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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 23 September 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: San Francisco filed a nuisance lawsuit against five fossil fuel companies due to expected expenses the city will incur from global warming. The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the city' (More) |
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Immigrants file lawsuit over Trump adminstration's decision to end DACA
Six immigrants filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration's decision to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) , arguing that the Trump administration did not follow proper administrative procedu (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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California files lawsuit to challenge DACA rescission
California filed a lawsuit on Monday against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , alleging the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is unconstitutional. The complaint alleges that DACA's rescission viol (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 9 September 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved $51.35 billion in funding on Thursday for state and foreign appropriations , including $10 million to help fund the UN agency that over (More) |
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Trump nominee for top civil rights position faces criticism during Judiciary Committee hearing
Eric Dreiband, a partner at Jones Day and former top attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to answer questions as he seeks confirmation as the head of the Department o (More) |
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States file lawsuit over Trump admistration decision to eliminate DACA
A group of 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration's decision to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) program. DACA provides protection from deportat (More) |
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New York immigrant files early challenge to Trump administration decision to end DACA
A 26-year-old Mexican immigrant in New York has amended his ongoing lawsuit against the US government to challenge the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program . Batalla Vidal, who initially bro (More) |
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Trump administration to eliminate DACA program
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday announced the Trump administration's plans to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which gives undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children, known as Dreamers, p (More) |
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Federal judge issues temporary injunction blocking deportation of Iraq nationals
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday temporarily blocked the deportation of over 100 Iraq nationals, arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, for approximately two weeks during which time th (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
