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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
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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
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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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John Jay born

John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the state of New York, co-author of the Federalist Papers and first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born on December 12, 1745.

Read a biographical sketch of John Jay, and pay a virtual visit to the John Jay Homestead, to which he retired in 1801.

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On December 12, 1963, Kenya attained independence from the United Kingdom.

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