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News UN rights chief calls for peacekeeper criminal accountability
UN rights chief calls for peacekeeper criminal accountability
Taylor Brailey
September 4, 2015 03:10:28 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday called for increased accountability for criminal acts by international peacekeepers. While recognizing the gradual positive security developments over the past year, Zeid stressed...

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News Federal appeals court reinstates Nevada low-income voting rights case
Federal appeals court reinstates Nevada low-income voting rights case
Taylor Brailey
September 4, 2015 02:29:59 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday reinstated a case claiming Nevada has failed to provide voter registration services to its low-income citizens, as required under Section 7 of the National...

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News Montana polygamy ban challenged
Montana polygamy ban challenged
Taylor Brailey
August 28, 2015 03:49:07 pm

Three individuals in a polygynous domestic relationship on Friday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Montana , challenging Montana's law banning polygamy, following Yellowstone County officials' denial of a...

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News Federal court lifts injunction on NSA phone surveillance program
Federal court lifts injunction on NSA phone surveillance program
Taylor Brailey
August 28, 2015 03:08:13 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday reversed a ruling that blocked the National Security Agency (NSA) from obtaining call detail records from US citizens. Plaintiffs contended...

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News Bangladesh authorities arrest three in bloggers’ murders
Bangladesh authorities arrest three in bloggers’ murders
Taylor Brailey
August 19, 2015 10:53:52 am

Bangladeshi authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of three individuals allegedly involved in the murder of two secular bloggers earlier this year. The suspects are Islamic extremists and part of a recently banned armed group called Ansarullah Bangla Team. Mufti...

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EPA proposes rules to cut methane emissions
Taylor Brailey
August 19, 2015 08:19:35 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday proposed new rules to cut methane emissions by the oil and gas industry, as part of the Obama Administration's commitment to taking action on climate change. The...

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News Pakistan Supreme Court allows military trials for terrorism suspects
Pakistan Supreme Court allows military trials for terrorism suspects
Taylor Brailey
August 6, 2015 02:47:49 pm

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to allow military trials for cases involving suspects of terrorism. The ruling follows a number of petitions to allow such trials, and is seen as a victory to the...

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News Final Madoff defendant sentenced to six months in prison
Final Madoff defendant sentenced to six months in prison
Taylor Brailey
August 6, 2015 02:30:58 pm

A judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday sentenced Irwin Lipkin, a former controller of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, to six months in prison for his involvement...

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News Rights group: Over 2,000 migrant deaths in Mediterranean
Rights group: Over 2,000 migrant deaths in Mediterranean
Taylor Brailey
August 5, 2015 04:31:40 pm

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that over 2,000 migrants have died this year in an attempt to enter Europe through the Mediterranean Sea. According to IOM, the death toll this year, up...

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Guatemala court orders Rios Montt competency evaluation
Taylor Brailey
August 5, 2015 12:21:30 pm

A Guatemalan court on Tuesday ordered former dictator Efrain Rios Montt to undergo competency tests to determine whether he is fit to stand trial for his alleged role in the torture, rape and murder of 1,771...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Massacre of hundreds of Jews ends in Lisbon, Portugal

An anti-Jewish pogrom known as the "Lisbon Massacre" came to an end on April 21, 1506. The killings started as the result of a "New Christian," who was forcibly converted from Judaism as a result of King Manuel I's 1497 Edict of Forced Conversion, questioning a purported miracle at the Church of Saint Dominic. At least 1,000 New Christians were killed as a result of the ensuing riots, spurred on by two friars.  Today a memorial to the massacre victims stands outside of the church. Learn more about the Lisbon Massacre.

Henry VIII becomes King of England

On April 21, 1509, King Henry VII died, leaving his son, Henry VIII, King of England. Henry VIII eventually seceded his nation from the Roman Catholic Church, becoming the first major European nation to do so. Henry then made himself head of the Church of England and dissolved Catholic monasteries throughout the country.

Learn more about Henry VIII.

Maryland Toleration Act established freedom of worship for all Christians

On April 21, 1649, the Maryland Assembly passed the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians. The key section of the act read: And whereas the inforceing of the conscience in matters of Religion hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous Consequence in those commonwealthes where it hath been practised, And for the more quiett and peaceable governement of this Province, and the better to preserve mutuall Love and amity amongst the Inhabitants thereof, Be it Therefore also by the Lord Proprietary with the advise and consent of this Assembly Ordeyned and enacted (except as in this present Act is before Declared and sett forth) that noe person or persons whatsoever within this Province, or the Islands, Ports, Harbors, Creekes, or havens thereunto belonging professing to beleive in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth bee any waies troubled, Molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion nor in the free exercise thereof within this Province or the Islands thereunto belonging nor any way compelled to the beleife or exercise of any other Religion against his or her consent, soe as they be not unfaithfull to the Lord Proprietary, or molest or conspire against the civill Governement established or to bee established in this Province under him or his heires. Learn more about the Maryland Toleration Act.

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