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26 Jun 2020, 2:13 pm
BoltonDecision Date: June 20, 2020 The United States District Court of Columbia denied the Trump administration’s request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to enjoin former National Security Advisor John R. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 10:22 am
Under the paternalistic rules of governance in the District, Congress has a veto on District legislation. [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 5:42 am
Union of India, WP (C) No. 1031/2019, the Court held that the impugned order did not “provide any reasons” for the blanket enforcement of the shutdown across all districts. [read post]
6 Dec 2019, 5:15 pm
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the government’s request to stay or vacate Chutkan’s order, leading to the government’s filing this week. [read post]
20 May 2009, 1:23 am
[JURIST] Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday on the limits of detaining terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] who are not actual members of terrorist groups under the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) [text, PDF], rejecting the Obama administration's "substantial support" [read post]
14 Oct 2004, 3:26 am
Defense attorneys for several Guantanamo Bay detainees have told the US District Court for the District of Columbia that, three months after the Supreme Court ruled that the detainees had the right to challenge their imprisonment, none have appeared in a courtroom and few of the 68 detainees who have petitioned for access to federal court have spoken to their attorneys. [read post]
15 Oct 2006, 4:59 pm
In the District of Columbia, anyone using a cell phone while driving must use a hands-free device to do so. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 5:32 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday that the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) [official website] is not obligated to reduce green house gas emissions, a contributor to global warming [JURIST news archive], in order to protect polar bears [FWS backgrounder]. [read post]
7 Mar 2021, 5:00 pm
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear argument this Tuesday in Cause of Action Institute v. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 9:25 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Wednesday denied [opinion, PDF] a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, allowing for continued incarceration of the Yemeni national by the US government. [read post]
1 Jun 2018, 6:24 pm
District Court for the District of Columbia in Doe v. [read post]
11 Feb 2020, 11:54 am
District Court for the District of Columbia approved the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s request to deem its retrospective collection of compensation data (the so-called “Component 2” information) for calendar years 2017 and 2018 completed, ending (at least for now) the federal government’s first-ever collection of pay data. [read post]
13 Jun 2018, 7:08 pm
District Court for the District of Columbia today issued a ruling that will allow a lawsuit challenging aspects of the targeted killing program to go forward. [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 8:20 am
The District Court for the District of Columbia issued a universal preliminary injunction (styled a TRO, but done adversarially and scheduled to last more than 14 days) prohibiting the government from enforcing new regulations denying asylum to any persons who present themselves at places other than lawful points of entry. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 6:59 am
[JURIST] Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] heard arguments Monday on the Obama administration's ability to conduct "targeted killings" in the case of radical Muslim cleric and US citizen Anwar al-Awlaqi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 10:00 pm
District Court for the District of Columbia, is retiring. [read post]
13 Jul 2017, 7:05 am
District Court for the District of Columbia. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 7:50 pm
District Court for the District of Columbia, as well as panel discussions about the Office of Government Information Services and electronic recordkeeping. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 11:11 am
[JURIST] Florida submitted a request to the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] Tuesday seeking declaratory judgments regarding recently-enacted changes to the state's Election Code [materials, PDF], four sections of which require Section 5 [DOJ backgrounder] "preclearance" under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) [materials]. [read post]
25 Sep 2020, 4:03 pm
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. [read post]
