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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 21 October 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Day bomber, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado alleging violations of his constitutional rights. Ab (More) |
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Maryland federal judge blocks new travel ban
Judge Theodore Chuang of the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's latest version of the travel ban , finding that the president's purpose was to implement a ban against Muslims. The proclamati (More) |
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Federal judge in Hawaii blocks new travel ban
A judge for the US District Court for Hawaii on Tuesday blocked the implementation of the latest version of President Donald Trump's so-called travel ban . The ban significantly limits travel to the US from six majority-Muslim countries and North K (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 14 October 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The White House notified the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday that it had instructed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to stop making (More) |
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Supreme Court dismisses travel ban challenge as moot
In a brief order Tuesday evening, the US Supreme Court vacated the judgment in one of two pending challenges to President Donald Trump's executive order limiting entry to the US from certain countries. The court remanded Trump v. International Refug (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 7 October 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The parties involved in challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban order filed letter briefs with the US Supreme Court Thursday addressing whether the issue is moot in light of Trump's Septemb (More) |
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Parties file Supreme Court briefs on whether travel ban cases are moot
The parties involved in challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban order filed letter briefs with the US Supreme Court Thursday addressing whether the issue is moot in light of Trump's September 24 proclamation that created new restrictions on (More) |
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ACLU files lawsuit against FDA over restrictions on abortion pill
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Hawaii Tuesday against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) related to regulations for the administration of the abortion pill Mifeprex. T (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 30 September 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A Vietnamese Court began issuing verdicts and sentences Friday in an ongoing anti-corruption case for members of Ocean Bank, with former CEO Nguyen Xuan Son being sentenced to death for embez (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 30 September 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Senate Budget Committee released the 2018 Budget Resolution Friday that aims to cut taxes but potentially add $1.5 trillion to the deficit over 10 years. The budget could potentially pass th (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.
