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News ICC prosecutor requests ruling on jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations
ICC prosecutor requests ruling on jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations
Ram Eachambadi
April 10, 2018 12:30:02 pm

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Monday filed a motion with the president of the Court's Pre-Trial Division seeking a ruling on whether the Court may exercise jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of the Rohingya...

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News Guantanamo 9/11 detainee seeks vindication of right to create and distribute artwork
Guantanamo 9/11 detainee seeks vindication of right to create and distribute artwork
Ram Eachambadi
April 5, 2018 09:00:17 pm

Ammar al Baluchi , a forty-one-year old Pakistani national accused of helping to plan the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has filed a motion in military court requesting it to strike down the Defense Department's restrictions on...

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News Europe rights court rejects German national’s challenge to conviction over use of Nazi symbols
Europe rights court rejects German national’s challenge to conviction over use of Nazi symbols
Ram Eachambadi
April 5, 2018 01:15:49 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday rejected a complaint from a German national concerning his 2015 prosecution and conviction in a Munich court for the posting of a picture in his blog post of...

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News Germany prosecutors file extradition request for former Catalan president
Germany prosecutors file extradition request for former Catalan president
Ram Eachambadi
April 3, 2018 02:55:40 pm

The Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court in Germany confirmed Tuesday that an application has been filed by prosecutors in Germany to extradite the deposed Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont . A three-judge senate...

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News California Supreme Court: authorities may collect DNA of suspected felons in custody
California Supreme Court: authorities may collect DNA of suspected felons in custody
Ram Eachambadi
April 3, 2018 01:05:06 pm

The California Supreme Court held Monday that Proposition 69, otherwise known as the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act (DNA Act), which authorizes and requires law enforcement officials to collect DNA samples and fingerprints...

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News Federal court dismisses censorship suit against Google
Federal court dismisses censorship suit against Google
Ram Eachambadi
March 27, 2018 02:55:20 pm

The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Prager University against Google alleging that the technology giant censored Prager's politically conservative YouTube [official...

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News Supreme Court clarifies right of appeal in consolidated cases
Supreme Court clarifies right of appeal in consolidated cases
Ram Eachambadi
March 27, 2018 12:30:40 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously held that a final decision in one of several consolidated cases confers upon the losing party the immediate right to appeal, notwithstanding the status of any of the other...

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News Federal judge blocks Mississipi 15-week abortion ban legislation
Federal judge blocks Mississipi 15-week abortion ban legislation
Ram Eachambadi
March 22, 2018 07:05:06 pm

The US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order blocking Mississippi's HB 1510 , enacted only one day earlier, that prohibits abortion after the 15-week gestation period. Termed the...

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News Indiana governor signs bill permitting ‘Dreamers’ to obtain professional licenses
Indiana governor signs bill permitting ‘Dreamers’ to obtain professional licenses
Ram Eachambadi
March 22, 2018 12:50:18 pm

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb on Wednesday signed SB 419 , legislation that permits immigrants representing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients to obtain "professional or occupational" licenses within the state. Specifically,...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on California abortion disclosure law
Supreme Court hears arguments on California abortion disclosure law
Ram Eachambadi
March 21, 2018 07:38:21 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday concerning the constitutional validity of California's Reproductive Fact Act , which has been challenged on First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds. The Act requires...

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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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