Voting rights group sues Census Bureau over citizenship question
The National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) , on behalf of seven residents of Maryland and Arizona, filed suit on Wednesday against the US Census Bureau , arguing that its last-minute decision to add a citizenship status...
JURIST Guest Columnists, Sarah Wetter and James G. Hodge, Jr. of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discuss preemptive legal schemes that deprive states and localities of opportunities to implement efficacious interventions to advance public health......
State Department proposal would ask about nonimmigrants' social media profiles
The US State Department submitted a proposal to the Federal Register on Friday that would require nonimmigrant visa applicants to list their social media identities for the last five years. The application would provide...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Kentucky Senate approved a bill on Thursday that outlaws the use of the dilation and excavation abortion method for patients in their eleventh week of pregnancy...
Supreme Court declines to hear Arizona challenge to dreamer drivers license ruling
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an Arizona challenge to a US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision barring the state from refusing to issue drivers licenses to recipients...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Court of Appeals for the Six Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of Ohio's lethal injection method on Thursday, just two weeks prior to a scheduled execution. The case...
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 September...
New York immigrant files early challenge to Trump administration decision to end DACA
A 26-year-old Mexican immigrant in New York has amended his ongoing lawsuit against the US government to challenge the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program . Batalla Vidal, who initially...
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday announced the Trump administration's plans to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which gives undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children, known as Dreamers,...
US President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned former Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio . In a brief announcement issued Friday night, the White House said that Arpaio's military service and law enforcement tenure warranted...
