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News Canada to change marriage law to legally recognize all non-resident same-sex marriages
Canada to change marriage law to legally recognize all non-resident same-sex marriages
Matthew Pomy
January 15, 2012 10:57:59 am

Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson , amid a growing controversy over a previous declaration that non-resident same-sex marriages performed in Canada are not legal unless recognized by the participants' home countries, indicated Friday...

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News Poland court issues suspended sentence to communist-era interior minister
Poland court issues suspended sentence to communist-era interior minister
Matthew Pomy
January 13, 2012 11:25:59 am

The Warsaw Provincial Court handed down a two-year suspended sentence to former interior minister Gen. Czeslaw Kiszczak Thursday. The court found Kiszczak guilty in absentia in relation to the implementation of martial law in 1981. Martial...

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News Egypt prosecutors seek death penalty for Mubarak
Egypt prosecutors seek death penalty for Mubarak
Matthew Pomy
January 5, 2012 03:31:25 pm

Egyptian prosecutors announced Thursday they will be seeking the death penalty for former president Hosni Mubarak , former interior minister Habib El Adly and four of his aides accused of ordering the killing of anti-government protesters [JURIST...

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News Federal judge grants ACLU motion to dismiss Arizona medical marijuana challenge
Federal judge grants ACLU motion to dismiss Arizona medical marijuana challenge
Matthew Pomy
January 5, 2012 01:25:15 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Wednesday granted an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Arizona's voter approved medical marijuana law,...

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News DOJ finds online non-sports gambling lawful
DOJ finds online non-sports gambling lawful
Matthew Pomy
December 26, 2011 10:47:18 am

The Department of Justice (DOJ) clarified its stance on online gambling in a memorandum opinion released Friday holding online non-sports related gambling that crosses state or international borders is not covered by the Wire Act...

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News Obama announces nominees for civil liberty and privacy oversight agency
Obama announces nominees for civil liberty and privacy oversight agency
Matthew Pomy
December 16, 2011 02:05:37 pm

US President Barack Obama nominated three individuals to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) Thursday, which had been vacant since 2007. He named David Medine as his nominee for Chairman as...

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News Philippines chief justice impeached
Philippines chief justice impeached
Matthew Pomy
December 12, 2011 02:59:32 pm

The Philippine Congress voted Monday to impeach Chief Justice Renato Corona for violating the constitution and the public trust in connection with the trial of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ,...

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News ACLU asks Supreme Court to rule on gene patent case
ACLU asks Supreme Court to rule on gene patent case
Matthew Pomy
December 8, 2011 12:51:15 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a recent federal appeals court decision that upheld gene patents. The...

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News EU antitrust commission to investigate Apple e-book dealings
EU antitrust commission to investigate Apple e-book dealings
Matthew Pomy
December 6, 2011 12:06:50 pm

The European Commission for Competition announced Tuesday that it will investigate Apple for anti-competitive practices in connection with its dealings with several publishers. The investigation is allowed by Article 11(6) of the Antitrust Regulation ....

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News ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Sudan defense minister
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Sudan defense minister
Matthew Pomy
December 2, 2011 11:26:44 am

Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo began seeking an arrest warrant on Friday for Sundanese Defense Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes...

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US Supreme Court ruled flag-burning protected by First Amendment

On June 21, 1989, the US Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag in public to protest government policies is a right protected by the First Amendment. Read Texas v. Johnson. Learn more about the legal aspects of flag desecration from the Free Speech Center.

Founding of Halifax, Nova Scotia sparks Indigenous resistance

On June 21, 1749, British colonists founded the town of Halifax in the province of Nova Scotia. General Edward Cornwallis's founding of the city sparked resistance from the local Indigenous Mi'kmaq and some French-speaking Acadians in the area. French Catholic Priest Jean-Louis Le Loutre organized Mi'kmaq attacks on the British, which would continue through the French and Indian War. The Mi'kmaq would later sign a series of peace treaties with the British known as the Peace and Friendship Treaties, and the Acadians would be deported from Nova Scotia in 1755. Learn more about Fr. Le Loutre and the history of Halifax.

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