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5 states join Washington suit to stop new travel ban
Five states joined a Washington suit on Monday challenging the revised Trump administration executive order restricting immigration from six majority Muslim nations. The states are seeking an injunction to stop the ban before it goes into effect on (More) |
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DOJ outlines defense of revised immigration order
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday outlined its legal defense in support of President Donald Trump's revised executive order restricting travel and immigration. This came after Hawaii filed a lawsuit in February arguing that the revised (More) |
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California joins multi-state lawsuit against revised immigration order
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Monday that his state would be joining Washington and Minnesota in their lawsuit against President Donald Trump's revised executive order banning citizens from six Muslim-majority countries fro (More) |
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Wisconsin federal judge blocks application of revised Trump immigration order
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin granted a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's revised immigration ban on Friday to a Syrian asylum seeker and his family. The order is limited (More) |
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Massachusetts to join lawsuit against revised travel ban
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey declared on Thursday that Massachusetts will be joining fellow states in suing President Donald Trump to block his new travel ban executed on Monday. Trump's new executive order has removed Iraq from the (More) |
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Washington attorney general asks judge to block new travel ban
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Thursday requested that federal judge James L. Robart block President Trump's new travel ban, arguing that the suspension of the first ban should apply to the second. The March 6 executive order from the (More) |
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Travel Ban Challenges Present a Non-Reviewable Political Question
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Williams discusses separation of powers between the Executive and Judicial branches, and how this relates to the travel restrictions imposed by Donald Trump... Among President Donald Trump's fundamental constitutional d (More) |
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Federal judge allows immigration order lawsuit to proceed at district court level
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Monday determined that a lawsuit regarding President Donald Trump's immigration executive order can proceed in district court while the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth (More) |
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ACLU files new lawsuit challenging Trump's immigration order
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump's controversial executive order restricting immigration. The ACLU claims that the ban is unconstitutional under the First Amendment pr (More) |
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GOP senators announce bill to reduce legal immigration
Senators David Perdue (R-GA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Tuesday announced the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act that would reduce overall legal immigration into the US. In 2015 a total of 1,051,031 immigrants entered th (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.
