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News Supreme Court holds Congress may retroactively take property into trust for Native American tribes
Supreme Court holds Congress may retroactively take property into trust for Native American tribes
Ram Eachambadi
February 27, 2018 12:50:10 pm

A plurality of the US Supreme Court on Tuesday held that Congress possesses the legislative powers to retroactively immunize the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) from suit for taking property into trust for the benefit of...

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House Intelligence Committee releases Democrat response to Nunes Memo
Ram Eachambadi
February 24, 2018 10:30:31 pm

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) on Saturday released a redacted version of the Democrat response to Devin Nunes's memo countering GOP claims that the FBI overstepped their surveillance authority while investigating...

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News EU court finds Poland guilty of violating air quality norms
EU court finds Poland guilty of violating air quality norms
Ram Eachambadi
February 22, 2018 03:19:37 pm

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday found Poland guilty of violating EU air quality standards by persistently exceeding limits for "particulate matter" (PM10) concentrations during an eight-year period between 2007 and 2015 in as many...

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Spain Supreme Court orders arrest of former Catalan member of parliament
Ram Eachambadi
February 22, 2018 12:25:35 pm

A magistrate of the Second Chamber of Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of former Catalan member of parliament Anna Gabriel i Sabaté for failing to appear before the court to answer sedition charges...

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News UN rights experts demand release of Palestinian girl detained in Israel
UN rights experts demand release of Palestinian girl detained in Israel
Ram Eachambadi
February 13, 2018 02:45:28 pm

Two UN rights experts expressed serious concern on Tuesday regarding the arrest and detention of Ahed Tamimi, a 17-year-old Palestinian girl who became famous for slapping an Israeli soldier during a physical confrontation. UN Special Rapporteur on the...

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News New report reveals 35 percent of India’s Chief Ministers have criminal charges
New report reveals 35 percent of India’s Chief Ministers have criminal charges
Ram Eachambadi
February 13, 2018 01:25:28 pm

A new report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) on Monday reveals that 11 of the 31 chief ministers of the various states and union territories of India, representing...

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News Netherlands court refers British-EU citizenship question to ECJ
Netherlands court refers British-EU citizenship question to ECJ
Ram Eachambadi
February 9, 2018 07:10:34 am

A court in Amsterdam on Thursday referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) the question of whether British nationals lose their EU citizenship after UK's departure from the EU becomes official in March 2019, and...

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News ICC to probe possible human rights violations in the Philippines
ICC to probe possible human rights violations in the Philippines
Ram Eachambadi
February 8, 2018 11:38:39 am

International Criminal Court (ICC) her decision to open a preliminary examination into allegations of human rights violations committed in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte and...

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News Hong Kong high court quashes prison terms of pro-democracy leaders
Hong Kong high court quashes prison terms of pro-democracy leaders
Ram Eachambadi
February 6, 2018 02:08:51 pm

The five-member Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal on Tuesday unanimously reversed the August 2017 order sentencing the pro-democracy 2014 Umbrella Movement protesters Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, quashing their sentences and setting them free....

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News Scotland court refuses to refer Brexit withdrawal question to ECJ
Scotland court refuses to refer Brexit withdrawal question to ECJ
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February 6, 2018 11:42:06 am

The Scotland Court of Session on Tuesday rejected a petition from a group of individuals from the Scotland and EU parliaments asking the court to make a preliminary reference to the European Court of...

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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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