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News Supreme Court requires Microsoft to disclose emails stored overseas
Supreme Court requires Microsoft to disclose emails stored overseas
Patrick Sherry
April 17, 2018 03:25:08 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday held that Microsoft is required to disclose a customer's electronic information stored overseas when it was suspected in furthering illegal drug trafficking. The per curium opinion vacated and remanded the judgment [opinion,...

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10 Florida cities sue over state gun legislation
Patrick Sherry
April 3, 2018 02:22:03 pm

Elected officials from 10 Florida cities, led by Weston Mayor Daniel Stermer , filed a lawsuit in Florida state court Monday against Governor Rick Scott, Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi and other Florida officials challenging...

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News Federal court grants summary judgment in asylum class-action
Federal court grants summary judgment in asylum class-action
Patrick Sherry
March 30, 2018 10:40:58 pm

The US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Thursday granted summary judgment in favor of several groups of immigrants seeking asylum both in and out of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...

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News Manafort files motion to dismiss Mueller indictment in Virginia federal court
Manafort files motion to dismiss Mueller indictment in Virginia federal court
Patrick Sherry
March 28, 2018 07:18:23 pm

Paul Manafort on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia requesting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictment against him be struck due to the criminal charges...

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News Supreme Court upholds federal government’s right of action in Rio Grande water rights case
Supreme Court upholds federal government’s right of action in Rio Grande water rights case
Patrick Sherry
March 5, 2018 01:35:54 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday held that the US government had the authority to bring an action against New Mexico alleging that they violated the Rio Grande Compact , an agreement between Colorado, Texas and New Mexico...

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20 states challenge ACA as unconstitutional
Patrick Sherry
February 27, 2018 02:39:29 pm

A coalition of 20 states, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton , filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Monday alleging that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is...

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Lawsuit challenges FCC’s net neutrality reversal
Patrick Sherry
February 23, 2018 03:37:56 pm

Twenty-three state attorneys general, led by New York's Eric Schneiderman , filed a petition for review in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday challenging the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) reversal...

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Lawsuits challenge termination of teen pregnancy prevention program
Patrick Sherry
February 16, 2018 03:21:42 pm

Nine local government and health care organizations filed four lawsuits on Thursday in US federal district courts challenging the Trump administration's July 2017 termination of grants for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP Program), a congressionally mandated initiative funding programs...

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Guantánamo war court officials terminated
Patrick Sherry
February 6, 2018 05:19:23 pm

Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Monday fired two Guantánamo Bay officials responsible for overseeing the trials of accused war criminals including the planners of the 9/11 attack. The officials are Harvey Rishikof, designated by Mattis as...

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News Federal appeals court affirms constitutionality of Ohio lethal ejection methods
Federal appeals court affirms constitutionality of Ohio lethal ejection methods
Patrick Sherry
February 2, 2018 05:40:19 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of Ohio's lethal injection method on Thursday, just two weeks prior to a scheduled execution. The case stemmed from two death row inmates attempting to prevent...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress passed War Powers Act

On November 7, 1973, Congress passed the War Powers Act, overriding President Nixon's veto. Read the War Powers Act and review a summary of Congress and the War Power: Constitutional Anchor or Anachronism?, a seminar held at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on October 15, 2001.

UN calls for UK, France and Israel to leave Egypt

On November 7, 1956, the United Nations General Assembly approved Resolution 1001, which called on the United Kingdom, France and Israel to pull all of their military forces out of Egypt. The Resolution came during the Suez Canal crisis, during which Israel invaded Egypt with the support of the U.K. and France, after Egyptian President Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. Read Resolution 1001.

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