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...
Arizona appeals court denies undocumented students in-state tutition
The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that deferred undocumented immigrant students are not entitled to in-state tuition. The ruling overturns a trial court judge's 2015 decision that students under protection of the...
California lawmakers pass sanctuary bills protecting undocumented immigrant students
The California State Assembly passed two bills on Thursday which, if passed by the senate, will strengthen protections for undocumented immigrant students in public schools from kindergarten through college. Assembly Bill 699 passed by...
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday launching a commission to investigate allegations of voter fraud and suppression. Vice President Mike Pence will head the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity along with Kansas Secretary of State Kris...
California chief justice asks ICE agents to stop following undocumented immigrants to courthouses
In an open letter issued Thursday, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to stop following undocumented immigrants to courthouses in order to make arrests. In her letter, addressed...
