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News Maryland House passes LGBTQ law to protect youth from conversion therapy
Maryland House passes LGBTQ law to protect youth from conversion therapy
Lindsay Offutt
April 5, 2018 08:13:10 am

Maryland's House of Delegates passed a bill on Wednesday banning the controversial practice of conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth. The Senate first considered the Youth Mental Health Protection Act in February and passed ...

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DOJ seeks permission to discuss settlement in opioid case
Lindsay Offutt
April 3, 2018 06:13:22 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday filed a motion seeking permission to engage in settlement negotiations with defendants in the multi-district opioid case. The DOJ filed the motion setting forth its role in the...

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News Malaysia parliament passes anti-fake news law
Malaysia parliament passes anti-fake news law
Lindsay Offutt
April 3, 2018 05:05:22 am

The Malaysian Parliament passed an Anti-Fake News bill on Monday, outlawing fake news in an effort to prevent corruption. The law seeks to criminalize acts and publications that would deceive the public. Specifically, the : "reating,...

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News UN-based investigation unit claims possession of overwhelming evidence of war crimes in Syria
UN-based investigation unit claims possession of overwhelming evidence of war crimes in Syria
Lindsay Offutt
March 29, 2018 02:15:35 pm

The International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 (IIIM), a UN quasi-prosecutorial body, issued a...

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News Kentucky legislature passes the country’s strictest abortion bill
Kentucky legislature passes the country’s strictest abortion bill
Lindsay Offutt
March 29, 2018 07:32:55 am

The Kentucky House of Representatives on Tuesday approved one of the strictest abortion bills in the US, which bans a termination procedure after the eleventh week of pregnancy. The procedure dilation and evacuation accounts for about 16 percent...

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News Secretary of Commerce announces 2020 census citizenship question
Secretary of Commerce announces 2020 census citizenship question
Lindsay Offutt
March 27, 2018 07:40:38 am

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced Monday that the 2020 census will include a question regarding citizenship status, a measure the Justice Department said will better aid enforcement of the Voting Rights Act . California Attorney General Xavier...

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News Federal court upholds Utah election law despite Republican legal challenge
Federal court upholds Utah election law despite Republican legal challenge
Lindsay Offutt
March 22, 2018 08:53:41 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a Utah election law allowing candidates to bypass the traditional caucus-convention system and requiring signatures for State House and Senate seats for the primary...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on divorce contract statute
Supreme Court hears arguments on divorce contract statute
Lindsay Offutt
March 20, 2018 08:31:14 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case concerning the Minnesota revocation-upon-divorce statute, which revokes an ex-spouse's beneficiary designation once the couple divorces. The relevant part of the statute states: "the...

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News Federal lawsuit filed after Mississippi governor signs strict abortion law
Federal lawsuit filed after Mississippi governor signs strict abortion law
Lindsay Offutt
March 20, 2018 07:46:27 am

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Monday signed into law the country's strictest abortion law, prompting Mississippi's only abortion clinic to file a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi challenging the...

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US Senate approves bill relaxing financial reforms
Lindsay Offutt
March 15, 2018 10:15:31 am

The US Senate on Tuesday approved the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act , which implements several changes to the laws implemented following the 2008 financial crisis. The purpose of the bill is: "To promote economic growth,...

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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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On August 30, 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) informed former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic that he would be charged with genocide in addition to other war crimes. The charges stemmed from Milosevic's role in the Balkan civil wars of the 1990's in which Milosevic, as President of Serbia and Yugoslavia, attempted to use force to prevent the ethnic dissolution of the Yugoslav Federation.
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