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News Supreme Court rules on juror testimony
Supreme Court rules on juror testimony
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 9, 2014 03:29:26 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Warger v. Shauers that a party seeking a new trial may not use one juror's affidavit of what another juror said in deliberations to demonstrate the other juror's dishonesty...

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News Supreme Court rules employees not entitled to overtime pay for post-shift security screening
Supreme Court rules employees not entitled to overtime pay for post-shift security screening
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 9, 2014 02:29:01 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk that employees are not entitled to overtime pay for the time spent waiting for and undergoing post-shift security screening procedures. The...

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News Senate report: enhanced interrogation techniques ‘ineffective’
Senate report: enhanced interrogation techniques ‘ineffective’
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 9, 2014 11:36:57 am

The so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" employed during the Bush administration were "ineffective," according to a long-awaited report released Tuesday by the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence . According to the report, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on tax, railroads
Supreme Court hears arguments on tax, railroads
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 8, 2014 02:57:29 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl the court is considering whether the Tax Injunction Act (TIA) ...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on trademarks, sentencing
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 2, 2014 08:32:49 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. the court heard arguments on (1) whether the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's (TTAB) [official...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on Alabama redistricting
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 12, 2014 03:01:59 pm

The US Supreme Court hear oral arguments in two cases Wednesday. In Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama the court heard arguments on Alabama's redistricting plans. The question before...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on Telecommunications Act, collective bargaining agreements
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 10, 2014 04:35:29 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell the court heard arguments on what it means to satisfy the "in...

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News Supreme Court to rule on subsidies for health care exchanges
Supreme Court to rule on subsidies for health care exchanges
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 7, 2014 02:59:08 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in King v. Burwell to rule on health care subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) . Section 36B...

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News Sixth Circuit upholds same-sex marriage bans
Sixth Circuit upholds same-sex marriage bans
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 6, 2014 07:01:07 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday upheld same-sex marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. The three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that a change in the traditional definition of marriage as...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on disclosure of security information
Jaclyn Belczyk
November 4, 2014 04:51:53 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean the court heard arguments on whether the code of Prohibited Personnel Practices...

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Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.

Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted Vietnam antiwar bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution.

Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts. See Anthony D'Amato, Massachusetts In The Federal Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Vietnam War [PDF], 4 Journal of Law Reform (1970).

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