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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to put injunction on hold in travel ban dispute
The Trump administration on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to stay a district court order preventing enforcement of Trump's revised travel ban pending the outcome of an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals . The travel ban was partially (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 18 November 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A US District judge declared a mistrial in New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial on Thursday after questioning the 12 jurors. The US District Court for the Northern District (More) |
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Federal appeals court allows partial implementation of travel ban
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday allowed President Donald Trump's latest travel ban to go partially into effect. The partial ban applies to people of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad, who do not have a connection (More) |
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In Other News ...
The legal world is a busy place. Here are a few stories we didn't get to this week that we thought you might be interested in. The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed Monday to an en banc review of the most recent version of the Trum (More) |
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Supreme Court dismisses remaining travel ban challenge
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of Hawaii v. Trump , the last remaining challenge of the now expired March 6 travel ban . In the brief order, the court noted that the provisions of the original executive order "expired by o (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 21 October 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Day bomber, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado alleging violations of his constitutional rights. Ab (More) |
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Maryland federal judge blocks new travel ban
Judge Theodore Chuang of the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's latest version of the travel ban , finding that the president's purpose was to implement a ban against Muslims. The proclamati (More) |
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Federal judge in Hawaii blocks new travel ban
A judge for the US District Court for Hawaii on Tuesday blocked the implementation of the latest version of President Donald Trump's so-called travel ban . The ban significantly limits travel to the US from six majority-Muslim countries and North K (More) |
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Supreme Court dismisses travel ban challenge as moot
In a brief order Tuesday evening, the US Supreme Court vacated the judgment in one of two pending challenges to President Donald Trump's executive order limiting entry to the US from certain countries. The court remanded Trump v. International Refug (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 7 October 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The parties involved in challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban order filed letter briefs with the US Supreme Court Thursday addressing whether the issue is moot in light of Trump's Septemb (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
