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News Ninth Circuit questions scope of travel ban
Ninth Circuit questions scope of travel ban
Jonathan Niznansky
August 29, 2017 01:14:32 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday questioned the Justice Department lawyer representing the Trump administration in a hearing over the executive order restricting immigration from certain countries....

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News India president approves law banning discrimination against AIDS patients
India president approves law banning discrimination against AIDS patients
Jonathan Niznansky
April 25, 2017 09:48:24 am

Indian President Shri Pranab Mukherjee on Monday approved the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Bill . The law is intended to prevent discrimination against individuals with HIV and AIDS, and makes...

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News ICJ rejects Ukraine request for help identifying rebel supporters
ICJ rejects Ukraine request for help identifying rebel supporters
Jonathan Niznansky
April 20, 2017 10:14:14 am

The International Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected Ukraine's request for measures to prevent rebels in the country from receiving supplies over its Russian boarder. The court granted measures designed to protect ethnic discrimination in the...

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News Justice Department seeks expedited review for travel ban
Justice Department seeks expedited review for travel ban
Jonathan Niznansky
March 23, 2017 09:58:44 am

The US Department of Justice petitioned Wednesday to have the travel ban executive order by President Donald Trump reviewed more quickly. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions commented on the proceedings earlier...

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News US Senate votes to repeal Alaska wildlife protections
US Senate votes to repeal Alaska wildlife protections
Jonathan Niznansky
March 23, 2017 09:00:12 am

The US Senate voted Tuesday to approve House Joint Resolution 69 , a bill to invalidate an August 2016 regulation protecting wildlife on federal lands from certain kinds of hunting. The "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public...

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News UN rights expert urges safeguards for minority rights
UN rights expert urges safeguards for minority rights
Jonathan Niznansky
March 16, 2017 08:11:30 am

The UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues Rita Izsák-Ndiaye called release for action to preserve the progress made in the protection of minority rights. Speaking in her final address before the Human Rights Council ,...

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News More than 170 organizations sign letter urging net neutrality
More than 170 organizations sign letter urging net neutrality
Jonathan Niznansky
March 9, 2017 09:42:22 am

More than 170 organizations urged acting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai Tuesday to preserve net neutrality . The letter , signed by organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, Greenpeace and...

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News Trump nominates Noel Francisco as Solicitor General
Trump nominates Noel Francisco as Solicitor General
Jonathan Niznansky
March 9, 2017 08:56:24 am

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named acting Solicitor General Noel Francisco as his choice for the permanent position. Formerly a partner at large international law firm Jones Day , Francisco has spent a career...

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News UK House of Lords amends Brexit bill to protect residence for EU citizens
UK House of Lords amends Brexit bill to protect residence for EU citizens
Jonathan Niznansky
March 2, 2017 08:49:37 am

The UK House of Lords voted on Wednesday to amend HL 108 , also known as the Brexit bill to protect residence rights for EU citizens. With a vote of 358 to 256, the Lords voted...

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News Federal appeals court reverses $533M patent verdict against Apple
Federal appeals court reverses $533M patent verdict against Apple
Jonathan Niznansky
March 2, 2017 07:28:33 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday overturned a Texas District Court decision awarding Smartflash LLC a $533 million patent verdict against Apple . Smartflash asserted that Apple had...

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Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, murdered by Henry II's knights

On December 29, 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights acting in the name of Henry II.

Becket and Henry had been entangled in a power struggle over, among other things, criminal jurisdiction over clergy. Read a contemporary account of the murder of Thomas Becket.

Texas attains US statehood

On December 29, 1845, Texas became the twenty-eighth state to join the United States of America when US President James K. Polk signed the Ordinance of Annexation. Texas had a complicated path to statehood because it had formerly been part of Mexico and then an independent republic. The US Congress passed the Annexation of the Republic of Texas Joint Resolution on March 1, 1845. Voters in Texas then approved the Ordinance of Annexation in October, before it was approved by the US Congress and signed into law by President Polk on this day in 1845. The US Supreme Court later ruled in Texas v. White that, despite its unique path to statehood, Texas did not have the right to secede from the union.

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