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Why the Supreme Court's Decision Not to Decide Same-Sex Marriage Made a Mess in Kansas

December 6, 2014 01:14:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Jeffrey D. Jackson, of the Washburn University School of Law, discusses the complexities of applying state and federal court orders to state marriage laws ...On October 6, 2014, the US Supreme Court denied certiorari on all...

Supreme Court rejects campaign ad restrictions case

October 2, 2006 02:55:00 PM

The US Supreme Court Monday turned back a number of cases brought before it for appeal, including that of a Maine advocacy group which the Court deemed moot. The nonprofit Christian Civic League of Maine had challenged a...

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Republic of Ireland Act enters force

On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland. The Act repealed the Executive Authority Act, which had given governing authority in Ireland to the King of England.

Treason charges against poet Ezra Pound dropped

On April 18, 1958, treason charges against American poet Ezra Pound, first laid in 1943 in connection with his wartime broadcasts for the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, were dropped.

Read Jonas Doberman, The Treason Debate: Ezra Pound and his Rome Radio Broadcasts[PDF].

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