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News North Carolina governor signs controversial transgender bill into law
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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News HRW: Iran must grant detainees better access to legal representation
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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News Brazil high court judge upholds order barring appointment of ex-president
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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News Ninth Circuit panel partially dismisses NSA surveillance case as moot
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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News Qatar poet pardoned for critical poem: UN
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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News North Korea high court sentences US student to 15 years hard labor
North Korea high court sentences US student to 15 years hard labor
Taylor Gillan
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
Taylor Gillan
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
Taylor Gillan
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

President Ford offered amnesty to Vietnam draft-evaders

On September 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders which would waive any charges provided they agreed to work two years in public service. A Presidential Clemency Board was created to administer the program - it finished its work in September 1975 after having disposed of 14, 514 cases. Critics said the initiative did not go far enough, however, and noted that only about 19 percent of eligible persons even applied. Learn more about the conditional amnesty program from the Papers of Charles E. Goodell, the Washington lawyer who was Chairman of the PCB, now housed at the Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ozone Layer treaty opens for signatures

On September 16, 1987, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was opened for signature. It has since been signed by almost 200 nations. As a result, the Earth's Ozone Layer is expected to recover by the year 2050.

William O. Douglas born

On September 16, 1898, William O. Douglas was born in Maine Township, Minnesota. Douglas went on to become Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission before being named to the US Supreme Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. Douglas would become an influential civil libertarian on the Warren Court and the longest-tenured Justice in history, serving for 36 years and 7 months.

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