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News Mexico authorities make arrest in connection to alleged massacre of students
Mexico authorities make arrest in connection to alleged massacre of students
Peter Snyder
January 26, 2015 11:27:32 am

Mexican authorities have arrested a hit man for the Guerreros Unidos gang in connection with disappearance and alleged massacre of 43 students from a teacher-training college in Ayotzinapa, in the state of Guerrero. The Mexican government believes the students...

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News Egypt court convicts doctor of manslaughter in female genital mutilation case
Egypt court convicts doctor of manslaughter in female genital mutilation case
Peter Snyder
January 26, 2015 10:53:15 am

An Egyptian appeals court Monday convicted a doctor of manslaughter in a female genital mutilation (FGM) that resulted in the death of a 13-year-old girl in 2013. The doctor, Raslan Fadl, who was originally cleared of charges...

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News Anti-corruption group condemns Turkey parliament vote
Anti-corruption group condemns Turkey parliament vote
Peter Snyder
January 21, 2015 11:37:19 am

Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International on Wednesday criticized a vote by the Turkish Parliament downing a proposal to lift parliamentary immunity for four former ministers accused of corruption. The charges relate to a massive...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on Florida judicial campaign law
Supreme Court hears arguments on Florida judicial campaign law
Peter Snyder
January 21, 2015 11:08:10 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar the court must determine whether a rule of judicial professional conduct that prohibits...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on EEOC, False Claims Act
Supreme Court hears arguments on EEOC, False Claims Act
Peter Snyder
January 14, 2015 11:29:18 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In Mach Mining, LLC v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission the court has been asked to settle a circuit split...

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News France police arrest 54 people for supporting terrorism
France police arrest 54 people for supporting terrorism
Peter Snyder
January 14, 2015 11:04:00 am

French police have arrested 54 people for verbally supporting or threatening terrorist acts in the wake of the terrorist attacks at the offices of French humor magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket. The French...

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News Singapore court orders blogger to pay PM court cost in defamation suit
Singapore court orders blogger to pay PM court cost in defamation suit
Peter Snyder
January 12, 2015 11:38:35 am

A court in Singapore on Monday ordered blogger Roy Ngerng to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong S$29,000 (USD $21,700) in legal fees and related expenses incurred after Lee won a defamation case against Ngerng in November...

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News Authorities in capital of China’s Xinjiang province ban burqas
Authorities in capital of China’s Xinjiang province ban burqas
Peter Snyder
January 12, 2015 11:04:54 am

Authorities in Urumqi, capital of the far-west Chinese province of Xinjiang, issued a new law Wednesday banning the wearing of burqas in public. Xinjiang, home to China's minority ethnically Turkic Muslim Uighurs, has been the site of...

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News Kuwait authorities detain former lawmaker for tweets critical of Egypt
Kuwait authorities detain former lawmaker for tweets critical of Egypt
Peter Snyder
January 7, 2015 11:32:08 am

Authorities in Kuwait on Wednesday ordered the 10-day detainment of former lawmaker Saleh al-Mullah for tweets criticizing the Gulf country's leader Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and his support for Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi [BBC...

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News Pakistan president signs new law allowing military courts to prosecute terror suspects
Pakistan president signs new law allowing military courts to prosecute terror suspects
Peter Snyder
January 7, 2015 11:00:06 am

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday signed into law anti-terrorism legislation that will establish military courts for the hearing of civilian terrorism related cases. The president's signature comes one day after the Pakistan National Assembly ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism

November 9 is the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism [UNITED factsheet]. On November 9, 1924, American gay activist Henry Gerber and several associates formed the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The Society received a charter from the State of Illinois in December but was disbanded in July 1925 after a police raid which led to Gerber's arrest and trial (albeit not conviction). Pay a virtual visit to Henry Gerber House, now a registered Chicago landmark.

Supreme Court strikes down Massachusetts anti-draft law

On November 9, 1970, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 in Massachusetts v. Laird not to hear the case of the state's anti-draft law. Massachusetts had passed a law, which allowed its citizens to decline to fight in any undeclared war, even if the person was drafted. The law was passed in opposition to the draft and the war in Vietnam. The First Circuit found the war constitutional and thus struck down the law.

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