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Trump's Unconstitutional Muslim Ban
JURIST Contributing Editor, Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and author Marjorie Cohn discusses the constitutional violations resulting from the executive order banning nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries ... On Januar (More) |
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50 ACLU affiliates seek information on immigration order's enforcement
Fifty American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) affiliates filed 18 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests on Thursday with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to find out how administration officials are interpreting and executing the US imm (More) |
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Federal judge: executive order on immigration does not restrict legal residents
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued an order on Thursday that enjoins two subsections of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The lawsuit w (More) |
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ACLU files suit challenging immigration order
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a class action lawsuit Thursday accusing the Trump administration of violating the religious freedom of nationals from the seven nations named in President Donald Trump's immigration executive order (More) |
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Federal appeals court declines requests to intervene on behalf of consumer protection agency
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected on Thursday requests to intervene and defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau . Sixteen states, two lawmakers and several nonprofit consumer groups filed motions out of (More) |
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Federal judge orders US to permit entry for immigrant visa holders
A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump's immigration executive order , which dictates that officials cannot bar valid immigrant visa-holder (More) |
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US Muslim civil rights group challenges immigration order
The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Monday challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration's executive order restricting immigration from several Mu (More) |
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Federal judge blocks Trump executive order on immigration restrictions the day after signing
The US District Court for the Eastern District of NY in an emergency ruling Saturday stayed the execution, until further notice, of an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump , which would restrict access to the US for visa holders and r (More) |
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New Jersey court upholds firing of corrections officer who wore hijab to work
A New Jersey appeals court on Wednesday upheld the firing of corrections officer Linda Tisby, who was terminated for wearing a hijab to work as an expression of her religious beliefs. Tissuey, who had worked for the jail for 13 years, argued that h (More) |
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UN rights experts urge Iran to stop juvenile execution
Three UN human rights experts on Tuesday urged Iran to halt the possible execution of a juvenile that was sentenced to death for fatally stabbing a man. In February 2014 the minor was granted a retrial because of new juvenile sentencing provisions (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.
