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News LGBT Activist files federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee therapist law
LGBT Activist files federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee therapist law
Erin McCarthy Holliday
November 16, 2017 02:09:53 pm

An LGBT rights activist filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a Tennessee law that allows counselors to refuse to serve clients based on religious views. The law, signed in April 2016 by Tennessee Governor...

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News Supreme Court adds California abortion, free speech, retaliatory-arrest cases to 2017 docket
Supreme Court adds California abortion, free speech, retaliatory-arrest cases to 2017 docket
Erin McCarthy Holliday
November 13, 2017 02:10:14 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases Monday, including two First Amendment cases and a question of whether probable cause defeats a retaliatory-arrest claim. National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra challenges...

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News Saudi authorites detain more than 200 in corruption probe
Saudi authorites detain more than 200 in corruption probe
Erin McCarthy Holliday
November 10, 2017 07:41:07 am

Saudi authorities have detained more than 200 individuals in connection with an investigation into corruption that has cost more than USD $100 billion over the past several decades, Attorney General Sheikh Saud Al Mojeb said Thursday. Of these...

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France counterterrorism bill signed into law
Erin McCarthy Holliday
October 30, 2017 02:17:57 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron formally signed a law Monday to replace a two-year-old state of emergency established in the wake of violent Paris attacks that killed 130 people in November 2015. The new...

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On August 30, 1965, civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice by the US Senate, becoming the first African-American to be approved for the nation's highest tribunal. Learn more about Thurgood Marshall.

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