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News Supreme Court rules on jurisdiction for mixed issue labor claims
Supreme Court rules on jurisdiction for mixed issue labor claims
Julia Zebley
December 10, 2012 04:25:08 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Kloeckner v. Solis that a federal employee appealing a "mixed case" from the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) should appeal by suing in...

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News Supreme Court to review constitutionality of same-sex marriage
Supreme Court to review constitutionality of same-sex marriage
Julia Zebley
December 7, 2012 03:32:53 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in two cases dealing with same-sex marriage . In Hollingsworth v. Perry the court will consider the validity of Proposition 8...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on Medicare, Clean Water Act
Supreme Court hears arguments on Medicare, Clean Water Act
Julia Zebley
December 5, 2012 08:51:06 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center the court heard arguments on whether a 180-day statutory time limit for...

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News Supreme Court rules government not immune under takings clause for temporary man-made floods
Supreme Court rules government not immune under takings clause for temporary man-made floods
Julia Zebley
December 5, 2012 07:28:30 am

The US Supreme Court released a unanimous opinion Tuesday in Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States on the Federal government's immunity under the Takings Clause of the Fifth...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on when settlement offer moots an issue
Supreme Court hears arguments on when settlement offer moots an issue
Julia Zebley
December 4, 2012 07:32:46 am

The US Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases Monday. The first case, Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk , concerned whether an issue at the center of a lawsuit is moot...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on ERISA
Supreme Court hears arguments on ERISA
Julia Zebley
November 28, 2012 08:08:04 am

The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) . The court is considering whether § 502(a)(3) of...

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News Supreme Court orders rehearing in health care case
Supreme Court orders rehearing in health care case
Julia Zebley
November 27, 2012 08:35:39 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday remanded Liberty University v. Geithner to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit . The court ordered the lower court to re-consider...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on employer liability for employee harassment
Supreme Court hears arguments on employer liability for employee harassment
Julia Zebley
November 27, 2012 07:54:05 am

The US Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases on Monday. In Vance v. Ball State University the court considered whether an employer can be held vicariously liable ...

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News Supreme Court grants raisin takings case
Supreme Court grants raisin takings case
Julia Zebley
November 21, 2012 08:32:38 am

The US Supreme Court granted two cases on Tuesday. In Horne v. Department of Agriculture the court will hear its second case of the term on the Fifth Amendment ...

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News Supreme Court rules on sovereign immunity law, grants stay of execution
Supreme Court rules on sovereign immunity law, grants stay of execution
Julia Zebley
November 14, 2012 07:50:02 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday released its first opinion of the term, ruling unanimously in US v. Bormes that the federal government does not automatically waive sovereign immunity through the Little Tucker...

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Pope Innocent VIII authorizes Germany witchcraft prosecutions

Pope Innocent VIII issued the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus on December 5, 1484, authorizing Dominican friars and witch hunters Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger to prosecute witchcraft in Germany. The prosecutions would later give rise to the 1486 publication of Kramer and Sprenger's Malleus Malificarum ("Hammer of the Witches") which prescribed torture as a way to coerce confessions out of suspected witches. Historians view the text as having promoted a misogynistic witch craze in late medieval Europe. Read the full papal bull.

21st Amendment ended Prohibition

On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, ending the ban on the legal sale and importation of alcohol that had been introduced in 1919 by the 18th Amendment. Learn how the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers helped bring about Prohibition's repeal.

Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen

On December 5, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat broke off diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen in response to the Declaration of Tripoli, which imposed sanctions on Eygpt. These hardline Arab nations had promulgated the Declaration in order to punish Egypt for establishing diplomatic relations with Israel. In 1979, Egypt signed a formal peace treaty with Israel, leading to Sadat's assassination in 1981. Learn more from the BBC.

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