When the immigration judge asked the husband and wife if they wanted to appeal her decision to terminate the removal proceedings against their child, who recently died, they turned to look at each other. The Lopez family’s confusion showed clearly in their faces, even from behind the masks they wore […]
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Remain in Mexico: Supreme Court will hear Biden administration plan to rescind Trump immigration policy for asylum seekers
The justices put on a fast track review of the plan to do away with the “Remain in Mexico” policy known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). Lower courts said the Biden administration did not provide an adequate reason for getting rid of the Trump policy, and that its own procedures […]
Labor issues complicate Judge J. Michelle Childs’ Supreme Court candidacy
The very career experience that makes Supreme Court candidate Judge J. Michelle Childs attractive to both Democrats and Republicans may now be complicating her potential nomination, as some labor and progressive groups warn the White House that her appointment would break President Joe Biden’s promise to be “the most pro-union […]
EU can withhold funds from Hungary, Poland, top court rules | WGN Radio 720
by: RAF CASERT, Associated Press Posted: Feb 16, 2022 / 02:46 AM CST / Updated: Feb 16, 2022 / 10:40 AM CST FILE – Judges preside over a hearing at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Nov. 27, 2018. The European Union’s highest court ruled on Wednesday, Feb. […]
Australian High Court Upholds Examination Rights
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 This article forms part of our litigation funding series and discusses a key decision that has the potential to significantly support the due diligence efforts of litigation funders in external administration contexts. On 16 February, the High Court of Australia handed down its decision in a […]
Top European Court Rules E.U. Can Freeze Aid to Poland and Hungary
BRUSSELS — Europe’s top court ruled on Wednesday that the European Union can withhold funding from member countries failing to uphold the rule of law, arming the bloc to step up its efforts to defend its core values. The ruling shoots down a lawsuit by Hungary and Poland, the two […]
Explaining the Gender Gap in the Criminal Justice System: How Family-Based Gender Roles Shape Perceptions of Defendants in Criminal Court
Numerous studies have investigated why women are vastly underrepresented in prisons across the United States. In explaining this “gender gap,” scholars have found that women are treated more leniently than men at various stages of the judicial process. Explanations for women’s lenient treatment are often oversimplified as “sex differences” in […]
Clyburn Pushes Management-Side Labor Attorney for Supreme Court
Democrats have given every indication that they will move quickly on nominating a Supreme Court justice to replace the outgoing Stephen Breyer, with the White House confirming that Joe Biden will keep his campaign-trail promise of putting up a Black woman for the job. Already, speculation has solidified into a […]
California Supreme Court Adopts New Standard for Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
January 28, 2022 Click for PDF On January 27, 2022, the Supreme Court of California issued a decision that changes the burden for employers that are defending against current or former employees’ whistleblower retaliation claims. In Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc., No. S266001,___ Cal.5th ___, the Court answered a question […]
U.S. Supreme Court Considers Four Major Issues
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court emerged from its January conference issuing orders in which it agreed to consider four major issues: 1) the extent of states’ authority to prosecute crimes committed in Indian country, 2) the lawfulness of affirmative action in college admissions, 3) federal district courts’ […]