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News DOJ withdraws appeal on previous immigration order
DOJ withdraws appeal on previous immigration order
Erik Slobe
March 8, 2017 11:54:13 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday withdrew its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding a challenge to President Donald Trump's previous executive order on...

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News Federal appeals court affirms dismissal of lawsuit against oil companies over increased coastal flood risks
Federal appeals court affirms dismissal of lawsuit against oil companies over increased coastal flood risks
Erik Slobe
March 3, 2017 02:35:19 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a case filed by the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority against 97 defendants involved...

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News Italy president grants partial pardon to ex-CIA officer
Italy president grants partial pardon to ex-CIA officer
Erik Slobe
March 1, 2017 01:22:15 pm

Italian President Sergio Mattarella granted a partial pardon Tuesday for ex-CIA officer Sabrina De Sousa related to the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric form a Milan street in 2003. The cleric, Hassan Mustafa Osama...

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News UN report finds DRC violated human rights
UN report finds DRC violated human rights
Erik Slobe
March 1, 2017 12:35:26 pm

The UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) released a report Wednesday describing human rights violations committed by soldiers of the Forces armèes de la Rèpublique dèmocratique du Congo (FARDC) and agents of the Police Nationale Congolaise...

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News HRW calls on DRC to investigate alleged killings by soldiers
HRW calls on DRC to investigate alleged killings by soldiers
Erik Slobe
February 24, 2017 05:54:05 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officials Friday to investigate fully and impartially a video allegedly showing Congolese soldiers shooting and killing 13 alleged militia members. The video, released on February...

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Trump signs executive order to reduce regulations
Erik Slobe
February 24, 2017 04:59:00 pm

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that creates regulatory task forces in every federal agency to look through the regulations and determine which ones "are burdensome to the US economy" and can be removed...

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News Dutch lower house approves bill allowing cultivation of cannabis
Dutch lower house approves bill allowing cultivation of cannabis
Erik Slobe
February 22, 2017 12:52:09 pm

The lower house of the Dutch parliament on Tuesday voted 77-72 to approve a bill that would tolerate the cultivation of cannabis. Possessing and buying the drug at shops has been tolerated in the...

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News Supreme Court remands case on service dog in elementary school
Supreme Court remands case on service dog in elementary school
Erik Slobe
February 22, 2017 11:59:32 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday remanded a dispute over an elementary school student's service dog to the lower court. In Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools , a child with cerebral palsy attempted to bring...

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News Federal appeals court rules Florida doctors may talk to patients about guns
Federal appeals court rules Florida doctors may talk to patients about guns
Erik Slobe
February 17, 2017 02:12:30 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Cistrict on Thursday overturned Florida's 2011 Firearms Owners' Privacy Act (FOPA) , also referred to as the "Docs vs. Glocks" law. The law prohibited doctors from entering information...

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News Lawsuit challenges Illinois Future Energy Jobs Act
Lawsuit challenges Illinois Future Energy Jobs Act
Erik Slobe
February 17, 2017 01:12:36 pm

The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) and several electricity generators filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the Illinois Power Agency (IPA) over the enactment...

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Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.

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