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News Ban on women in close combat roles lifted in Britain
Ban on women in close combat roles lifted in Britain
Mark Casper
July 8, 2016 02:44:57 pm

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday lifted a ban on women serving in close combat units in British military. In what Cameron called a "major step," women will now be allowed to serve in...

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Mark Casper
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In a report issued on Thursday, Amnesty International (AI) called upon Palestinian and Israeli officials to properly address human rights violations committed by their forces. The report was released a day before the second...

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Ireland Parliament defeats abortion bill
Mark Casper
July 8, 2016 12:59:09 pm

The Irish Parliament on Thursday defeated a bill that would have allowed abortion in Ireland where the child would not survive outside of the womb. Prime Minister Enda Kenny had been open about his opposition ...

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Massachusetts legislature sends transgender anti-discrimination bill to governor
Mark Casper
July 8, 2016 12:22:55 pm

The Massachusetts Legislature on Thursday sent a transgender anti-discrimination bill to Governor Charlie Baker . The bill , which many believe will be signed into law, will provide protections to transgender people in places of...

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Republicans question transfer of low-level Guantanamo Bay detainees
Mark Casper
July 8, 2016 11:47:22 am

In a hearing on Thursday several Republican lawmakers questioned Obama administration officials in regards to the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees. In the hearing , before the House Foreign Affairs committee , lawmakers claimed that the...

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July 8, 2016 11:05:48 am

Democrats in Congress called for hearings in the wake of police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile , two black men, earlier this week. Congressman and House Judiciary Committee member, Cedric Richmond...

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Mark Casper
July 8, 2016 10:33:20 am

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday rejected an appeal by the Attorney General of Canada asking the court to review a lower court decision instructing the country to reconsider revocation of a former-Nazi's Canadian citizenship....

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July 1, 2016 06:41:24 pm

The US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on Thursday struck down the state's parenthood statute for violating the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment . Indiana Code Section...

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Canada Supreme Court overturns drug charges due to trial delay
Mark Casper
July 1, 2016 03:52:50 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday overturned a man's drug possession and trafficking conviction because he had been made to wait too long for his trial. The man, Shane Vassal, had waited three years before...

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June 29, 2016 11:47:00 pm

The Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday denied certioriari in Stormans Inc. v. Wiesman , a case challenging a Washington regulation requiring pharmacies to sell birth control despite potential religious objections...

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Dred Scott decided

On March 6, 1857, the US Supreme Court announced its landmark decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford, holding that black people—slaves as well as free—were not and could never become citizens of the United States and that the 1820 Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. Learn more about the Dred Scott case from Washington University in St. Louis (the city where Dred Scott initially filed his suit for freedom and had his case first tried). Review a selection of contemporary newspaper editorials reacting to the decision.

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