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Obama administration invokes state secrets in effort to block targeted killings lawsuit
The Obama administration on Friday filed a brief with the District Court for the District of Columbia , asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit questioning the legality of targeted killings of terrorism suspects. The lawsuit, filed by the father of (More) |
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Rights groups file suit over US assassination order for suspected terrorist
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the US government's authority to conduct "targeted killings" against suspected terrorists. The ACLU and CCR allege that US (More) |
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Rights groups to continue suit against terror suspect defense licensing
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Wednesday announced that they would pursue a legal challenge to the Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) licensing scheme, despite being issued a l (More) |
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Treasury Department to issue license for terror suspect defense
Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Adam Szubin said Tuesday that his office would be willing to issue a license to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) allowing them to provide legal services to Anwar al-Awl (More) |
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Rights groups challenge US regulation restricting legal assistance for terror suspects
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a federal regulation making it a crime to provide legal services to, or on behalf of, individu (More) |
Eight executed for witchcraft in Salem
On September 22, 1692, two men and six women were executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
Read more about the Salem witchcraft trials in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
