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News Former Trump campaign official pleads guilty to conspiracy and false statements
Former Trump campaign official pleads guilty to conspiracy and false statements
Elizabeth Lowman
February 23, 2018 08:52:53 pm

Former Trump campaign official Richard Gates pleaded guilty on Friday to two counts: conspiracy against the US and making a false statement. The plea came as part of the case Special Counsel Robert Mueller is pursuing against...

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News Brazil top court rules pregnant woman will no longer serve pre-trial detention in jail
Brazil top court rules pregnant woman will no longer serve pre-trial detention in jail
Elizabeth Lowman
February 23, 2018 02:31:04 pm

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ruled that defendants who are pregnant women, mothers with young children or people with disabilities, who are accused of non-violent crimes, will not be detained in jail...

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News Pennsylvania Supreme Court unveils new congressional map
Pennsylvania Supreme Court unveils new congressional map
Elizabeth Lowman
February 20, 2018 06:28:56 am

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania released a map on Monday intended to remedy what the court declared as the unconstitutional gerrymandering present in the 2011 redistricting plan. While the court gave the legislature 18 days...

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News FISA court considering request to release hearings regarding Carter Page
FISA court considering request to release hearings regarding Carter Page
Elizabeth Lowman
February 19, 2018 03:14:27 pm

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) released two letters on Thursday stating that it would consider requests from two Congressional Representatives to release the hearing transcripts which caused former Trump advisor Carter Page to be...

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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 HRW urges new Liberia president to investigate civil war atrocities
HRW urges new Liberia president to investigate civil war atrocities
Elizabeth Lowman
February 12, 2018 03:35:27 pm

Human Rights Watch urged Liberia's new president George Weah in a letter Monday to investigate and prosecute atrocities committed during Liberia's recent civil wars. Liberia experienced civil war from 1989-1996 and 1999-2003....

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News Ireland Supreme Court strikes down ban on asylum seekers working
Ireland Supreme Court strikes down ban on asylum seekers working
Elizabeth Lowman
February 9, 2018 02:22:22 pm

The Supreme Court of Ireland formally ruled in a unanimous decision on Friday that the complete employment ban on asylum seekers was unconstitutional. Chief Justice Frank Clark said the ban is...

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News US Supreme Court denies request for stay in Pennsylvania gerrymandering case
US Supreme Court denies request for stay in Pennsylvania gerrymandering case
Elizabeth Lowman
February 5, 2018 03:08:27 pm

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday denied a request to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order to redraw the 2011 congressional map. If granted, the stay would have blocked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling [opinion,...

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News Federal judge in Texas rules EEOC guidance limiting use of criminal background checks unenforceable
Federal judge in Texas rules EEOC guidance limiting use of criminal background checks unenforceable
Elizabeth Lowman
February 2, 2018 04:31:03 pm

Federal district judge Sam Cummings on Thursday ruled that an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guideline limiting employers' use of criminal background checks in the hiring process is unenforceable. Texas, the plaintiff, claimed that the...

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UN remains concerned about human rights in Mali despite peace agreement
Elizabeth Lowman
February 2, 2018 02:54:55 pm

The UN expressed concern Thursday about human rights abuses in Mali despite the Malian government signing a peace agreement in 2015 with several armed groups. The UN monitored the situation in Mali from January 2015 to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland.
Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

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