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News Supreme Court issues new regulation banning protests on marble plaza
Supreme Court issues new regulation banning protests on marble plaza
Kimberly Bennett
June 14, 2013 06:40:43 am

The US Supreme Court on Thursday issued a new regulation barring any demonstration within the Supreme Court building or grounds, excluding the surrounding sidewalks, if the activity is "reasonably likely to draw a crowd or...

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News Former DOJ prosecutor sues over surveillance programs
Former DOJ prosecutor sues over surveillance programs
Kimberly Bennett
June 14, 2013 06:03:29 am

Activist attorney and former government prosecutor Larry Klayman filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia , challenging the government's recently revealed phone data collection. Klayman, founder...

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News US lawmakers urge media shield law
US lawmakers urge media shield law
Kimberly Bennett
May 23, 2013 09:56:49 am

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the US House of Representative advocated Wednesday for a law that would shield the press from giving information to a federal entity unless certain conditions are met. The push for legislation ...

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News Japan lawmakers approve international child abduction treaty
Japan lawmakers approve international child abduction treaty
Kimberly Bennett
May 23, 2013 08:33:01 am

The Japanese parliament approved a bill on Wednesday adopting the Hague convention on resolving cross-border abductions of children. Parliament unanimously passed the treaty in response to international pressure for Tokyo to address concerns...

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News Federal judge allows challenge to Arkansas abortion law to proceed
Federal judge allows challenge to Arkansas abortion law to proceed
Kimberly Bennett
May 17, 2013 11:06:33 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on Wednesday rejected Arkansas' attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state's law banning abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. US District...

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US appeals court denies asylum to German family wanting to homeschool
Kimberly Bennett
May 17, 2013 09:56:37 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday denied an appeal by a German family seeking asylum in the US in order to homeschool their children for religious reasons. The Romeike family...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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