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News North Carolina special master in redistricting case submits draft plan
North Carolina special master in redistricting case submits draft plan
Allison Hall - Stanford University - San Francisco, California
November 14, 2017 07:25:33 pm

Special master in the case of Covington v. North Carolina submitted a draft plan and order yesterday that includes an initial proposal for new district maps in certain state congressional districts. This plan was drafted by special master,...

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News Supreme Court allows PA redistricting suit to proceed
Supreme Court allows PA redistricting suit to proceed
Allison Hall - Stanford University - San Francisco, California
November 7, 2017 12:30:48 pm

Supreme Court officials announced on Friday that Justice Samuel Alito denied state legislators' request for a stay in the redistricting case Agre v. Wolf . In a mandamus petition filed on October 30, State Representative...

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News Legislators object to special master appointment in North Carolina redistricting case
Legislators object to special master appointment in North Carolina redistricting case
Allison Hall - Stanford University - San Francisco, California
October 31, 2017 02:59:27 pm

North Carolina state legislators on Monday objected to the appointment of a special master by a three judge panel in the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina . Last week, the panel had...

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News Alabama death row inmate challenges new lethal injection mix
Alabama death row inmate challenges new lethal injection mix
Allison Hall - Stanford University - San Francisco, California
October 11, 2014 08:09:08 am

Alabama death row inmate Christopher Lee Price on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections claiming that the new lethal injection mix planned for use in his execution is unconstitutional. According...

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Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in

On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC.

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South Africa repeals racial classification law

On June 17, 1991, South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act. Since its passage in 1950, the Act had required every South African to be racially classified at birth. These classifications, in turn, would determined the child's social and political rights for the rest of his or her life in South Africa.

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