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News Sixth Circuit resurrects blind voter discrimination suit
Sixth Circuit resurrects blind voter discrimination suit
Kenneth Hall
November 13, 2017 03:07:23 pm

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday held that a lawsuit brought by blind voters in Ohio against Secretary of State Jon Husted can proceed. The suit arises out of a claim that...

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News Supreme Court finds appellate procedure timing rules non-jurisdictional
Supreme Court finds appellate procedure timing rules non-jurisdictional
Kenneth Hall
November 8, 2017 04:14:52 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago that a court-made time limitation rule was not jurisdictional. The issue was whether the US Court of Appeals for the...

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News Netherlands to hold referendum on surveillance law
Netherlands to hold referendum on surveillance law
Kenneth Hall
November 1, 2017 02:41:52 pm

The Netherlands Electoral Council announced Wednesday that a referendum will be held next year on a controversial surveillance law . The surveillance bill was passed in...

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News Saudi Arabia to allow women to attend stadium sporting events
Saudi Arabia to allow women to attend stadium sporting events
Kenneth Hall
October 30, 2017 01:41:53 pm

Saudi Princess Reema Bandar bint Al-Saud, vice president for women's affairs of the General Sports Authority , tweeted Sunday that the country will begin to allow women to attend sporting events in 2018. Sport stadiums...

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News UN report claims US drone strikes have killed more than publicly stated
UN report claims US drone strikes have killed more than publicly stated
Kenneth Hall
October 18, 2013 11:19:04 am

A recent report made public by the UN Friday indicates that the US is under-reporting the number of civilian deaths resulting from anti-terrorism drone strikes . In his investigation, UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson ...

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Jury selection began for Chicago "Black Sox" baseball trial

On July 5, 1921, jury selection began in the trial of eight Chicago White Sox baseball players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. "Shoeless Joe" Jackson and seven others were eventually acquitted but were later barred from baseball for life. Learn more about the "Black Sox" trial in JURIST's Famous Trials series.

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On July 5, 1950, the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, enacted the Law of Return, which granted all Jewish people to right to Israeli citizenship.

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