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Trump's Immigration Order Signals Sharp Departure from Other Post-WWII Presidents
JURIST Guest Columnist Margaret Hu of Washington and Lee University School of Law, discusses President Trump's break from post-WWII precedent on refugee policy ...As "leader of the free world," every post-World War II US President has expressed some (More) |
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Trump's Unconstitutional Muslim Ban
JURIST Contributing Editor, Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and author Marjorie Cohn discusses the constitutional violations resulting from the executive order banning nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries ... On Januar (More) |
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DOJ releases memo approving of immigration order
The US Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel released a memorandum Thursday approving of President Donald Trump's executive order to restrict immigration refugee entry into the US. The document outlines the actions the Department of Homela (More) |
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UN rights experts: US immigration order violates international human rights obligations
A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday said the executive order on immigration signed by US President Donald Trump breaches international human rights obligations . The order , signed last Friday, bars all nationals from the Muslim-majority (More) |
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Acting AG replaced after refusal to defend immigration order
The White House issued a statement on Monday declaring that Sally Yates would be replaced as acting Attorney General after she directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to defend President Donald Trump's recently executed immigration order . (More) |
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Washington AG sues over Trump immigration order
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued President Donald Trump over the temporary immigration ban. Trump's executive order provided a temporary ban on immigration from seven middle eastern countries. He also suspended the coun (More) |
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US Muslim civil rights group challenges immigration order
The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Monday challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration's executive order restricting immigration from several Mu (More) |
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UN urges Trump not to reinstate torture policies
Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, on Monday urged US President Donald Trump not to reinstate torture policies. Melzer referenced the 2014 US Senate Intelligence Committee Report , which stated that the Central Intelligence Agency' (More) |
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17 state AGs denounce Trump immigration order
The attorneys general of 16 states, plus the District of Columbia, issued a joint statement on Sunday calling US President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration "un-American." The attorneys general pledged to "work together to ensure the (More) |
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Federal judge blocks Trump executive order on immigration restrictions the day after signing
The US District Court for the Eastern District of NY in an emergency ruling Saturday stayed the execution, until further notice, of an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump , which would restrict access to the US for visa holders and r (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.
