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News 22 state AGs to challenge net-neutrality repeal in federal court
22 state AGs to challenge net-neutrality repeal in federal court
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January 17, 2018 09:41:35 am

Attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia filed a Protective Petition for Review in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday asking the court to review...

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News DOJ to appeal DACA decision directly to Supreme Court
DOJ to appeal DACA decision directly to Supreme Court
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January 17, 2018 08:37:25 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it plans to seek Supreme Court review of a trial court's decision to block the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ...

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News Wisconsin school district settles transgender discrimination case
Wisconsin school district settles transgender discrimination case
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January 12, 2018 08:40:20 am

The Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) agreed Tuesday to settle a lawsuit filed by a former transgender student who said the district discriminated against him by not allowing him to use the men's restroom...

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News Eight states file brief arguing undocumented minor has no right to abortion
Eight states file brief arguing undocumented minor has no right to abortion
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January 10, 2018 09:30:04 am

Eight states have filed an amicus brief in a case concerning a 17-year-old undocumented immigrant's attempt to obtain an abortion without parental consent while in government custody. Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and South Carolina...

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News Ninth Circuit upholds injunction against third travel ban
Ninth Circuit upholds injunction against third travel ban
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December 27, 2017 02:16:47 pm

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld an injunction against President Trump's third travel ban last Friday. The three-judge panel stated that under the Immigration and Nationality Act , the...

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News Sessions rescinds protection against excessive fining by local courts
Sessions rescinds protection against excessive fining by local courts
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December 26, 2017 01:17:24 pm

Over the course of the past week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has revoked a total of 25 Obama-era Department of Justice (DOJ) guidelines. Among them was a 2016 guideline that advised local...

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News Argentina judge orders arrest of former president
Argentina judge orders arrest of former president
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December 8, 2017 08:45:02 am

Argentinian Judge Carlos Bonadio ordered the arrest of current senator and former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Thursday for her alleged involvement in a cover-up of...

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News Federal judge refuses to block Mulvaney from serving as director of CFPB
Federal judge refuses to block Mulvaney from serving as director of CFPB
Lawrenz Fares
November 29, 2017 09:35:50 am

In a ruling from the bench Tuesday, US District Judge Timothy Kelly of the District Court for the District of Columbia refused a request for a temporary restraining order that would have prohibited Mick Mulvaney...

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News Supreme Court hears oral argument in two economic-related cases
Supreme Court hears oral argument in two economic-related cases
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November 28, 2017 10:41:28 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two economic related cases on Tuesday. The first case, Cyan v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund , examines whether a state court has subject matter jurisdiction to hear...

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News Exiled Venezuela Supreme Court justices file complaint against president in ICC
Exiled Venezuela Supreme Court justices file complaint against president in ICC
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November 21, 2017 08:38:52 pm

Venezuelan Supreme Court justices currently in exile have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing President Nicolás Maduro of crimes against humanity. The complaint was initially filed [Miami Herald...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Martin Luther King Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize

On October 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Read Dr. King's acceptance speech, delivered in Oslo on December 10 of that year.

Israel and PLO leaders awarded Nobel Peace Prize

On October 14, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and Yassar Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, shared the Nobel Prize for Peace. The three men were awarded this honor for the 1993 Oslo Accords in which Israel and the PLO agreed to peace and mutual recognition. The Accords also granted the Palestinians general self-government in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Learn more about the 1994 Nobel Prize for Peace and the three men who shared it.

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