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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday,  7 April 2018
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 7 April 2018
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April 7, 2018 12:00:07 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: David Kaye , the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged Spain on Friday not to...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 7 April 2018
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April 7, 2018 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Hawaii Governor David Ige signed HB 2739 on Thursday, also known as the Our Choice, Our Care Act. The Attorneys General from 14states, led by...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 31 March 2018
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March 31, 2018 12:01:10 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy must stand for trial for charges of corruption and influence the 2007 French presidential election. A judge for the US...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 31 March 2018
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March 31, 2018 12:00:09 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US State Department submitted a proposal to the Federal Register on Friday that would require nonimmigrant visa applicants to list their social media identities...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 March 2018
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March 24, 2018 12:00:09 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The UK Court of Appeal ruled this week that software is not a good, overruling the lower court opinion. UN human rights experts expressed concern [press...

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Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Kentucky Senate approved a bill on Thursday that outlaws the use of the dilation and excavation abortion method for patients in their eleventh week of pregnancy...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 17 March 2018
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March 17, 2018 12:00:08 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Peru's Congress voted by a wide margin on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for a...

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Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Treasury Department imposed new economic sanctions Thursday on 19 Russian individuals and five entities for their interference in the 2016 US election, and a number of other...

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Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Eleven countries including Japan, Australia, and Canada signed a trade agreement Thursday known as The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) . The Supreme Court of India...

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'Wobblies' put on trial in Chicago

On March 23, 1918, 101 leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World union ("The Wobblies") were put on trial in Chicago for conspiracy to obstruct America's participation in World War I. Learn more about the Wobblies from the Constitutional Rights Foundation.

Pakistan becomes world's first Islamic republic

On March 23, 1956, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan became the world's first Islamic republic. Unfortunately, democracy in Pakistan collapsed quickly after General Ayub Khan lead a successful coup d'etat. Since that time, Pakistan has vacillated between military and civilian government. Pakistan was governed by the 1956 Constitution of Pakistan, until it was superseded by the 1973 Constitution, which still serves as the country's basic law today.

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