Search for: "DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA "
Results 3001 - 3020
of 23,914
Sorted by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
18 Jun 2018, 2:05 pm
District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that military commission Judge Vance Spath acked authority to hold Chief Defense Counsel John Baker in contempt for disobeying an order last year. [read post]
29 Dec 2016, 1:54 pm
In its complaint, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia [website], the Ohio-based company claims that the... [read post]
22 Jul 2016, 8:49 am
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) [official website] filed a complaint [complaint, PDF] today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] challenging the “anti-circumvention” and “anti-trafficking” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) [act, PDF]. [read post]
5 May 2009, 2:02 am
[JURIST] Judge Gladys Kessler of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] ordered [text, PDF] Monday the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 7:59 am
[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Tuesday allowed [opinion, PDF] Canadian Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] to amend his 2004 habeas corpus petition, but refused to lift the stay on the petition pending the conclusion of his military commission. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 6:31 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] ruled [opinion] Tuesday that Congress acted within its constitutional powers in passing the health care reform law [text; JURIST news archive] and that the law does not violate the religious freedom of plaintiffs who challenged the law. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 11:17 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] Wednesday dismissed a challenge to election monitoring under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) [materials]. [read post]
19 Oct 2022, 9:45 am
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral argument in Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Wash. v. [read post]
7 Mar 2024, 6:00 am
District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the U.S. [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 7:09 pm
[JURIST] In a Tuesday ruling [PDF], Judge James Robertson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] declared that "the Treasury Department's failure to design and issue paper currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired individuals violates section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. [read post]
2 Nov 2008, 3:05 pm
[JURIST] Judge Henry Kennedy of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Friday ordered [order, PDF] the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] to release legal memoranda relating to the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 9:31 am
[JURIST] A judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Wednesday granted habeas [opinion, PDF] to Guantanamo [JURIST news archive] detainee Mohammed El Gharani and directed his release. [read post]
16 Oct 2008, 7:55 am
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, I have a new post up on Balkinization discussing the Department of Justice’s principal argument that compliance with the district court’s order “could pose a threat to the public at large. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 11:20 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Wednesday ruled [text, PDF] that Republican members of the House of Representatives have standing to sue the Secretaries of the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Treasury regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]
2 Jun 2009, 3:32 am
Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] granted a motion [text, PDF ; JURIST report] filed in April by the government asking that he certify and suspend [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 8:36 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Wednesday denied [order, PDF] a motion for reconsideration on claims of unlawful treatment and wrongful death brought by the families of two former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees. [read post]
3 Jun 2004, 3:52 am
Friedman, of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, said the law violates free speech. [read post]
7 Sep 2012, 8:22 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Thursday rejected [opinion, PDF] new restrictions on lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] detainees who have had their habeas corpus challenges denied or dismissed. [read post]
6 Apr 2024, 8:38 am
District Court for the District of Columbia because only two of seven plaintiffs reside in Maryland and the responsive records are maintained in Missouri; rejecting plaintiff’s argument that venue could be established in Maryland based on the Maryland location of the agency’s Asylum Division headquarters. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 10:44 am
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] dismissed a lawsuit [order, PDF] on Thursday, effectively ending a long-shot attempt to force Congress to vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. [read post]
