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New Jersey lawmakers advance immigrant driver's license bill

November 17, 2015 12:49:22 PM

New Jersey lawmakers on Monday advanced a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain New Jersey driver's licenses. The bill, considered by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee , would allow such immigrants to...

November 10, 2015 02:28:54 PM

The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it disagrees with a federal ruling upholding an injunction against President Barack Obama's plan to protect as many as 5 million immigrants from deportation and plans to appeal...

October 29, 2015 11:50:10 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that more immigrants in detention should receive bond hearings and those held more than a year should get additional hearings. The court held that immigrants...

October 19, 2015 12:17:36 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Friday issued a temporary order allowing Texas officials to continue denying birth certificates to children of immigrants. Earlier this year a group of undocumented...

October 5, 2015 10:59:01 AM

California Governor Jerry Brown , on Saturday signed a new bill that is meant to protect minorities from racial profiling and excessive use of force by police. The "Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015"...

September 21, 2015 10:26:49 AM

The US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has issued a report criticizing the Obama administration's immigration detention facilities, stating that some "are not fully complying with detention standards regarding medical care, legal information and...

September 5, 2015 11:51:10 AM

A judge for the US District Court for the Easter District of New York on Thursday ruled that a Long Island town's law preventing day laborers from soliciting work on sidewalks is an unconstitutional violation...

August 26, 2015 10:45:51 AM

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh announced plans Tuesday to issue new guidelines significantly limiting the use of racial profiling in policing as an effort to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Frosh stated...

August 22, 2015 04:09:21 PM

Judge Dolly Gee of the US District Court for the Central District of California on Friday upheld her July decision and ordered the government to release immigrant children held in family detention centers,...

July 26, 2015 11:01:14 AM

Judge Dolly Gee of the District Court for the Central District of California ruled Friday that the current Department of Justice (DOJ) method of detaining children with their mothers violates a 1997 court...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Anita Hill testifies about Clarence Thomas sexual harassment

Attorney Anita Hill testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11, 1991 about sexual harassment she suffered from her former supervisor Clarence Thomas, who was nominated by President Ronald Regan for a seat on the US Supreme Court. The US Senate would later confirm Thomas by a vote of 52–48 despite Hill's testimony. Watch the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings on CSPAN.

Vatican II opens

On October 11, 1962, the Second Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church convened in Rome, Italy. Over the next three years, the conference modernized Church Law for the modern era. The most noticeable changes included the celebration of mass in the vernacular, a new emphasis on the role of laypersons, and a greater acceptance of other faiths. Read documents from Vatican II from Church archives.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire.

As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.