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News Chief Justice refuses to stay drug patent ruling
Chief Justice refuses to stay drug patent ruling
Matthew Pomy
April 19, 2014 01:59:06 pm

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts denied the request of Teva Pharmaceuticals USA for a stay on the lower court ruling. The appeals court's ruling made Teva's Copaxone drug available to be...

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News Alaska high court says prisons must protect inmates from violence
Alaska high court says prisons must protect inmates from violence
Matthew Pomy
April 19, 2014 01:13:25 pm

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled on Friday that prisons have a duty to protect inmates from violence at the hands of other inmates . The ruling will allow a lawsuit by a former inmate, Richard Mattox,...

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News China court sentences anti-corruption activists to jail
China court sentences anti-corruption activists to jail
Matthew Pomy
April 18, 2014 10:45:10 am

A Chinese court on Friday convicted activists with ties to the New Citizens Movement on the grounds of gathering a mob to disturb the public. The New Citizens Movement is a grass-roots organization...

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News Netherlands high court bans pedophile group
Netherlands high court bans pedophile group
Matthew Pomy
April 18, 2014 09:27:03 am

The Supreme Court of The Netherlands on Friday banned an online group, "Martijn," that advocates for the legalization of pedophilia. The court held that the dangers of pedophilia are too great to...

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News AI: Egypt president should reject anti-terror law
AI: Egypt president should reject anti-terror law
Matthew Pomy
April 12, 2014 11:07:52 am

Amnesty International (AI) expressed concern Friday over the new Egyptian anti-terror law set to be approved by interim president Adly Mansour . The law, which was passed in response to an attack on Cairo University...

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UN rights expert calls for ‘Washington Redskins’ name change
Matthew Pomy
April 12, 2014 10:07:05 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, called Friday upon the owners of the Washington Redskins football team to change the team's name . Anaya focused on the hurtful history of the term...

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News Turkish high court strikes parts of judicial control law
Turkish high court strikes parts of judicial control law
Matthew Pomy
April 11, 2014 09:36:04 am

The Turkish Constitutional Court on Friday struck down parts of a controversial law that increased Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's control over the judicial system. Amid protests over suspected government corruption and violence inside parliament,...

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News Germany court rejects bishop’s appeal of Holocaust denial conviction
Germany court rejects bishop’s appeal of Holocaust denial conviction
Matthew Pomy
April 11, 2014 09:02:02 am

A German court in Nuremberg on Friday rejected the appeal of bishop Richard Williamson, who was convicted of denying the Holocaust during a TV interview, finding him €1,800. The conviction stemmed from an interview to Swedish TV...

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News Federal judge allows challenge to death penalty secrecy to continue
Federal judge allows challenge to death penalty secrecy to continue
Matthew Pomy
April 5, 2014 11:00:06 am

On Thursday a federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri ordered that a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) may continue, despite...

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News Ohio judge to strike down state’s same-sex marriage ban
Ohio judge to strike down state’s same-sex marriage ban
Matthew Pomy
April 5, 2014 10:34:38 am

On Friday a judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio , Timothy Black, vowed to overturn the state's ban on the recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages. Black, who has issued other limited opinions...

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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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