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News Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to intelligence court Verizon order
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to intelligence court Verizon order
Peter Snyder
November 18, 2013 11:12:51 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied the petition for certiorari in a case challenging the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) April order requiring Verizon to turn over data to...

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News Federal judge allows Pennsylvania same-sex marriage suit to proceed
Federal judge allows Pennsylvania same-sex marriage suit to proceed
Peter Snyder
November 15, 2013 12:49:09 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania denied two motions Friday seeking to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage. The challenge was brought by the secretaries...

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News China to amend law to relax one-child policy
China to amend law to relax one-child policy
Peter Snyder
November 15, 2013 12:03:07 pm

The Communist Party of China (CPC) will loosen the nations one-child population control policy, according to documents released following the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee held in Beijing earlier this week. The policy...

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News Opponents of California transgender law petition for repeal
Opponents of California transgender law petition for repeal
Peter Snyder
November 11, 2013 11:34:00 am

The political action group Privacy for all Students said Sunday that they have received sufficient petition signatures to bring about an initiative on the November 2014 ballot to repeal California's new law intended to protect transgender...

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News Lawyer for Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko detained by police
Lawyer for Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko detained by police
Peter Snyder
November 11, 2013 11:10:22 am

One of the defense lawyers for imprisoned former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was detained by police Monday, according to Arseniy Yatsenyuk an MP for Tymoshenko's All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" [party website; in...

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News Federal judge rules New York City violated ADA during recent emergencies
Federal judge rules New York City violated ADA during recent emergencies
Peter Snyder
November 8, 2013 01:18:27 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Thursday that New York City violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to accommodate the...

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News UN rights expert warns of escalating violence in Central African Republic
UN rights expert warns of escalating violence in Central African Republic
Peter Snyder
November 8, 2013 12:45:31 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned Friday that continued violence between militias, rebels and government forces in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) threatens to lead the country...

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News Supreme Court dismisses Oklahoma ‘abortion pill’ case
Supreme Court dismisses Oklahoma ‘abortion pill’ case
Peter Snyder
November 4, 2013 11:54:16 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case concerning an attempt by the Oklahoma state government to resurrect a state law that limited the uses of the abortion drug RU-486 . The...

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News Ireland constitutional convention recommends replacing blasphemy ban
Ireland constitutional convention recommends replacing blasphemy ban
Peter Snyder
November 4, 2013 11:05:30 am

The Irish Convention on the Constitution voted Sunday in favor of recommending that the offense of blasphemy in the Irish Constitution be altered and replaced with a new general provision to include...

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Senior officials from top international courts brief UN General Assembly
Peter Snyder
November 1, 2013 01:39:50 pm

The presidents of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) briefed the UN General Assembly Thursday, providing information on cases...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution

On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety took power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchmen and women had been executed by guillotine. Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

'Scottsboro boys' put on trial for alleged rape of white women

On April 6, 1931, the nine "Scottsboro boys" were put on trial in Alabama on false charges of raping two white women during a freight train trip from Tennessee. Learn more about the trial of the Scottsboro boys.

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