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North Carolina governor signs controversial transgender bill into law
Taylor Gillan
March 24, 2016 11:13:24 am

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Wednesday signed into law a bill that prevents local governments from enacting their own nondiscrimination ordinances. Under the new law, which was passed by both chambers of the...

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HRW: Iran must grant detainees better access to legal representation
Taylor Gillan
March 24, 2016 10:45:36 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged Iran to end restrictions that prevent access to lawyers for those charged with national security crimes. According to the rights group, there have been several instances of people charged...

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Brazil high court judge upholds order barring appointment of ex-president
Taylor Gillan
March 23, 2016 10:22:58 am

A judge for the Brazilian Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ruling blocking former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking a ministry post. Last week's order blocking the appointment came...

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Ninth Circuit panel partially dismisses NSA surveillance case as moot
Taylor Gillan
March 23, 2016 09:49:59 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday partially dismissed the lawsuit of a nurse challenging the National Security Agency's (NSA) bulk collection of cellphone metadata. The lawsuit, ruled on by...

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Qatar poet pardoned for critical poem: UN
Taylor Gillan
March 16, 2016 10:31:01 am

A UN official said Wednesday that Qatari poet Mohammed al-Ajami received a royal pardon on Tuesday night and has been freed after more than four years in prison. The poet received a 15-year prison sentence in 2011 after...

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March 16, 2016 10:02:26 am

North Korea's high court on Wednesday sentenced an American student to 15 years of imprisonment and hard labor following his conviction for subversion. The University of Virginia student, Otto Warmbier, confessed in a press conference held last month by...

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Ukraine pilot threatens hunger strike over Russia ‘show trial’
Taylor Gillan
March 3, 2016 11:25:23 am

A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia on Thursday told the court she is going on a dry hunger strike after facing another delay at trial. Nadezhda Savchenko has been charged with complicity in the killing of two journalists, with...

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US judge lifts Argentina bond payment ban
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March 3, 2016 10:37:01 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday lifted injunctions blocking Argentina from paying its restructured debt. According to Judge Thomas Griesa, the circumstances of the situation have...

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South Dakota governor vetoes bathroom gender restriction bill
Taylor Gillan
March 2, 2016 10:39:03 am

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have required public school students to use the bathroom or locker room corresponding to their sex at birth. In a statementDaugaard said that the...

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Federal appeals court overturns Apple patent win against Samsung
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February 27, 2016 11:45:35 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday overturned a 2014 verdict against Samsung in its patent infringement conflict with Apple . The appeals court found that Samsung did not infringe...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress set minimum federal sentences for drug offenders

On November 2, 1951, President Harry Truman signed the "Boggs Act" into law, setting minimum federal sentences for drug offenders.

Read Richard J. Bonnie and Charles Whitebread, The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition, 56 Virginia Law Review (1970).

Balfour Declaration issued

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the United Kingdom's formal statement regarding Jewish people in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration was later endorsed by the World War I Allied Powers. It stated the British intention to support a national homeland for Jewish people and became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement.

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