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News Ohio legislature approves redistricting amendment, question to be sent to voters
Ohio legislature approves redistricting amendment, question to be sent to voters
Kylee Clark
February 8, 2018 08:22:51 am

The Ohio House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a Senate bill that would reform current redistricting policies. The proposed constitutional amendment provides the legislature the opportunity to draw the state's congressional districts and approve them with...

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Trump signs executive order to keep Guantánamo detention center operating
Kylee Clark
January 31, 2018 12:23:03 pm

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to continue operations at the Guantánamo Bay detention center. The order states that the facility is "legal, safe, humane, and conducted consistent with United States and international law."...

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NAACP sues DHS for ending protected status for Haitians
Kylee Clark
January 26, 2018 09:32:25 am

The NAACP filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), former acting secretary Elaine Costanzo Duke and current secretary Kirstjen Nielsen after the Trump administration revoked the Temporary Protected Status (TPS)...

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News Alabama House approves bill to eliminate special elections for Senate vacancies
Alabama House approves bill to eliminate special elections for Senate vacancies
Kylee Clark
January 24, 2018 12:38:14 pm

The Alabama House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill to eliminate special elections when there is a vacancy in the US Senate. Under HB 17 , when a vacancy occurred the governor would appoint a...

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News HHS creates new division to protect religious beliefs of health care workers
HHS creates new division to protect religious beliefs of health care workers
Kylee Clark
January 18, 2018 01:39:24 pm

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday introduced the new Conscience and Freedom of Religion Division . The purpose of this program is to reinforce preexisting legislation protecting "fundamental and unalienable rights of...

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New York City files climate change lawsuit against oil companies
Kylee Clark
January 11, 2018 01:38:15 pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against BP, Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corporation and Royal Dutch Shell for their role in climate change. Extensive quantities of greenhouse gasses...

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DOJ drops appeal to prevent two minor immigrants from having abortion
Kylee Clark
December 20, 2017 09:44:39 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped their appeal against minor Jane Roe on Tuesday night, which was preventing her from receiving an abortion. Jane Roe was being housed in a federally-funded shelter due to lack...

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Volkswagen Senior Manager sentenced after guilty plea to conspiracy and fraud
Kylee Clark
December 7, 2017 12:19:41 pm

Oliver Schmidt, a former senior manager at Volkswagen AG was sentenced to 84 months in prison and a $400,000 fine on Wednesday after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and...

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UN urges Iraq to reconsider proposed marriage bill that does not set minimum age
Kylee Clark
December 5, 2017 12:58:47 pm

Special Representatives of theUN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten and for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba on Monday urged the Iraqi government to reconsider proposed amendments in the Personal Status Law that...

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Qualcomm files additional suits against Apple in ongoing patent dispute
Kylee Clark
December 1, 2017 12:27:42 pm

Qualcomm filed three lawsuits against Apple Thursday, seeking compensation for alleged patent infringement. According to Qualcomm, Apple uses technologies that Qualcomm first marketed in the 1990s. Qualcomm claims that they...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

James Earl Ray sentenced for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray died in 1998, still seeking a retrial of his case. On December 9th, 1999, a Memphis jury handed down a verdict agreeing with the King family that the 1968 assassination of the civil rights leader was a conspiracy rather than the act of a lone gunman.

Gandhi arrested for sedition

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, Gandhi continued to build Indian unity and use civil disobedience and non-cooperation to oppose British rule in his country, culminating in the Salt March of 1930 and eventual Indian independence in 1947. Learn more about Mahatma Gandhi from the government of India.

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