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News Supreme Court strikes down violent video games ban
Supreme Court strikes down violent video games ban
Julia Zebley
June 27, 2011 10:26:01 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-2 in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association that a California ban on the sale of violent video games to minors violates the First...

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News Supreme Court to rule on FCC indecency policy
Supreme Court to rule on FCC indecency policy
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 27, 2011 10:04:08 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday added 11 more cases to its 2011-2012 docket. In FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. , the court will rule on whether...

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News Bangladesh jails more than 650 soldiers in connection to 2009 mutiny
Bangladesh jails more than 650 soldiers in connection to 2009 mutiny
Zach Zagger
June 27, 2011 10:01:32 am

A Bangladesh military court on Monday sentenced 657 border guards for their roles in a February 2009 mutiny . The verdict was unprecedented in the number of people convicted at once and brings...

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News Tunisia court upholds conviction of nephew of ex-president Ben Ali
Tunisia court upholds conviction of nephew of ex-president Ben Ali
Maureen Cosgrove
June 27, 2011 09:47:15 am

A Tunisian appeals court on Saturday upheld the conviction of Imed Trabelsi, businessman and nephew of ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali . The 14th Criminal Chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal...

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News Cambodia genocide tribunal begins trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders
Cambodia genocide tribunal begins trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders
Maureen Cosgrove
June 27, 2011 08:50:47 am

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday began the initial hearings in the trial of four former leaders of the communist Khmer Rouge regime [JURIST news archive;...

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News ICC issues arrest warrants for Libya leader Gaddafi, his son, head of intelligence
ICC issues arrest warrants for Libya leader Gaddafi, his son, head of intelligence
Zach Zagger
June 27, 2011 08:43:16 am

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday issued arrest warrants against Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi and two of his high-ranking officials. The Pre-Trial Chamber I issued warrants ...

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News Israel threatens 10-year ban for journalists participating in Gaza aid flotilla
Israel threatens 10-year ban for journalists participating in Gaza aid flotilla
Dan Taglioli
June 26, 2011 09:22:21 pm

Israel issued a warning to the international media on Sunday, threatening deportation and a 10-year ban from the country for any foreign journalist caught on board an aid flotilla headed for the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Government Press Office...

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Federal judge issues injunction against Indiana abortion law
Dan Taglioli
June 26, 2011 05:55:06 pm

The US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on Friday granted a preliminary injunction against a state law that would block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN) [official...

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News Florida governor signs bill restricting access to abortions
Florida governor signs bill restricting access to abortions
Ashley Hileman
June 26, 2011 04:06:37 pm

Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) on Friday signed into law two bills that affect the procedures surrounding a woman's ability to receive an abortion within the state. The first, HB 1127 [text,...

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Military court upholds war crimes conviction of Hamdan
Ashley Hileman
June 26, 2011 02:04:00 pm

An appeals panel for the US Court of Military Commission Review on Friday upheld the conviction of former Osama Bin Laden driver and Guantanamo Bay detainee, Salim Ahmed Hamdan...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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