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Hawaii files answer in revised travel ban lawsuit
The State of Hawaii filed its answer as plaintiff with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday in a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump , concerning Executive Order 13780 , also known as the "revised travel (More) |
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Iran supreme court upholds five-year prison sentence for woman on undisclosed charges
The Supreme Court of Iran upheld the conviction and five-year prison sentence of a British-Iranian woman on Monday, but did not disclose the crime she is accused of committing. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested [Al Jazeera report] at an airport (More) |
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Insurance companies seek $4.2B from Saudi Arabia banks, other organizations in 9/11 lawsuit
Over two dozen US insurance companies associated with Travelers Companies initiated a lawsuit on Wednesday against ten defendants over the September 11 terrorist attacks, including companies affiliated with Osama bin Laden's family, Saudi banks and (More) |
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Hundreds detained at Washington immigration center go on hunger strike
Hundreds of detainees at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington began a hunger strike on Monday . According to NWDC Resistance , an advocacy group for undocumented immigrants, prior to the beginning of the hunger strike a demand (More) |
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Hawaii asks full appeals court to hear travel ban case
The state of Hawaii, in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban, requested on Tuesday that the entire Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sit for review of the case. Hawaii is requesting the en banc hearing for the appeal, arguing that (More) |
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Maryland lawmakers withdraw bill proposing 'sanctuary state' status
Legislators in Maryland on Monday withdrew a bill proposing to make Maryland a so-called "sanctuary state." The purpose of the bill was to "prohibiting a specified government agent from taking specified actions for immigration enforcement purposes. (More) |
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DHS ends plan to separate women and children at US border
A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesman announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump's administration was no longer planning to separate women and children at the US' southern border as a means of deterring immigration. Speaking to a U (More) |
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The Enduring Constitutional Legacy of the First World War
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Samford University's Cumberland School of Law discusses the constitutional legacy of the First World War... American entry into the First World War one hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, generated significa (More) |
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European Court of Justice upholds visa ban for Iran student
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday upheld a visa ban on an Iranian student seeking to study in Germany. Sahar Fahimian applied to study sensitive security topics at a University in Germany, but was subsequently denied the visa by the Ge (More) |
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Trump orders study of US trade deficit, import duty evasion
President Donald Trump on Friday released an executive order instructing the Commerce Department and the US Trade Representative to study causes of the US trade deficit in advance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit next week. Trump urged , (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.
