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News Ontario appeals court: reporter must turn over communications with accused terrorist
Ontario appeals court: reporter must turn over communications with accused terrorist
Taylor Isaac
March 23, 2017 03:52:27 pm

The Court of Appeal for Ontario on Wednesday affirmed a ruling requiring a Vice Media reporter to turn over materials and communications used to write three stories regarding an accused terrorist in 2014. Ben Makuch...

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A New York judge on Wednesday ordered ExxonMobil to cooperate with a New York investigation into whether the company misled others about the effects of climate change. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had issued previous...

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Federal appeals court denies rehearing of Trump’s original immigration order
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March 16, 2017 12:19:19 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday denied an en banc rehearing regarding US President Donald Trump's original immigration order. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) had previously...

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Thousands of people in Belarus on Wednesday gathered to protest a labor law that fines people if they do not work enough days during the year. President Alexander Lukashenko enacted Ordinance No. 3 ...

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Supreme Court clarifies correct standard for recusal of judge
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March 7, 2017 07:06:18 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday reversed a case due to the lower courts' analysis that focused on the presence of actual bias as opposed to an objective probability of actual bias. In Rippo v. Baker...

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Supreme Court rules sentencing guidelines not subject to vagueness challenges
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March 7, 2017 06:24:48 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that the US Sentencing Guidelines (USSG) are not subject to challenges under the void-for-vagueness doctrine. The focus in Beckles v. United States was on §4B1.2 of the...

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February 23, 2017 01:24:20 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday released its Annual Report 2016/17 , a summary of an international human rights survey that discusses the role "rhetoric of fear, blame and hate" have played in rolling back human rights around the...

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February 23, 2017 11:59:05 am

The Trump administration on Wednesday revoked the Obama-era guidelines regarding transgender students. The previous guidelines were a joint effort by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (DOE) that required federally...

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February 9, 2017 04:07:20 pm

The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe on Thursday filed a legal challenge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia in an attempt to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) ....

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January 26, 2017 12:17:32 pm

Technology giant Apple on Wednesday announced two lawsuits against Qualcomm in Beijing's Intellectual Property Court. The lawsuits , similar to the one filed in a US district court last week, allege a violation...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Anita Hill testifies about Clarence Thomas sexual harassment

Attorney Anita Hill testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11, 1991 about sexual harassment she suffered from her former supervisor Clarence Thomas, who was nominated by President Ronald Regan for a seat on the US Supreme Court. The US Senate would later confirm Thomas by a vote of 52–48 despite Hill's testimony. Watch the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings on CSPAN.

Vatican II opens

On October 11, 1962, the Second Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church convened in Rome, Italy. Over the next three years, the conference modernized Church Law for the modern era. The most noticeable changes included the celebration of mass in the vernacular, a new emphasis on the role of laypersons, and a greater acceptance of other faiths. Read documents from Vatican II from Church archives.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire.

As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

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