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* Obama says authorised air strikes to try to halt IS advance Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/YMkQ5DMgpW4/idAFL6N0QE2EK20140809

The petition of the day is: Mehanna v. United States 13-1125 Issue: Whether a citizen’s political and religious speech may constitute provision of “material support or resources” to a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) under the “coordination” rubric of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, when the government conceded that petitioner was not instructed by the FTO, […]

* WHO says this outbreak is most severe, but can be stopped Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/-k7uDq3TmmA/idAFL6N0QE4VS20140809

TORONTO, Aug 8 (Reuters) – A Toronto-area hospital is treating a patient with fever and flu-like symptoms who recently visited Nigeria, where a state of emergency has been declared over the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/az85tey2D_4/idAFL2N0QE2GK20140808

A law school so shady the authorities are looking into it. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/N6OvasBafCE/story01.htm

* It’s not that Justice Kennedy cares more about gay rights than women’s rights, it’s that Justice Kennedy understands gay rights better than women’s rights. That’s a much less charitable but shorter read of this insightful piece by a former Kennedy clerk. [Dorf on Law] * The judge caught making racist and sexist remarks about […]

This is a terrible time to go to law school, unless you are an android. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/wn0FevL4dsA/story01.htm

(Adds Islamic State seizing dam, White House, jihadi comment) Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/IV8ZpmSiJvA/idAFL6N0QE2EK20140808

Arbil, Iraq, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff of the president of the Kurdistan region, confirmed on Friday that Islamic State militants had seized control of Iraq’s biggest dam in their latest offensive in the north of the country. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/c4b_8kl-BAE/idAFL6N0QE50Y20140808

Arbil, Iraq, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff of the president of the Kurdistan region, confirmed on Friday that Islamic State militants had seized control of Iraq’s biggest dam in their latest offensive in the north of the country. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/rZLhkwTAC4k/idAFL6N0QE50020140808