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Appeals Financial Government International 

French Bank Must Face Claims Over Sudanese Genocide

May 22, 2019May 23, 2019 JOSH RUSSELL
banks, genocide, human rights, liability, Second Circuit, sovereignty, Sudan

The Second Circuit revived a class action Wednesday against French bank BNP Paribas brought by refugees of Sudan’s ethnic-cleansing campaign who sought to hold the bank liable for claims that it helped a genocidal militia regime carry out the atrocities.

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Appeals Government 

High Court Nixes Precedent to Back State Sovereignty

May 13, 2019May 14, 2019 BRAD KUTNER
California, Nevada, privacy, sovereignty, Taxes, U.S. Supreme Court

Divided 5-4 Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned 40-year-old precedent that allowed states to be sued in the courts of another state.

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International 

Thailand Says US Man’s ‘Seasteading’ Punishable by Death

April 19, 2019April 20, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Death Penalty, oceans, raids, sovereignty, Thailand

Thai authorities have raided a floating home in the Andaman Sea belonging to an American man and his Thai partner, who sought to be pioneers in the “seasteading” movement, which promotes living in international waters to be free of any nation’s laws. They could faith the death penalty.

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Criminal Regional 

Hawaii Sovereignty Group Attempts Takeover of State Office

January 18, 2019January 21, 2019 JULIE ST. LOUIS
Hawaii, sovereignty, trespass

Five members of a group pushing for Hawaiian sovereignty group were arrested after a hours-long seizure of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Thursday, and are accused of assaulting staff and prompting a building evacuation and lockdown by Honolulu police.

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Appeals Courts National 

High Court Weighs Extent of State Sovereignty

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 TIM RYAN
California, jurisdiction, Nevada, sovereignty, States' Rights, U.S. Supreme Court

An attorney for California’s tax agency on Wednesday told the Supreme Court justices a 1979 decision that allows a state to be sued in another state’s court without its consent has upended the relationship between the states that is central to the “genius” of the Constitution.

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Environment Government International National 

Jurisdiction Debated in Fight of Okinawa Military Base

June 28, 2018July 3, 2018 MARIA DINZEO
Defense Department, endangered species, Japan, jurisdiction, military, sovereignty

Environmental groups told a federal judge Thursday that in order to justify forging ahead with a new military base on Okinawa, the Department of Defense did a cursory job of evaluating effects on the endangered Okinawa dugong.

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Civil Rights Government 

BNP Paribas Beats Claims Over Sudanese Genocide

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018 ADAM KLASFELD
genocide, human rights, jurisdiction, New York, sovereignty, Sudan

Four years after its aid of U.S.-sanctioned countries like the Sudan resulted in an $8.9 billion fine, BNP Paribas ducked a lawsuit Friday by refugees of the Sudan’s ethnic-cleansing campaign.

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Environment Government 

Protections for Glass Eels Spur Suit From Long Island Tribe

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 AMANDA OTTAWAY
fish, Native Americans, New York, sovereignty, tribal issues

Facing criminal prosecution for harvesting valuable but critically overfished glass eels on their reservation, a Native American tribe asked a federal judge Wednesday to enjoin New York environmental regulators.

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Government Regional 

Minnesota Tribe Fights County for More Police Power

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 DIONNE CORDELL-WHITNEY
Minnesota, Native Americans, Police, sovereignty

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe claims in court that a Minnesota county is violating federal law by preventing its tribal law enforcement body from using police powers on its reservation.

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Government Politics 

Tennessee Takes Federal Refugee Program to Court

March 13, 2017November 1, 2017 KEVIN LESSMILLER
immigration, Medicaid, refugees, sovereignty, States' Rights, Tennessee

Tennessee sued the federal government Monday, claiming it violated the 10th Amendment by threatening the Volunteer State with Medicaid cuts unless it agrees to help fund the resettlement of refugees in the U.S.

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