The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit received two separate filings Monday from officials in the public and private sectors who oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. The appellate court is considering a district judge’s ruling that temporarily suspended the order. In a declaration to the court , 10 former [...]

China said Sunday it would begin imposing harsh punishments on those involved with illegal financing activities, with a particular focus on underground banking and the stock market, following a string of scandals. In particular, the state news agency released statements that the government would start to “put the prevention of financial risk in an even [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Friday ordered Google to disclose certain information found in foreign-stored e-mails, as requested by an FBI search warrant. This decision conflicts with a previous Second Circuit Court ruling, which was most recently denied a rehearing . By virtue of the way [...]

The government of Romania on Saturday repealed a decree enacted earlier in the week that had decriminalized corruption offenses and official misconduct in which the damages were less than €44,000. Since the enactment, protesters had taken to the streets to criticize the decree and to demand the government step down, resulting in some of the [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s motion to reinstate immigration restrictions until the case could be heard by the court. The emergency motion to reinstate the immigration restrictions was filed by the Trump administration on Friday, arguing that only the president can decide who can enter [...]

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló , on Friday approved a law to hold nonbinding referendum that would allow the US territory to vote on statehood. The referendum, to be held in June, will allow the voters to choose between statehood and independence/free association. Those in support of Puerto Rican statehood believe approving statehood could help [...]

US President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order and a presidential memorandum with orders aimed at an incremental dismantling of the Obama administration’s financial regulations. Trump’s orders direct his administration to review the regulations put in place by former president Barack Obama in the wake of the 2008 financial downturn and also delay [...]

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and 11 conferences agreed Friday to a $208.7 million settlement in a class action suit brought by former college athletes alleging their scholarships were illegally capped. The lawsuit specifically contends the NCAA and various conferences capped athletic scholarships at an amount lower than actual cost of attendance, in violation [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled Friday in favor of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson in issuing a stay of President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration restrictions. The nationwide temporary retraining order forbids government employees from carrying out Trump’s executive order barring immigration from certain states, based on [...]

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 January 27, 2017, President Trump made good on his campaign promise to institute a ban on Muslims entering the US. Trump’s executive order [...]