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Federal court strips man with al-Qaeda ties of naturalized US citizenship
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday entered an order that stripped an Egyptian-born man of his naturalized US citizenship for lying during his naturalization process. The US government had claimed that Khaled Abu al-Daha (More) |
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Journalists allegedly targeted for drone strikes sue US government
Human rights group Reprieve has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for District of Columbia against the US government for allegedly placing them on a "kill list" to be targeted for a deadly drone strike. Former Al Jazeera Islamabad bureau (More) |
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UN rights chief calls for a cease-fire in Yemen
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein issued a statement Friday calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Yemen war and continued international support in ending the conflict. Zeid said over 13,000 civili (More) |
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Federal judges in Hawaii, Maryland temporarily block Trump's travel ban
Two federal judges—one in Maryland on Thursday and another in Hawaii on Wednesday—issued temporary restraining orders [Hawaii order, PDF; Maryland order] against President Donald Trump's new 90-day travel ban . Finding that the state ha (More) |
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President Trump's Revised Travel Ban: The Underlying Problem of Religious Discrimination Remains
JURIST Guest Columnist Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall University School of Law discusses President Trump's travel order revision...In effort to stave off legal challenges to his initial Executive Order (EO) banning travel by nationals of seven predomi (More) |
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Self-Defense Against Terrorists: How Long and How Far?
JURIST Guest Columnist Laurie Blank, Emory Law School, discusses the recent airstrikes against al Qaeda targets in Yemen, and how self-defense raises questions in US response against al Qaeda... Last week's sustained campaign of airstrikes against al (More) |
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DOJ withdraws appeal on previous immigration order
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday withdrew its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding a challenge to President Donald Trump's previous executive order on immigration. The move comes after Trump signed a new (More) |
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Human rights groups condemn execution of 15 in Jordan
In response to the mass execution of 15 people in Jordan on Saturday, several human rights groups, including Amnesty International (AI) , condemned the hanging as being secretive and conducted "without transparency. This mass execution was largest e (More) |
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HRW: US should investigate civilian deaths in Yemen raid
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on the United States to investigate the January 2017 US raid on Al-Qaeda that resulted in the deaths of at least 14 people. US special forces conducted an intelligence-gathering raid on the small Yemen town (More) |
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Non-Discrimination Trumps Executive Order
JURIST Guest Columnist Karla McKanders of the University of Tennessee College of Law Immigration Clinic discusses the immigration and constitutional questions surrounding Executive Order 13769 ...Since Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13769, title (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.
