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Despite California’s Move, NH’s “First-In-Nation” Primary Safe, Says Secretary of State

Bill Gnade

Now that California has officially moved its presidential primary election up three months — from June (in 2016) to March 3, 2020 — New Hampshire's secretary of state intends to protect the Granite State's "first-in-the-nation" primary status. NH has protected its first-in-the-nation presidential primary status since 1920.

In making its presidential primary March 3, 2020, California will share the day with eight other states' primaries on what is known as "Super Tuesday."

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German Court Rules “Child Marriage” Might Be Legally Protected; Seeks High Court Help

Bill Gnade

The case of a Syrian refugee who married his 14-year-old female cousin under Sharia law in a Syrian court may be permissible and "effective" under German law, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Germany declared in a recent decision. The BGH has asked Germany's highest court, the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), which adjudicates Basic Law (the equivalent of the US constitution), to clarify the matter.

According to an article in Die Welt (page translated via Google), the couple were married in February 2015 in Syria and fled to Germany in August of that year as war broke out in their home country. The man was 21 at the time of his marriage; his bride was 14 years old.

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