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News Senate passes legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea
Senate passes legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea
Lars Peterson
July 29, 2017 07:30:08 pm

In a 98-2 vote , the US Senate on Thursday passed H.R. 3364 , a bill that imposes new sanctions on Russia. This development comes two days after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly...

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News Pakistan Prime Minister resigns after Supreme Court disqualification
Pakistan Prime Minister resigns after Supreme Court disqualification
Lars Peterson
July 29, 2017 05:25:06 pm

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned from office on Friday after the Supreme Court of Pakistan issued a unanimous ruling , earlier the same day, disqualifying him from office. Sharif was before...

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News Massachusetts top court: woman fired for using medical marijuana can sue for discrimination
Massachusetts top court: woman fired for using medical marijuana can sue for discrimination
Lars Peterson
July 18, 2017 09:05:18 am

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusett on Monday held that a woman who was fired from her job for testing positive for medically prescribed marijuana could sue her former employer for handicap discrimination. The employee in...

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News Russia Supreme Court upholds ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia Supreme Court upholds ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses
Lars Peterson
July 18, 2017 08:37:20 am

The Russian Supreme Court on Monday upheld its ruling ordering the disbanding of the Jehovah's Witnesses. In denying an appeal by the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Supreme Court affirmed that their previous ruling will remain...

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News Florida governor orders first execution in over 18 months
Florida governor orders first execution in over 18 months
Lars Peterson
July 4, 2017 11:02:23 am

Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday scheduled the execution of Mark Asay which will be the state's first execution in nearly two years. The execution of death row inmates in Florida had been halted after their sentencing procedure...

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News Peru Congress votes to dismiss comptroller
Peru Congress votes to dismiss comptroller
Lars Peterson
July 4, 2017 10:22:38 am

The Peru Congress on Monday unanimously voted to remove the Comptroller, Edgar Alarcon, from office. The vote to remove Alarcon was initiated over accusations that he gave public funds to the mother of his...

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News Austria Constitutional Court: okay for government to seize Hitler’s birth-home
Austria Constitutional Court: okay for government to seize Hitler’s birth-home
Lars Peterson
July 1, 2017 05:10:00 pm

The Austria Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that the government seizure of the apartment complex where Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was born is constitutional. The Court elaborated [press release, PDF;...

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News Texas Supreme Court: states not required to provide publicly funded benefits to same-sex couples
Texas Supreme Court: states not required to provide publicly funded benefits to same-sex couples
Lars Peterson
July 1, 2017 02:40:23 pm

The Supreme Court of Texas held on Friday that the Houston's benefits policy need not extend to same-sex couples. In so holding, the Court concluded that: "The Supreme Court held in Obergefell that the Constitution...

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News Turkish President criticizes Arab demands against Qatar
Turkish President criticizes Arab demands against Qatar
Lars Peterson
June 25, 2017 11:22:24 am

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday rejected calls to cease Turkish military presence and close its military base in Qatar. He viewed these demand as disrespectful to Turkey. Additionally, President Erdogan claimed that the list of 13...

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News Supreme Court: naturalized citizens cannot lose citizenship based on immaterial false statements
Supreme Court: naturalized citizens cannot lose citizenship based on immaterial false statements
Lars Peterson
June 23, 2017 07:47:53 am

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that naturalized citizens may not be stripped of their citizenship status based on false statements that were immaterial to becoming a citizen. The court held that in order to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress set minimum federal sentences for drug offenders

On November 2, 1951, President Harry Truman signed the "Boggs Act" into law, setting minimum federal sentences for drug offenders.

Read Richard J. Bonnie and Charles Whitebread, The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition, 56 Virginia Law Review (1970).

Balfour Declaration issued

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the United Kingdom's formal statement regarding Jewish people in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration was later endorsed by the World War I Allied Powers. It stated the British intention to support a national homeland for Jewish people and became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement.

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