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Katrina and Environmental Injustice
JURIST Guest Columnist Eileen Gauna of Southwestern University School of Law. now visiting at the University of New Mexico, says that the Hurricane Katrina disaster is a classic instance of environmental injustice, the longstanding pattern whereby pe (More) |
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ACLU motion for Orleans Parish Prison inspection [US DC]
Hamilton v. Morial, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Loiusiana, October 5, 2005 . Read the full text of the TRO here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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New Orleans police chief says National Guard may be needed through March
Although the New Orleans Police Department may be fully operational again as early as next month, acting Police Superintendent Warren Riley said Thursday that National Guard troops may be needed in the city through March. Riley wants the Guard to pa (More) |
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ACLU sues for information about prisoner treatment during Katrina
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion on Thursday seeking to gain access to the New Orleans city jail in response to allegations of mistreatment during Hurricane Katrina . The motion for a temporary restraining order to preserve evide (More) |
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DOJ division waives new bankruptcy law requirement for Katrina survivors
The US Trustee Program , a division of the US Department of Justice, announced Tuesday that for people living in Louisiana and southern Mississippi it would waive a new requirement that those filing for bankruptcy undergo credit counseling. Many had (More) |
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Louisiana AG launches investigation into Katrina hospital, nursing home deaths
Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti announced Monday that six hospitals, including the state's major public hospital, Charity Hospital, and thirteen nursing homes are under investigation to determine whether they mishandled evacuations, ab (More) |
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First arrest made in Katrina online fundraising fraud
The first federal fraud charges stemming from the online collection of Hurricane Katrina donations have been filed against Gary S. Kraser, a federal prosecutor in Miami announced Monday. Kraser is accused of collecting nearly $40,000 in donations o (More) |
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Sound and Fury: Katrina and the 'Refugees' Debate
JURIST Guest Columnist Donna Arzt of Syracuse University College of Law says that for all the furor over whether the Hurricane Katrina evacuees should or should not be called "refugees", that legal label doesn't apply in circumstances o (More) |
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Lawyers request DOJ supervision over temporary Louisiana prison facility
Lawyers acting on behalf of former New Orleans prisoners have filed papers asking the US Department of Justice to immediately assume direct supervision over a temporary holding facility at a closed juvenile prison in Jena, Louisiana, the source of (More) |
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No Child Left Behind rules relaxed for schools hit by Katrina, Rita
US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has announced that No Child Left Behind yearly academic accountability standards will be eased for schools affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Spellings said that schools in the five &quo (More) |
Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes
On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.
Learn more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials.
