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Parties file Supreme Court briefs on whether travel ban cases are moot
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 September 24 proclamation that created new restrictions on (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 30 September 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Senate Budget Committee released the 2018 Budget Resolution Friday that aims to cut taxes but potentially add $1.5 trillion to the deficit over 10 years. The budget could potentially pass th (More) |
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Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations as Trump's Travel Ban Vehicle
JURIST Guest Columnist Andrew Wright of the Savannah Law School discusses President Trump's newly revised travel ban...On September 24th, President Donald Trump issued a presidential proclamation revising the entry suspensions and restrictions outlin (More) |
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Supreme Court orders new briefs after Trump issues travel ban proclamation
The US Supreme Court on Monday removed the travel ban cases from its calendar and ordered both sides to file new briefs in light of President Donald Trump's proclamation Sunday that created new restrictions to enter the US for citizens from eight co (More) |
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What's up, DACA? (Legally, at least...)
JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn C. Smith of the California Western School of Law discusses the legal issues surrounding DACA... In explaining why President Trump was rescinding his predecessor's DACA ("Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals") program (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 16 September 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold grants to so-called "sanctuary cities," issuing a nationwide inju (More) |
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Supreme Court allows Trump refugee travel ban
In a one-sentence order issued Tuesday afternoon, the US Supreme Court blocked a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the matter of Trump v. Hawaii , thereby allowing the administration's travel ban to go into effect. The unsigned order from t (More) |
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UN Security Council adopts fresh sanctions against North Korea
The UN Security Council reached a unanimous decision on Monday to adopt a US-drafted resolution imposing a series of fresh new sanctions on North Korea. Among other things, these sanctions include a ban on the supply, sale or transfer of all natura (More) |
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Supreme Court order allows enforcement of travel ban against refugees
US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy issued an order Monday staying a lower court ruling, allowing enforcement of the Trump administration travel ban against refugees. The Justice Department had filed an emergency application to block a Ninth (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 2 September 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas granted a temporary restraining order Thursday, blocking Texas officials from enforcing a ban on the most common second trimes (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.
