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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Federal lawsuit filed after Mississippi governor signs strict abortion law
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Federal District Court and Supreme Court reject GOP challenges to new Pennsylvania election map
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UN rights chief urges Democratic Republic of Congo to allow peaceful assembly
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UN rights experts concerned over Iran’s treatment of activists
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Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Arizona death penalty
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Supreme Court to rule on mandatory detention of noncitizens released from criminal custody
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 17 March 2018
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 17 March 2018
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Peru Congress approves second impeachment trial against president
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US imposes new sanctions on Russians for 2016 election meddling, cyber-attacks
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The US District Court for the Middle of Pennsylvania on Monday dismissed the lawsuit brought by Pennsylvania Republican legislators seeking to throw out the new electoral map designed by the state Supreme Court. Also...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday said the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) violated human rights law after a report emerged that the DRC severely restricted...
UN human rights experts on Monday called for the immediate release of two human rights defenders in Iran after reports emerged that the two defenders had been subjected to beatings in detention. Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty in Arizona under the Eighth Amendment. Abel Hidalgo was sentenced to death for two counts of first...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Nielsen v. Preap to rule on the mandatory detention of noncitizens who are released from criminal custody. The question before the court...
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Peru's Congress voted by a wide margin on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for a...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Treasury Department imposed new economic sanctions Thursday on 19 Russian individuals and five entities for their interference in the 2016 US election, and a number of other...
Peru's Congress voted by a wide margin on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for a second time in three months. Congress voted 87-15 in...
The US Treasury Department imposed new economic sanctions Thursday on 19 Russian individuals and five entities for their interference in the 2016 US election, and a number of other destructive cyber-attacks. The Treasury Department highlighted continuing Russian destabilizing...
