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News Brazil prosecutors call for investigation of president
Brazil prosecutors call for investigation of president
Taylor Gillan
May 4, 2016 10:52:53 am

Brazilian local media reported Tuesday that the country's top prosecutors have requested an investigation into President Dilma Rousseff over alleged connections to the Petrobras corruption scandal. Though Rousseff has spoken against the accusations and threatened legal action, prosecutors claim that...

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News Georgia governor vetoes campus concealed carry bill
Georgia governor vetoes campus concealed carry bill
Taylor Gillan
May 4, 2016 10:25:32 am

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have allowed the concealed carrying of handguns on college campuses. The bill, if approved, would have allowed anyone 21 or older with a concealed...

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News Egypt court overturns rioting sentences of 35 Al-Azhar students
Egypt court overturns rioting sentences of 35 Al-Azhar students
Taylor Gillan
April 24, 2016 11:21:24 am

Egypt's Court of Cassation on Sunday overturned the five-year prison sentences of 35 Al-Azhar students, ordering a retrial. The students were charged with rioting, illegal protesting, resisting authorities and blocking roads. The rioting charges came as...

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News Florida supreme court suspends abortion waiting period
Florida supreme court suspends abortion waiting period
Taylor Gillan
April 24, 2016 10:49:47 am

The Florida Supreme Court on Friday granted a motion to suspend the state's mandatory 24-hour waiting period for abortions. The ban shall remain suspended until the court determines whether it will accept jurisdiction over the case....

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Macedonia president ends corruption investigation
Taylor Gillan
April 13, 2016 10:34:43 am

The President of Macedonia on Tuesday ended an investigation into allegations of government corruption and abuse of power, also pardoning all politicians involved in a 2015 wiretapping scandal. According to President Gjorge Ivanov , the move came in an...

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North Carolina governor seeks to clarify controversial LGBT law
Taylor Gillan
April 13, 2016 09:36:51 am

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Tuesday issued an executive order that he says is meant to clarify the previously passed House Bill 2 . In a statement on the order, the governor said that House...

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US government official announces Guantanamo detainee transfers
Taylor Gillan
March 31, 2016 11:12:15 am

A US government official on Wednesday announced that the Department of Defense has told Congress that it plans to transfer as many as 12 prisoners from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. The plan would help the US...

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News South Korea court upholds anti-prostitution law
South Korea court upholds anti-prostitution law
Taylor Gillan
March 31, 2016 10:49:14 am

The Constitutional Court of South Korea on Thursday upheld a law that punishes individual sex workers. The ruling came in response to a petition to overturn the anti-prostitution law, which was brought by a prostitute convicted under the...

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News Supreme Court asks for supplemental briefs in birth control case
Supreme Court asks for supplemental briefs in birth control case
Taylor Gillan
March 30, 2016 10:33:24 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order in Zubik v. Burwell , a challenge to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) birth control mandate, directing the parties to file supplemental briefs. The court,...

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France president drops plan to strip terrorists of citizenship
Taylor Gillan
March 30, 2016 10:12:20 am

French President François Hollande on Wednesday said that he will no longer move forward with his plan to reform the country's constitution. The reform would have included an amendment that would deprive French citizenship or...

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English legal historian Frederic Maitland born

Frederic Maitland, legal historian and co-author of the History of English Law, was born on May 28, 1850.

Learn more about Frederic Maitland.

Indian Removal Act passed

On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act. The Act authorized Johnson to exchange federal lands in the West for Indian lands in the American Southeast. While some tribes gave up their lands peacefully, others resisted. The "Trail of Tears" killed approximately 4,000 Cherokees in a forced march into the West.

Learn more about the Indian Removal Act from the U.S. Library of Congress.

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