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Supreme Court hears EPA, Iran compensation, clemency cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; briefs] Monday in three cases. In Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council and Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council , the (More) |
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Ethiopia parliament approves controversial legislation regulating foreign charities
The Ethiopian Parliament on Tuesday adopted controversial legislation designed to regulate foreign charities. Under the Proclamation for the Registration and Regulation of Charities and Societies, which passed 327 to 79 , foreign aid organizations (More) |
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Federal judge revives Islamic charity warrantless wiretapping lawsuit
A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday ruled that a lawsuit brought by an Islamic charity that alleged it was the subject of an illegal wiretap by the National Security Agency (NSA) may proceed. Judge V (More) |
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Georgia court jails Muslim woman for not removing head scarf
A Muslim woman in the US state of Georgia was arrested Tuesday and ordered to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court after she refused to remove her headscarf , or hijab, upon entering a security checkpoint in an Atlanta courtroom. Douglasville (More) |
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Malaysia government releases alleged 9/11 accomplice
The Malaysian government has released six terror suspects, including Yazid Sufaat who allegedly gave assistance to the 9/11 attackers , according to a Wednesday statement from Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar. Yazid, released last month, wa (More) |
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Seventh Circuit upholds $156M verdict against Muslim charities
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Wednesday upheld a $156 million verdict against three US-based Islamic charities accused of aiding Hamas [BBC backgrounder, JURIST news archive] in the murder of David Boim, a 17-year-old American ki (More) |
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Iraqi SOFA Jurisdiction Over US Soldiers: A Matter of Necessity
JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the American concession in the supposedly final version of the Status of Forces Agreement governing US troops in Iraq that would put US soldiers und (More) |
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ICC needs more support from member states: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) needs more vocal support from its member countries in a memorandum sent to member governments in advance of their annual meeting . Citing recent efforts to convi (More) |
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UN human rights chief urges end to death penalty in Afghanistan
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged Afghan President Hamad Karzai [official website; BBC profile] to put a stop to executions and join nations calling for a death penalty moratorium. The call came after five prisoner (More) |
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Federal court rules against part of terrorism finance law
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Oregon has ruled that the US Treasury Department's freezing of the assets of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation violated the organization's due processes rights because it failed to prov (More) |
President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act
On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.
Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.
