October 7th, 20220— This article, by Sunita Sohrabji for Ethnic Media Service, has been edited for style
Last week, the Biden administration gutted the signature Trump-era policy known as public charge, which effectively imposed a wealth tax on people seeking to gain permanent residency in the U.S.
The new rule will go into effect on Dec. 23. It...
May 27th, 20220LANSING — As the U.S. Supreme Court gets set to reveal a decision that could overturn the federally established right to abortion access nationwide, states are taking actions to continue those protections on their own.
In Michigan, the Democratic officials have taken steps over recent months as the high court presides over a case...
January 22nd, 20220WASHINGTON D.C. — Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced that he plans to retire at the end of the current term.
This decision will give President Biden the opportunity to select a new Supreme Court justice. He has promised to nominate the court’s first Black woman.
The 83-year-old Breyer is the oldest member...
October 1st, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Tanvir v. Tanzin.
Tanvir v. Tanzin is a lawsuit filed on behalf of American Muslim men who were added to the no-fly list by the FBI in retaliation for refusing to spy on their religious...
September 26th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. (REUTERS) — On Saturday, President Trump plans to name conservative appellate judge Amy Coney Barrett as his third U.S. Supreme Court appointment, setting off a scramble in the Republican-led Senate to confirm her before Election Day in 5-1/2 weeks.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made confirming...
September 21st, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump said on Monday he is looking at four or five jurists to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court and he will announce his nominee on Friday or Saturday.
Trump pushed ahead with plans for his third U.S. Supreme Court nomination, which would cement a 6-3 conservative majority,...
September 18th, 20200WASHINGTON DC — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday at 87-years-old from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, the Supreme Court announced.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said in a statement that she will always be remembered.
“Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” he said. “We at the...
June 18th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the aftermath of two major U.S. Supreme Court rulings against the Trump administration this week, the president lashed out on Twitter and called for “new justices” in the highest court in the country.
“The recent Supreme Court decisions, not only on DACA, Sanctuary Cities, Census and others, tell you...
December 26th, 20191LOS ANGELES — While hundreds of thousands of immigrants with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) permits await the decision of the Supreme Court on the future of the program, lawyers and immigrant advocates argue that the vast majority of them have sufficient legal rights to remain in this country for several years and maybe...
October 6th, 20180WASHINGTON - A deeply divided U.S. Senate on Saturday confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, as Republicans dismissed accusations of sexual misconduct against the conservative judge and delivered a major victory to President Trump.
By a vote of 50-48, the Senate gave a lifetime job to Kavanaugh, 53, after weeks of fierce...
September 7th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stressed that he believes the judiciary has broad authority to check the power of the White House, but refused to criticize the man who selected him, President Trump.
In a second day of testimony, Kavanaugh declined to comment on Trump’s criticism of the...
July 18th, 20181LANSING — The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments challenging a proposed November ballot initiative to change who draws congressional and legislative districts every decade.
The justices held a special session on Wednesday and asked many questions during 75 minutes of arguments.
Voters Not Politicians, a group backed by the...
June 29th, 20180DEARBORN – On June 27, Plymouth-based attorney Dana Nessel, who won the Michigan Democratic Party’s nomination for attorney general in April, spoke to Arab American supporters and local officials at a fundraising event held at La Pita Restaurant in Dearborn, reaffirming her commitment to “tenaciously” champion civil and immigrant...
May 4th, 20180LANSING — Michigan Supreme Court Justices Kurtis Wilder and Elizabeth Clement announced their re-election campaigns on April 30. The two vowed to work together on the campaign trail.
"I am proud today to join my colleague Elizabeth Clement in launching our campaign so that we can continue our important work on the Michigan Supreme...
April 27th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared poised to hand President Trump a huge legal victory, signaling on Wednesday it was likely to uphold his contentious travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries.
Conservative justices including Chief Justice John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy, a frequent...
April 25th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to hand President Trump a huge legal victory, signaling on Wednesday it was likely to uphold his contentious travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries.
Conservative justices including Chief Justice John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy, a frequent...
February 26th, 20180WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to President Trump, requiring his administration to maintain protections he has sought to end for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children.
The justices refused to hear the administration’s appeal of a federal judge’s Jan. 9...
February 16th, 20180WASHINGTON — President Trump's travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries violates the U.S. Constitution by discriminating on the basis of religion, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday in another legal setback for the policy.
The Richmond, Virginia-based Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, on a 9-4 vote,...
January 12th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, Supreme Court justices wrestled with the scope of police authority to search vehicles without warrants, with Chief Justice John Roberts referencing the shiny red convertible taken for a joyride in the 1986 comedy film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" to make a serious legal point.
The justices heard...
September 25th, 20170NEW YORK ― The Supreme Court canceled oral arguments scheduled in October to decide the legality of President Trump’s previous travel ban, signaling the court might dismiss the case.
The Court acted after the White House announced on Sunday it was replacing the temporary executive order with a more tailored ban on eight countries...
September 11th, 20170WASHINGTON ― Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday put a temporarily hold on limits imposed by a lower court on President Trump’s order barring most refugees from entering the United States.
Kennedy acted in response to the Justice Department’s challenge to the part of a Thursday ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th...
June 26th, 20170WASHINGTON ― The Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Trump by reviving parts of his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees and agreeing to decide its legality later this year in a major test of presidential powers.
The justices narrowed the scope of lower court rulings that had...
February 11th, 20170It has been a mere three weeks since real estate mogul Donald Trump took the oath of office as the U.S. president, and the country has already suffered the detrimental effects of poorly-implemented policy. On Friday, Jan. 27, our president exposed seemingly shrouded, but wide-spread insensible and xenophobic sentiments among the powerful...
