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News Federal grand jury indicts 16 Russian defendants for interfering in US election
Federal grand jury indicts 16 Russian defendants for interfering in US election
Elizabeth Lowman
February 16, 2018 03:38:04 pm

A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. The indictment alleges that the citizens were working with the organizations. All 16 defendants...

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News Lawsuits challenge termination of teen pregnancy prevention program
Lawsuits challenge termination of teen pregnancy prevention program
Patrick Sherry
February 16, 2018 03:21:42 pm

Nine local government and health care organizations filed four lawsuits on Thursday in US federal district courts challenging the Trump administration's July 2017 termination of grants for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP Program), a congressionally mandated initiative funding programs...

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News UN rights chief urges Iran to halt death penalty for juvenile offenders
UN rights chief urges Iran to halt death penalty for juvenile offenders
Austin Koltonowski
February 16, 2018 02:49:01 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday urged Iran to abide by the international law and immediately halt all executions of people sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were...

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News UN rights office: Hungary anti-immigration proposal an ‘assault on human rights’
UN rights office: Hungary anti-immigration proposal an ‘assault on human rights’
Austin Koltonowski
February 16, 2018 02:25:48 pm

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday called on Hungary to review an anti-immigration proposal that would tax and penalize organizations that assist migrants in the country, calling it an...

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News Oregon House approves gun control measures
Oregon House approves gun control measures
Christopher Hsu
February 16, 2018 02:24:01 pm

The Oregon House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill aimed to expand the state's gun control laws. House Bill 4145 seeks to amend existing provisions and add new ones to the state's already existing gun control statutes. The...

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News Senate receives bill for researching the effects of low doses of radiation
Senate receives bill for researching the effects of low doses of radiation
Erik Slobe
February 16, 2018 10:25:52 am

The US Senate received HR 4675 on Wednesday regarding providing funding for researching the health effects of low doses of radiation. The bill, known as the Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2018, will provide $100...

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News Senate Committee advances bill to reduce minimum sentences for drug charges
Senate Committee advances bill to reduce minimum sentences for drug charges
Erik Slobe
February 16, 2018 08:59:10 am

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Thursday advanced S 1917 , which will reduce minimum sentences for some drug related crimes. The bill, also known as the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017, reduces the...

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News US House passes amendments to ADA to slow litigation
US House passes amendments to ADA to slow litigation
Sean Rohtla
February 15, 2018 04:50:34 pm

The US House of Representatives passed the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 on Thursday in a 225-192 vote changing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) . The bill adds a provision requiring the...

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News ACLU challenges Ohio law banning abortions based on Down Syndrome diagnosis
ACLU challenges Ohio law banning abortions based on Down Syndrome diagnosis
Lawrenz Fares
February 15, 2018 04:29:40 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio H.B. 214 , a bill which outlaws abortions following a diagnosis of Down Syndrome. Under the bill, a physician who performs or attempts...

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News Fourth Circuit upholds preliminary injunction of third Trump travel ban
Fourth Circuit upholds preliminary injunction of third Trump travel ban
Andrew Morgan
February 15, 2018 03:34:27 pm

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court's preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of US President Donald Trump's most recent travel ban . The appellate court concluded, based on...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius Caesar assassinated on Ides of March

Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated at the Roman Forum by a number of his own senators led by Marcus Brutus on March 15, 44 BC over concerns that he was becoming too powerful. The assassination wound up being a political failure as the Roman citizenry ended up becoming incensed at the conspirators and a civil war broke out, which Brutus and his supporters lost to Mark Antony and Octavian (later Augustus). William Shakespeare later wrote in his eponymous play about the assassination, "Beware the ides of March." Learn more about the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg born

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933.

Learn more about Justice Ginsburg from Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia project at Northwestern University.

Code Napoleon promulgated

On March 15, 1803, the Code Napoleon (French Civil Code) was promulgated in France. The Code is considered the first successful legal code in Europe and is still used today as the basis for the modern French Civil Code. Napoleon's conquests spread his Code across the European Continent, influencing modern legal codes in Portugal, Austria, Italy, and other nations. Read a history of the Code Napoleon.

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