first successful legal code in Europe and is still used today as the basis for the modern French Civil Code. Napoleon's conquests spread his Code across the European Continent, influencing modern legal codes in Portugal, Austria, Italy, and other nations. Read a history of the Code Napoleon.

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