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News South Dakota governor vetoes bills seeking to loosen gun control laws
South Dakota governor vetoes bills seeking to loosen gun control laws
Steven Wildberger
March 18, 2017 03:04:41 pm

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard on Friday vetoed a pair of bills that would have loosened the state's regulations on concealed carry laws. Calling the current laws adequate, and the new laws unnecessary and complicated ,...

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News DOJ urges federal court to find key provision in Dodd Frank Act unconstitutional
DOJ urges federal court to find key provision in Dodd Frank Act unconstitutional
Steven Wildberger
March 18, 2017 10:18:20 am

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed an amicus curiae brief urging the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to find the for-cause only removal provision of the Dodd Frank...

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News Texas Senate approves ‘bathroom bill’
Texas Senate approves ‘bathroom bill’
Steven Wildberger
March 16, 2017 08:32:19 am

The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved the Texas Privacy Act , which would require people to use the bathroom that corresponds to the gender listed on their birth certificate. Passed by a 21-10 vote along party...

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News Federal judges in Hawaii, Maryland temporarily block Trump’s travel ban
Federal judges in Hawaii, Maryland temporarily block Trump’s travel ban
Steven Wildberger
March 16, 2017 07:41:36 am

Two federal judges—one in Maryland on Thursday and another in Hawaii on Wednesday—issued temporary restraining orders against President Donald Trump's new 90-day travel ban . Finding that the state had established...

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News SEC denies request to create ETF tied to Bitcoin
SEC denies request to create ETF tied to Bitcoin
Steven Wildberger
March 11, 2017 01:31:21 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday announced its decision to reject an application to create an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to the value of Bitcoin , a virtually currency. The fund, proposed by...

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AG Sessions asks 46 federal prosecutors to resign
Steven Wildberger
March 11, 2017 12:51:46 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday requested the resignation of 46 Obama-era federal prosecutors, including Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara , who had been asked to stay on by then president-elect Donald Trump in November. Although federal...

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News Kentucky House approves charter schools bill
Kentucky House approves charter schools bill
Steven Wildberger
March 4, 2017 11:22:19 am

The Kentucky House of Representatives on Friday voted 56-39 in favor of allowing charter schools in the state for the first time. House Bill 520, supported by Governor Matt Bevin and amended by Representative Phil Moffett , allows...

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News Federal appeals court orders gray wolves removed from endangered species list
Federal appeals court orders gray wolves removed from endangered species list
Steven Wildberger
March 4, 2017 10:37:13 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday ruled in favor of the Secretary of the Interior in its efforts to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. Once...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on the interplay between federal and state subrogation law
Supreme Court hears arguments on the interplay between federal and state subrogation law
Steven Wildberger
March 2, 2017 10:12:26 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. v. Nevils , a case that required the court to decide whether an insurer, guaranteed a right of subrogation through a...

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News Federal judge allows immigrants’ lawsuit against private prison to go forward
Federal judge allows immigrants’ lawsuit against private prison to go forward
Steven Wildberger
March 2, 2017 09:21:57 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colorado ruled Monday that there was a sufficient basis for a class action lawsuit, brought on behalf of former and current inmates against one of...

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US Supreme Court said bussing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

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On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations. Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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