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Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking Trump's travel ban
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday upheld an injunction against President Donald Trump's travel ban that targets six Muslim-majority countries. The ban, announced in March , was the second version of a travel prohibition pre (More) |
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Can He Do That? Trump's Executive Order on the Outer Continental Shelf
JURIST Guest Columnist Jay Austin of the Environmental Law Institute discusses President Trump's recent executive order concerning offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf ... Even before this week's dramatic events, the topi (More) |
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Appeals court hears oral arguments on revised travel ban
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard [video; materials] arguments Monday on the Trump administration's revised ban on travelers from some majority Muslim countries. State of Hawaii, et al. v. Trump was brought before the court on appeal after (More) |
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Federal court orders disclosure of immigration ban draft
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to disclose the draft of the so-called "Muslim ban" executive ored. Arab American Civil Rights League v. Trump, is a case before the court argu (More) |
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Continuing Chronicles of the Comey Confrontation
JURIST Guest Columnist Royal F. Oakes of discusses the recent firing of FBI Director James Comey and its implications for wider investigations into the Trump administration... The Comey affair is shaping up to be a brass knuckle, br (More) |
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Trump fires FBI director Comey
US President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. Trump said he acted under direction from both the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. A letter written to former FBI Director states that h (More) |
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Appeals court hears oral arguments in revised travel ban appeal
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments on Monday regarding President Donald Trump's immigration executive order. The Trump Administration is appealing a Maryland court ruling in March which placed a temporary ban on Tru (More) |
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UN rights chief: Egypt security measures encouraging radicalization
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said Monday that Egypt's recent security measures have been encouraging the very radicalization they were trying to control. In a press conference in Geneva, al-Hussein criticized the (More) |
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Hawaii files answer in revised travel ban lawsuit
The State of Hawaii filed its answer as plaintiff with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday in a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump , concerning Executive Order 13780 , also known as the "revised travel (More) |
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Hawaii asks full appeals court to hear travel ban case
The state of Hawaii, in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban, requested on Tuesday that the entire Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sit for review of the case. Hawaii is requesting the en banc hearing for the appeal, arguing that (More) |
Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes
On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.
Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.
