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Republicans urge Supreme Court to put end to gerrymandering A number of prominent Republicans on Monday and filed amicus briefs imploring the Supreme Court to end gerrymandering. The Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford on October 3. Prominent politicians who filed briefs urging t (More)
Supreme Court agrees to hear Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review Gill v. Whitford [docket; order, PDF], a partisan-gerrymandering case from Wisconsin. The state is appealing the decision of a three-judge panel for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisco (More)

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby

On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.

Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.

Trial of Marquess of Queensberry begins, leading to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde

On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality.

Read about the trials of Oscar Wilde.