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News Arizona AG asks US Supreme Court to reinstate abortion law
Arizona AG asks US Supreme Court to reinstate abortion law
Laura Klein Mullen
November 21, 2013 02:31:51 pm

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne on Wednesday asked US Supreme Court to reconsider a controversial Arizona law that would strip Medicaid funding from doctors and clinics that perform abortions. The US Court of...

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Spain court orders arrest of former China president
Laura Klein Mullen
November 19, 2013 03:18:50 pm

The Spanish National Court issued arrest orders for former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and four other Chinese officials on Tuesday, including former prime minister Li Peng, former security and police chief Qiao Shi , Chen Kuiyan, a former...

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News Russia court grants bail to several Greenpeace activists
Russia court grants bail to several Greenpeace activists
Laura Klein Mullen
November 19, 2013 02:18:01 pm

The Primorsky Court in St. Petersburg granted bail on Tuesday to seven Greenpeace International activists awaiting trial on charges of hooliganism . The activists, who may be released on bail , are from Argentina, Brazil,...

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News Federal appeals court upholds terrorism conviction for aiding al Qaeda
Federal appeals court upholds terrorism conviction for aiding al Qaeda
Laura Klein Mullen
November 14, 2013 01:37:19 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday upheld the 2011 conviction of Tarek Mehanna, who was found guilty on four terror-related charges and three charges of lying to authorities. Mehenna was accused...

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News American Airlines, US Airways settle DOJ antitrust suit
American Airlines, US Airways settle DOJ antitrust suit
Laura Klein Mullen
November 12, 2013 02:44:51 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday announced a settlement of the antitrust lawsuit opposing the merger of American Airlines and US Airways . The DOJ filed a proposed final judgment [text,...

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Bangladesh Islamic leader indicted on 6 charges of crimes against humanity
Laura Klein Mullen
November 12, 2013 01:44:08 pm

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Tuesday indicted Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader ATM Azharul Islam on six charges of crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War. Azharul, who is now...

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News Florida Supreme Court grants parental rights to egg donor
Florida Supreme Court grants parental rights to egg donor
Laura Klein Mullen
November 7, 2013 03:14:07 pm

The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a woman who donated an egg to her lesbian partner has parental rights to the child they conceived. The child in question was born to the couple in...

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Spain accused of ignoring disappearances during Franco regime
Laura Klein Mullen
November 5, 2013 01:32:39 pm

Amnesty International (AI) called on Spanish authorities Tuesday to address the legacy of Franco era disappearances , calling the failure to do so a "betrayal of justice." AI submitted a report to the UN Committee...

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News Michigan pro-life group challenges health care contraception provision
Michigan pro-life group challenges health care contraception provision
Laura Klein Mullen
November 5, 2013 12:32:06 pm

Right to Life of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court in the Western District of Michigan on Monday over provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)...

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Former Khmer Rouge leaders request acquittal at closing arguments
Laura Klein Mullen
November 1, 2013 07:39:04 am

Two former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime, "Brother Number Two," Nuon Chea, and former president Khieu Samphan, on trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia requested Thursday that they be acquitted...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court decided Dartmouth College case

On February 2, 1819, the US Supreme Court decided Dartmouth College v. Woodward, ruling that the charter of a college was a contract that a state could not alter arbitrarily.

New Amsterdam incorporated

On February 2, 1653, the City of New Amsterdam was incorporated by the Dutch Republic. After the British conquest, the city was renamed New York after the Duke of York.

Breviary of Alaric put into effect by Visigoth king

King Alaric II of the Visigoths put the Breviary of Alaric, a collection of Roman laws, into effect on February 2, 506. The breviary contains constitutions and laws of the newly fallen Roman Empire, including the Theodosian code, and parts of the Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes. The Breviary of Alaric predated the Byzantine Empire's Code of Justinian by 23 years.  Read an entry on the Breviary of Alaric from the Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

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