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5 states join Washington suit to stop new travel ban
Five states joined a Washington suit on Monday challenging the revised Trump administration executive order restricting immigration from six majority Muslim nations. The states are seeking an injunction to stop the ban before it goes into effect on (More) |
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DOJ outlines defense of revised immigration order
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday outlined its legal defense in support of President Donald Trump's revised executive order restricting travel and immigration. This came after Hawaii filed a lawsuit in February arguing that the revised (More) |
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California joins multi-state lawsuit against revised immigration order
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Monday that his state would be joining Washington and Minnesota in their lawsuit against President Donald Trump's revised executive order banning citizens from six Muslim-majority countries fro (More) |
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Wisconsin federal judge blocks application of revised Trump immigration order
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin granted a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's revised immigration ban on Friday to a Syrian asylum seeker and his family. The order is limited (More) |
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Massachusetts to join lawsuit against revised travel ban
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey declared on Thursday that Massachusetts will be joining fellow states in suing President Donald Trump to block his new travel ban executed on Monday. Trump's new executive order has removed Iraq from the (More) |
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The Alston/NCAA Settlement
JURIST Guest Columnist Josephine R. Potuto discusses some of the controversies facing collegiate athletes today...Are college athletes employees? Are college athletes entitled to be paid for competing on college teams? Should college athletes be able (More) |
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Washington attorney general asks judge to block new travel ban
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Thursday requested that federal judge James L. Robart block President Trump's new travel ban, arguing that the suspension of the first ban should apply to the second. The March 6 executive order from the (More) |
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Europe rights court finds against terror suspect over deprivation of UK citizenship
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled [decision; press release] Thursday against a Sudanese man who was challenging the deprivation of his UK citizenship. The man was born in Sudan and had become a naturalized citizen of the UK in 2000. B (More) |
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Harassment at US Airports
JURIST Guest Columnist Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law discusses the recent executive order banning individuals from seven Muslim-majority countries, and the effects of US Customs and Border Protection officials' perpetuation of harassm (More) |
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DOJ requests hold on immigration order appeal
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) requested the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday to hold court proceedings relating to President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. The motion (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.
