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Indiana approves bill to allow DACA recipients to obtain professional licenses
Indiana's House approved a bill Wednesday that lifts prohibitions that kept those previously protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from obtaining professional licenses for dozens of occupations including cosmetol (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 10 March 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: President Trump announced new tariffs Thursday in two separate proclamations, one for imports of steel and one for aluminum . The Florida House of Representatives on Wednesday approved Bill 7026 (More) |
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Federal judge rules Trump had right to end DACA
A federal judge in Maryland on Monday rejected a challenge to President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrival (DACA) program, an Obama-era immigration policy that protects undocumented children. Judge Roger Titus sta (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 3 March 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A judge for the Superior Court of Massachusetts ruled that Massachusetts' attorney general Maura Healey will not be barred by sovereign immunity from bringing a lawsuit against Pennsylvania Hig (More) |
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Federal judge bans revocation of deportation protections program
A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Monday banned the Trump administration from revoking an Obama-era deportation protections program for immigrants that were brought to the country illegally as children. Thi (More) |
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Supreme Court declines to hear DACA case
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an expedited appeal of a ruling that blocked the Department of Justice (DOJ) from cancelling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DOJ took the unusual step of appealing (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 February 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Twenty-three state attorneys general, led by New York's Eric Schneiderman , filed a petition for review in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday challenging the (More) |
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UN rights experts urge US to protect 'Dreamers' before program expires
In anticipation of the expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a panel of UN rights experts on Tuesday urged urged the US to protect the lawful status of approximately 800,000 people. DACA recipients, or "dreamers, (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 17 February 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. Nine local government and health care o (More) |
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UN experts urge US to respect human rights defenders amid migrant activist deportation case
A group of UN experts urged the US government Wednesday to respect the rights of human defenders after concerns involving Maru Mora Villalpando, a Mexican immigrant activist who campaigns to protect migrants' rights. Villalpando, co-founder of a gr (More) |
Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.
