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News Federal appeals court throws out former Guantanamo detainee’s torture claim
Federal appeals court throws out former Guantanamo detainee’s torture claim
Taylor Isaac
August 14, 2016 01:39:50 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday threw out a lawsuit by former Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad claiming he was tortured. The appeals court affirmed the district court in refusing...

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News Thailand passes new Constitution via referendum
Thailand passes new Constitution via referendum
Taylor Isaac
August 7, 2016 12:31:28 pm

Thailand referendum voters on Sunday supported a draft of a new Constitution submitted by a military-appointed counsel, according to unofficial numbers . Although the turnout was low, a clear majority has determined the document will help restore stability in...

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News Former Peru leader makes another presidential pardon request
Former Peru leader makes another presidential pardon request
Taylor Isaac
July 24, 2016 12:13:35 pm

Alberto Fujimori , Peru's former leader who was jailed in 2007, submitted another request for a presidential pardon on Saturday, just five days before President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski takes office. Fujimori is serving a...

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News UN condemns fighting in Mali
UN condemns fighting in Mali
Taylor Isaac
July 24, 2016 10:50:01 am

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon released a statement on Friday condemning the recent fighting in Kidal, Mali . The fighting arose at the end of last week between the Platform Movement and the...

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News Bahrain high court orders Shiite opposition group dissolved
Bahrain high court orders Shiite opposition group dissolved
Taylor Isaac
July 17, 2016 12:32:32 pm

The Bahrain High Civil Court on Sunday ordered al-Wefaq , the main Shiite opposition group in the country, to be dissolved. The Bahraini court previously issued a three-month suspension of the group . The court found that the...

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News Vietnam activists detained while protesting China’s rejection of international ruling
Vietnam activists detained while protesting China’s rejection of international ruling
Taylor Isaac
July 17, 2016 11:42:27 am

Groups of activists in Vietnam were detained Sunday while protesting China's rejection of the international ruling regarding the South China Sea. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) issued the ruling on Tuesday,...

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News Apple agrees to pay $25 million settlement in patent infringement case
Apple agrees to pay $25 million settlement in patent infringement case
Taylor Isaac
July 10, 2016 12:53:25 pm

Apple agreed on Friday to a $25 million settlement with Network-1 Technologies to end a patent infringement claim. The claim involved U.S. Patent No. 6,006,227 (227 Patent) , a "document stream operating system" that organizes files...

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News Massachusetts governor signs transgender anti-discrimination law
Massachusetts governor signs transgender anti-discrimination law
Taylor Isaac
July 10, 2016 12:00:19 pm

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a bill (S.2407) into law on Friday protecting against discrimination on the basis of gender identity. The bill was passed earlier in the week by both houses of...

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News California governor signs gun control laws
California governor signs gun control laws
Taylor Isaac
July 3, 2016 12:46:03 pm

California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed 20 bills into law , six of which were bills altering the gun laws in the state . Brown stated that he signed the bills "to...

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News Federal judge rules Mississippi religious objections law unconstitutional
Federal judge rules Mississippi religious objections law unconstitutional
Taylor Isaac
July 3, 2016 11:36:42 am

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that a Mississippi law allowing for religious objections to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community is unconstitutional . HB 1523 , set to go into effect Friday, sought to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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