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Supreme Court issues new regulation banning protests on marble plaza
Kimberly Bennett
June 14, 2013 06:40:43 am

The US Supreme Court on Thursday issued a new regulation barring any demonstration within the Supreme Court building or grounds, excluding the surrounding sidewalks, if the activity is "reasonably likely to draw a crowd or...

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Former DOJ prosecutor sues over surveillance programs
Kimberly Bennett
June 14, 2013 06:03:29 am

Activist attorney and former government prosecutor Larry Klayman filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia , challenging the government's recently revealed phone data collection. Klayman, founder...

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US lawmakers urge media shield law
Kimberly Bennett
May 23, 2013 09:56:49 am

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the US House of Representative advocated Wednesday for a law that would shield the press from giving information to a federal entity unless certain conditions are met. The push for legislation ...

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Japan lawmakers approve international child abduction treaty
Kimberly Bennett
May 23, 2013 08:33:01 am

The Japanese parliament approved a bill on Wednesday adopting the Hague convention on resolving cross-border abductions of children. Parliament unanimously passed the treaty in response to international pressure for Tokyo to address concerns...

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Federal judge allows challenge to Arkansas abortion law to proceed
Kimberly Bennett
May 17, 2013 11:06:33 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on Wednesday rejected Arkansas' attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state's law banning abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. US District...

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US appeals court denies asylum to German family wanting to homeschool
Kimberly Bennett
May 17, 2013 09:56:37 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday denied an appeal by a German family seeking asylum in the US in order to homeschool their children for religious reasons. The Romeike family...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

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