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News Supreme Court hears oral arguments on procedural rule, military judges holding multiple offices
Supreme Court hears oral arguments on procedural rule, military judges holding multiple offices
Erin McCarthy Holliday
January 17, 2018 02:43:59 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. Hall v. Hall questions which judgments are final under Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 42 refers to the consolidation of cases versus separate...

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News Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to return Rohingya Muslims within two years
Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to return Rohingya Muslims within two years
Tate Brown
January 17, 2018 12:51:42 pm

Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed Tuesday to complete the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya within two years. According to a statement released by the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the repatriation will be completed within two years...

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News 22 state AGs to challenge net-neutrality repeal in federal court
22 state AGs to challenge net-neutrality repeal in federal court
Lawrenz Fares
January 17, 2018 09:41:35 am

Attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia filed a Protective Petition for Review in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday asking the court to review...

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News DOJ to appeal DACA decision directly to Supreme Court
DOJ to appeal DACA decision directly to Supreme Court
Lawrenz Fares
January 17, 2018 08:37:25 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it plans to seek Supreme Court review of a trial court's decision to block the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ...

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News EU Court revives Starbucks’s trademark infringement claim
EU Court revives Starbucks’s trademark infringement claim
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
January 16, 2018 03:30:58 pm

The EU General Court on Tuesday reinstated a four-year-old trademark infringement complaint filed by Starbucks against a Belgian coffeehouse whose musical-note signage is accused of infringing the iconic mermaid logo. Hasmik Nersesyan filed an...

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News UN human rights experts implore Iran to stop execution of juvenile offender
UN human rights experts implore Iran to stop execution of juvenile offender
Sean Rohtla
January 16, 2018 01:00:03 pm

United Nations human rights experts asked Iran on Tuesday to stay the execution of an offender who was 15 years old when he was sentenced to death. Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to...

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News UK rights groups demand cancellation of Saudi Crown Prince’s visit
UK rights groups demand cancellation of Saudi Crown Prince’s visit
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
January 16, 2018 12:15:55 pm

A coalition of human rights groups, including the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK), Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign Against Arms Trade and Human Rights for Yemen, sent a letter to Prime Minister...

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News Supreme Court dismisses partisan-gerrymandering case for lack of jurisdiction
Supreme Court dismisses partisan-gerrymandering case for lack of jurisdiction
Mary Nicholas
January 16, 2018 11:11:57 am

Supreme Court dismissed Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott today, claiming want of jurisdiction. This dismissal may seem surprising, given that the Court has chosen to hear other gerrymandering cases this term. This past October the Supreme Court heard Gill...

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News Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting case
Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 12, 2018 08:56:21 pm

The US Supreme Court added 12 cases to its docket on Friday, including two Texas redistricting cases. The court had previously blocked two lower court rulings that mandated the redrawing of Texas' congressional and state legislative...

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News Germany court overturns lower court’s acquittal of “Sharia Police”
Germany court overturns lower court’s acquittal of “Sharia Police”
Christopher Hsu
January 12, 2018 05:03:01 pm

Germany's highest federal court on Thursday overturned a lower federal court's acquittal of seven men charged with violating Germany's ban on wearing uniforms in public that convey a political message. In November...

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Israel parliament meets for the first time

On February 14, 1949, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, convened for the first time, and Joseph Shprinzak was elected as its first Speaker. Read a history of the First Knesset from the Knesset archives.

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