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News Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination expires
Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination expires
Matthew Santiago
January 3, 2017 06:02:14 pm

President Barrack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court expired on Tuesday following the formal adjournment of the 114th Congress . The refusal to grant Garland a proper hearing has been...

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News Former Hong Kong leader pleads not guilty to corruption charges
Former Hong Kong leader pleads not guilty to corruption charges
Matthew Santiago
January 3, 2017 05:00:39 pm

Hong Kong's former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of misconduct and accepting advantages following corrupt dealings during his term. Before leaving office in 2012, Tsang reportedly negotiated with a major shareholder...

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News Supreme Court rules against relative tipping in insider trading case
Supreme Court rules against relative tipping in insider trading case
Matthew Santiago
December 7, 2016 09:10:07 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of the prosecution in an insider trading case involving the gifting of confidential information to a relative. Last year the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth...

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News Israel parliament initially approves West Bank settlement outposts
Israel parliament initially approves West Bank settlement outposts
Matthew Santiago
December 7, 2016 08:05:18 am

Israel's Knesset on Monday voted in favor of a revised bill intended to legalize more than 4,000 unauthorized settlement homes situated in the West Bank. The Palestinian land was occupied by Israel during the...

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News Venezuela suspended from South American trade bloc over rights violations
Venezuela suspended from South American trade bloc over rights violations
Matthew Santiago
December 2, 2016 02:52:59 pm

South American trade bloc Mercosur on Friday notified Venezuela that the country will be suspended in light of its membership requirement violations. Leading member countries Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay reportedly determined that...

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California appeals court remands challenge to gun microstamping law
Matthew Santiago
December 2, 2016 12:43:50 pm

California's 5th District Court of Appeals on Thursday reversed and remanded a lower court ruling which rejected a challenge to a state law requiring gun microstamping. In 2007 then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a...

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Turkish government withdraws sexual assault bill following public outcry
Matthew Santiago
November 22, 2016 01:18:25 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Tuesday that the government would withdraw a controversial bill that may have allowed men to marry girls under 18 without being guilty of sexual assault. The bill would have...

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News Egypt court strikes down former president’s life sentence
Egypt court strikes down former president’s life sentence
Matthew Santiago
November 22, 2016 12:37:39 pm

Egypt's Court of Cassation on Tuesday overturned the life sentences of former president Mohamed Morsi and 16 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Morsi had been convicted for conspiring with the Palestinian...

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UK Supreme Court allows Scotland and Wales to enter Brexit lawsuit
Matthew Santiago
November 19, 2016 10:31:19 am

The UK Supreme Court confirmed on Friday that Scotland and Wales may intervene in an upcoming hearing that will determine whether Prime Minister Theresa May has the power to take the UK out of the...

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Trump to nominate Alabama senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general
Matthew Santiago
November 18, 2016 04:29:15 pm

The transition team for US President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions has been offered the position of attorney general . The Republican senator and former US attorney had been...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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