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News Convicted Serbian war criminals receive reduced sentences
Convicted Serbian war criminals receive reduced sentences
Samuel Franklin
January 24, 2014 02:42:25 pm

The appeals chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday upheld the criminal convictions of four Serbian senior officials stemming from the Bosnian Civil War , while reducing...

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News Supreme Court upholds Hawaii redistricting plan
Supreme Court upholds Hawaii redistricting plan
Samuel Franklin
January 22, 2014 09:58:34 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the case of Kostick v. Nago without issuing an opinion, upholding the Hawaii state legislature's redistricting plan. The case was on appeal from the US District Court for...

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News Greece austerity measures ruled unconstitutional
Greece austerity measures ruled unconstitutional
Samuel Franklin
January 22, 2014 08:36:20 am

The Council of State , Greece's top administrative court, on Monday ruled that the country's wage cuts for police, military and firefighters as part of its austerity measures are unconstitutional. The Greek government was required to...

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News Obama pledges end to NSA mass collection practices
Obama pledges end to NSA mass collection practices
Samuel Franklin
January 18, 2014 07:58:59 am

In a speech Friday, US President Barack Obama announced detailed plans to change surveillance policy, curbing the abilities of intelligence agencies to collect and use American phone data. Reform to the program entails a handful of...

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News Detroit $165 million bankruptcy settlement rejected
Detroit $165 million bankruptcy settlement rejected
Samuel Franklin
January 17, 2014 03:06:44 pm

A judge for the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday rejected a proposed $165 million settlement agreement for the now-bankrupt city of Detroit to pay off UBS and Bank of America [corporate...

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News Nigeria anti-gay law ‘draconian’: UN rights chief
Nigeria anti-gay law ‘draconian’: UN rights chief
Samuel Franklin
January 15, 2014 08:34:45 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday criticized Nigeria's new law on the prohibition of same-sex marriage, calling the legislation a direct violation of basic, universal human rights. Earlier this month Nigerian...

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News Federal appeals court strikes down FCC regulations regarding ‘net neutrality’
Federal appeals court strikes down FCC regulations regarding ‘net neutrality’
Samuel Franklin
January 15, 2014 07:33:22 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday struck down Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules that required broadband providers to employ nondiscriminatory practices in the treatment of Internet...

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News UN rights expert urges Spain not to extradite terror suspect to Kazakhstan
UN rights expert urges Spain not to extradite terror suspect to Kazakhstan
Samuel Franklin
January 10, 2014 04:13:06 pm

UN independent human rights expert Francois Crepeau on Friday urged the Spanish government to reverse its decision to extradite Alexsandr Pavlov to Kazakhstan. Pavlov, an associate of opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov, whose extradition was ordered Thursday by...

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News Ohio new execution method causes suffering: death row inmate
Ohio new execution method causes suffering: death row inmate
Samuel Franklin
January 8, 2014 09:12:21 am

Attorneys for death row inmate Dennis McGuire on Tuesday filed for a stay of execution in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio , claiming that Ohio's untried execution method would cause McGuire to experience...

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News Federal judge strikes down part of Utah anti-bigamy law
Federal judge strikes down part of Utah anti-bigamy law
Samuel Franklin
December 15, 2013 11:02:05 am

The US District Court for the District of Utah struck down part of Utah's anti-bigamy law on Friday in the case of Brown v. Buhman , holding that the cohabitation prong of the state...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

On May 19, 1948, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War, and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States.

Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the U.S. Library of Congress.

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