US District Judge Mark Goldsmith issued a nationwide temporary stay on Monday to protect 1,444 Iraqi immigrants from deportation, extending an order issued last Thursday that applied only to immigrants in the Detroit metro area. Goldsmith’s order on Thursday temporarily blocked the deportation of more than 100 Iraq nationals, arrested by US Immigration and Customs [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin G. Davis of University of Toledo College of Law discusses the effect the Supreme Court’s recent decision to stay parts of President Trump’s “Muslim ban” will have on vulnerable refugees… On June 26, 2017, the Supreme Court per curiam opinion granted the US Government’s application to stay the “Muslim ban or [...]

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in six cases Tuesday. In the consolidated cases of Christie v. NCAA and National Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association v. NCAA , the court will consider whether a New Jersey law allowing sports betting at casinos and race tracks is preempted by federal law. The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act [...]

The US Supreme Court closed its 2016 term Monday with orders in several pending cases. The court ordered reargument in Jennings v. Rodrigues , in which the court must determine three issues concerning whether aliens seeking entry into the United States must be afforded bond hearings, especially in situations involving criminal or terrorist aliens who [...]

Human Rights Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo was released on medical parole as he was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, Liu’s lawyer and prison officials stated on Monday. Liu’s lawyer Mo Shaoping released the statement and prison authorities have further added that Liu is being treated by eight Chinese tumor experts. The Norwegian Nobel [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday held in Davila v. Davis that the procedural default of ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel claims are not excused by the ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel. Petitioner Erik Davila confessed to accidentally killing a woman and her five-year-old granddaughter, as well as wounding several others, while he was attempting to shoot the woman’s [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case concerning a bakery that refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, and Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers . The court also denied review of an important Second Amendment gun rights [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. Anz Securities, Inc., et al. that a member of a class action suit cannot file a new suit separately past the statute of repose . Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in the 5-4 decision. Kennedy did not buy [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources policy of excluding religious organizations from receiving grants violates the First Amendment. The Department offers grants to public and private schools and daycares to resurface playgrounds with material made from recycled tires. [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review the Trump administration’s travel ban, partially lifting the temporary injunction that had blocked the ban’s enforcement. The administration sought review of decisions issued by the US Courts of Appeal for the Fourth and Ninth Circuits last month. The Supreme Court’s order permits execution of the travel [...]