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News North Dakota judge blocks abortion law
North Dakota judge blocks abortion law
Kimberly Bennett
August 1, 2013 11:23:50 am

A North Dakota judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction against legislation that would have forced the Red River Clinic in Fargo, North Dakota, to close. The law imposes requirements that any physician performing...

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News Uruguay congress approves bill to regulate sale of marijuana
Uruguay congress approves bill to regulate sale of marijuana
Kimberly Bennett
August 1, 2013 11:01:12 am

The lower house of the Uruguayan Congress on Wednesday approved legislation that would allow the national government to take charge of production and distribution of legal marijuana. The legislation passed by...

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News Federal judge blocks Indiana Planned Parenthood funding restrictions
Federal judge blocks Indiana Planned Parenthood funding restrictions
Kimberly Bennett
July 31, 2013 10:29:56 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on Monday granted a permanent injunction, halting lawmakers from preventing Medicaid recipients from accessing health care services at Planned Parenthood clinics. The case was...

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News UN expert urges Chile to stop using anti-terrorism legislation
UN expert urges Chile to stop using anti-terrorism legislation
Kimberly Bennett
July 31, 2013 10:10:13 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism on Monday urged Chilean authorities to refrain from applying anti-terrorism legislation that directly impacts the Mapuche indigenous peoples. Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson made his first official visit to...

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News Colombia judge orders notary to perform same-sex marriage
Colombia judge orders notary to perform same-sex marriage
Kimberly Bennett
July 29, 2013 10:29:33 am

A Colombian appeals judge on Saturday ordered a notary to marry a same-sex couple, following the couples' appeal after the notary refused to marry them on June 20. In the decision , Judge Campo Elias Cordoba stated that...

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News Myanmar: UN rights expert welcomes latest release of prisoners of conscience
Myanmar: UN rights expert welcomes latest release of prisoners of conscience
Kimberly Bennett
July 29, 2013 09:15:07 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar , Tomas Ojea Quintana, on Monday praised the latest presidential amnesty that resulted in the release of 73 prisoners of conscience. His announcement, however, came...

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News California high court denies request to halt same-sex marriages
California high court denies request to halt same-sex marriages
Kimberly Bennett
July 24, 2013 12:02:03 pm

The California Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the San Diego County clerk's request to halt same-sex marriages in the state, following the US Supreme Court June ruling in Hollingsworth v. Perry . The...

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News Fourth Circuit upholds decision to block parts of South Carolina immigration law
Fourth Circuit upholds decision to block parts of South Carolina immigration law
Kimberly Bennett
July 24, 2013 11:10:02 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's decision to block components of South Carolina's immigration law . Relying on the Supremacy Clause, the court ruled...

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News Jordan court denies bail to Abu Qatada
Jordan court denies bail to Abu Qatada
Kimberly Bennett
July 22, 2013 11:09:12 am

A Jordan military court on Sunday rejected a bail application by radical cleric Abu Qatada , who faces terror charges in Jordan following his deportation from Britain. Abu Qatada was charged on July 7 with...

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Michigan judge rules Detroit bankruptcy filing unconstitutional
Kimberly Bennett
July 22, 2013 10:44:32 am

A judge for Michigan's Ingham County Circuit Court ruled Friday that Detroit's bankruptcy filing is "unconstitutional" and must be withdrawn. Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said that Detroit's bankruptcy filing violates the Michigan Constitution , which...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US apologizes to Japanese-Americans for detention during WWII

US President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law on August 10, 1988, apologizing on behalf of the United States to Japanese-Americans who were interned in camps during WWII and providing $20,000 in compensation for each survivor. The law also provided $12,000 in compensation for each living displaced Aleutian Islander who was relocated to a camp in Alaska during the US's Aleutian Islands campaign.

President Reagan authorized compensation for Japanese-Americans interned during World War II

On August 10, 1988, US President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that provided payments of $20,000 to Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps by the US government during World War II. Learn more about the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which also included a formal apology by Congress for what it called a "grave injustice."

National Security Act Amendment reorganizes U.S. military

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