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News Sweden court upholds life sentence in Rwanda genocide case
Sweden court upholds life sentence in Rwanda genocide case
Justin Cosgrove
February 17, 2017 09:59:48 am

A Swedish court of appeals on Wednesday upheld the life sentence of a man convicted of genocide during the 1994 Rwanda genocide . The Svea Court of Appeal in...

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Federal judge orders South Carolina to list both same-sex parents on birth certificate
Justin Cosgrove
February 17, 2017 08:53:07 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Carolina ruled Wednesday that the state must place the names of both same-sex parents on their children's birth certificates. Judge Mary Geiger Lewis determined...

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News Anthem sues Cigna to block termination of health insurer merger
Anthem sues Cigna to block termination of health insurer merger
Justin Cosgrove
February 15, 2017 01:58:02 pm

Anthem filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in an attempt to block Cigna Corp from terminating their proposed $54 billion deal . The deal in question would have created the largest membership of...

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North Carolina governor offers compromise to ‘bathroom bill’
Justin Cosgrove
February 15, 2017 01:54:53 pm

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper proposed a compromise on Tuesday to repeal HB2 , also known as the "bathroom bill." The compromise strikes HB2 , imposes tougher penalties for crimes committed in restrooms...

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Judicial official rules for Georgia in Florida water consumption dispute
Justin Cosgrove
February 15, 2017 10:47:51 am

A judicial official on Tuesday ruled in favor of Georgia in a water consumption dispute with Florida. The official urged the US Supreme Court to reject water consumption limits placed on Georgia, which the...

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Federal judge grants preliminary approval to Volkswagen settlement
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February 15, 2017 09:58:46 am

A federal judge on Tuesday granted preliminary approval to a Volkswagen (VW) settlement meant to buy back more than 80,000 vehicles. The settlement outlines a $1.22 billion plan to buy back polluting...

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Kenya judge sentences leaders of doctors’ union to prison
Justin Cosgrove
February 14, 2017 10:17:19 am

A judge in Kenya has sentenced the leaders of the doctors' union to one month in prison over an ongoing strike.. The strike, which was started by the union over pay and service conditions, has continued since December....

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Myanmar to investigate alleged police crimes against Rohingya Muslims
Justin Cosgrove
February 14, 2017 09:00:58 am

Myanmar officials stated on Monday that they would investigate whether police have committed crimes against Rohingya Muslims. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) found in a recent...

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Trump signs new executive orders targeting drugs and crime
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February 10, 2017 11:29:45 am

US President Donald Trump signed three executive orders on Thursday aimed at targeting drug cartels, creating a task force to reduce crime and stopping crimes against law enforcement. Attorney General Jeff Sessions presented the orders to...

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Former NSA contractor indicted in theft of classified government information
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February 10, 2017 10:28:37 am

A former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor was indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges that he willfully retained national defense information. US officials are stating that the theft by Harold...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

FDR proposed 'court-packing' plan

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire. Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing." Review the text of Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.

Panamanian dictator Noriega indicted

On February 5, 1988, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. The following year, he was extradited to the United States and later sentenced to 30 years in US federal prison. In 1999, the French government requested that Noriega be extradited to France, where he had been convicted of money laundering. In that same year, the government of Panama also requested the extradition of Noriega, as a result of his 1995 conviction in absentia on murder charges.

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