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2014 Will Be A Groundbreaking Year For Marijuana Policy

November 26, 2013 09:00:48 AM

Alex Kreit, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

July 18, 2013 09:15:00 AM

Maxwell Slackman, George Mason University School of Law

February 11, 2010 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Gail Davidson, Executive Director of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, says that the Supreme Court of Canada was simply wrong in taking the extraordinary step of denying Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr the remedy ordered by the...

December 17, 2007 04:52:00 PM

A federal judge ruled Monday that White House visitor logs are public documents , rejecting a Bush administration bid to have the logs treated as confidential presidential records. Visitor logs are compiled by the...

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Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).