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24 Oct 2007, 5:50 pm
[JURIST] US State Department security chief Richard Griffin [official profile] submitted his resignation Wednesday under pressure following September's Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST archive] shooting of 17 Iraqis, according to AP citing unnamed officials. [read post]
12 Jan 2006, 10:48 am
[JURIST] The US Justice Department filed a motion [PDF text] with the US Supreme Court Thursday to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction a case brought by Salim Ahmed Hamdan challenging President Bush's authority to establish military commissions to try Guantanamo Bay detainees [JURIST news archive] for war crimes. [read post]
16 Apr 2005, 7:25 am
[JURIST] In an effort to bolster support for UN ambassador nominee John Bolton [official website], the State Department Friday released endorsements and letters of support for Bolton from former secretaries of state, ambassadors and senior government officials. [read post]
27 May 2005, 4:48 pm
[JURIST] Former US nuclear weapons workers can soon start filing claims for compensation for exposure to radiation [US Labor Department press release] and other industrial toxins while working on cold-war era nuclear weapons. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 11:45 am
This is a great opportunity for students (and alums) to see the Appellate Division in action.On Tuesday September 7, the Second Department will be sitting in Nassau County Supreme Court (100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, third floor). [read post]
17 Jan 2018, 4:05 am
Department of Justice filed an amicus brief (full text) supporting the Archdiocese whose Christmas ad was rejected by WMATA. [read post]
9 Dec 2019, 11:03 am
On Monday, the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General released a report on its review of the four FISA applications and other aspects of the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane Investigation, which explored any possible coordination or connection between the Trump campaign and Russian efforts to interfere with the 2016 election. [read post]
25 May 2006, 2:29 pm
[JURIST] The US Treasury Department [official website] announced on Thursday that it will no longer defend [press release] in court the federal excise tax on long-distance telephone calls [Tax Foundation backgrounder], and will issue refunds to taxpayers of all monies paid on the tax since litigation began three years ago. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 3:29 am
[JURIST] US State Department [official website] spokesperson Robert Wood on Tuesday defended the silence of the US delegates [press conference transcript] during the UN Human Rights Council [official website] Universal Periodic Review (UPR) [materials] of potential rights abuses, saying that the US is not actively participating because the administration of President Barack Obama [official [read post]
16 Nov 2005, 7:54 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense [official website] has delayed the release of a new US Army [official website] manual on interrogation of detainees aimed at eliminating harsh procedures that came to light at Abu Ghraib [JURIST news archive] prison in Iraq. [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 3:43 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations [PDF text; press release] Monday designed to implement the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 [PDF text; HR 556 materials]. [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 7:10 am
., the Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz will testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. [read post]
23 Mar 2021, 4:00 am
The Treasury Department announced yesterday that its Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on two Chinese government officials in connection with human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. [read post]
16 Sep 2004, 1:52 pm
A new State Department report lists a number of Asian nations among those countries which are most restrictive of religious freedoms, with China, North Korea, Vietnam, and Burma listed as "countries of particular concern. [read post]
25 Oct 2005, 7:59 pm
[JURIST] The US Justice Department [official website] told Congress Tuesday that it supported renewal of Section 5 [DOJ backgrounder] of the Voting Rights Act [text], preventing states with a history of discriminatory voting practices from implementing any change affecting voting until the US Attorney General or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia determined that the [read post]
19 Oct 2005, 7:14 am
[JURIST] Attorneys representing undocumented immigrants who have been victims of violent crimes filed a federal suit against the US Department of Homeland Security [official website] Tuesday for the agency's failure to issue U-visas. [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 1:25 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Monday asked [filing, PDF] a judge at the US District Court for the District of Columbia to deny a motion by Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] to stay his trial, now scheduled to begin July 21. [read post]
23 Nov 2004, 10:25 am
[JURIST] Reacting to a new report concluding that federal enforcement of civil rights laws declined sharply during the Bush administration, a Justice Department spokesman has said that "this administration believes in and has vigorously enforced the criminal civil rights laws. [read post]
28 Feb 2005, 2:01 pm
[JURIST] The US State Department [official website] Monday released its 2004 annual reports on human rights practices in 196 countries, delivering with sharp criticisms of rights situations in Middle Eastern allies Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 6:00 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of State [official website] has sheltered bodyguards working for private security firm Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news archive] from prosecution related to a September shooting incident [JURIST report] in Baghdad, according to AP on Monday. [read post]
