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News Cook County judge blocks Illinois redistricting ballot measure
Cook County judge blocks Illinois redistricting ballot measure
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 21, 2016 01:12:54 pm

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane Larsen on Wednesday blocked a ballot measure proposing an amendment to the Illinois Consitution that aimed to eliminate the General Assembly's power to draw legislative district boundaries. The proposal advanced...

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News Five arrested in connection with Nice attack
Five arrested in connection with Nice attack
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 16, 2016 04:14:41 pm

According to a judicial source, four men believed to be linked to Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian who killed 84 people as he drove a truck into a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, have been arrested . One of...

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News Republic of Srpska assembly sets date for referendum on Statehood Day
Republic of Srpska assembly sets date for referendum on Statehood Day
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 16, 2016 02:45:30 pm

The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska voted on Friday to hold a referendum within its territory on September 25 to decide whether to set its Statehood Day on January 9. The date...

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News US sanctions North Korea leader for human rights violations
US sanctions North Korea leader for human rights violations
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 7, 2016 09:28:33 am

The Obama administration imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, taking the unusual step of placing the country's leader Kim Jong Un and 10 other officials on a blacklist for human rights abusers. The sanctions would bar...

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News UK entry into Iraq War not justified: report
UK entry into Iraq War not justified: report
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 7, 2016 08:35:46 am

The findings of the seven-year inquiry, led by Sir John Chilcot , into Britain's role in the invasion of Iraq were delivered on Wednesday in the form of a scathing verdict against former prime minister Tony...

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News China sentences former president’s top aide to life for corruption
China sentences former president’s top aide to life for corruption
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 4, 2016 03:55:19 pm

The First Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin near Beijing jailed Ling Jihua, a top aide to former China president Hu Jintao , and sentenced him to life after finding him guilty of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state...

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News Vietnam urges ‘fair and objective’ ruling in South China Sea territory dispute
Vietnam urges ‘fair and objective’ ruling in South China Sea territory dispute
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 4, 2016 02:39:41 pm

Vietnam has urged ]statement, in Vietnamese] the international tribunal in The Hague to deliver a "fair and objective" ruling concerning Philippines' challenge to China's expansive claims in the South China Sea. Two days after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)...

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News Federal court dismisses lawsuit against rival of Turkish President
Federal court dismisses lawsuit against rival of Turkish President
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 1, 2016 09:14:29 am

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Muhammed Fethullah Gulen, a prominent Muslim cleric and rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , saying the court...

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News Federal court rejects Visa and Mastercard class action settlements
Federal court rejects Visa and Mastercard class action settlements
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
June 30, 2016 10:29:12 pm

In a unanimous ruling on Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected a settlement agreement between retailers and credit card issuers. Millions of retailers had reached a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement [NYT...

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News Supreme Court clarifies criteria for using state convictions to impose enhanced federal sentences
Supreme Court clarifies criteria for using state convictions to impose enhanced federal sentences
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
June 24, 2016 09:27:18 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Thursday in Mathis v. United States that a prior crime can be used for imposing enhanced federal sentences in a new conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

John Locke born

On August 29, 1632, the political philosopher John Locke was born in Wrington, England. His political philosophy and social contract theory would heavily influence the American and French Revolutions as well as the democratic governments set up following those revolutions. Read works by John Locke from Project Gutenberg.

Civil Rights Act of 1957 passed

On August 29, 1957, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first federal civil rights legislation since 1875. The legislation set up the US Commission on Civil Rights and the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice.

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