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Supreme Court Update
Order List
Greetings, Court fans! In today's order list, the Court surprised us by granting the petition for cert in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (05-184), where the Court will consider the constitutionality of…
Supreme Court Update
Order List
Greetings Court fans! The Court issued an order list on Friday, and as you might have noticed, this is a slight change from the normal procedure of releasing order…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Some Thoughts on September 11, 2001 and the Role of the Courts in Enforcing the Rule of Law
Earlier this week, the Milton L. Schwartz/David F. Levi Inn of Court held its first meeting of the academic year at UC Davis School of Law. Because the meeting was on…
Simple Justice
The Terrorism Scam
It’s become common for a tragedy to be immediately labeled an act of terrorism, usually based upon the deep reasoning, “how could this not be terrorism?” It’s become a word…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Lebanese Businessman Tied by Treasury Department to Hezbollah is Sentenced to Prison for Money Laundering Scheme Involving the Evasion of U.S. Sanctions
The operator of a network of businesses in Lebanon and Africa whom the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated as a financier of Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based terrorist group, was sentenced…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Facebook Shielded by CDA Immunity against Federal Claims for Allowing Use of Its Platform by Terrorists
In recent years, there have been a number of suits filed in federal courts seeking to hold social media platforms responsible for providing material support to terrorists by allowing members…
Simple Justice
A Pale Hysteria
It doesn’t happen often that both the editorial board of the New York Times and the National Review, courtesy of David French, mirror each other. The singularity has happened. If…
Religion Clause
Nigerian Court Bars Shiite Group as Terrorists
Legit reported today that the Nigerian federal government has obtained a court order banning the Shiite group Islamic Movement in Nigeria on the ground that it is a terrorist group.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Material Support Bar to Asylum: Matter of A-C-M- — “A Victim of Terrorism Faces Deportation for Helping Terrorists”?
An article by Jenna Krajeski in The New Yorker provides fascinating background on an important asylum ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals in Matter of A-C-M-, 27 I&N Dec.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
How Safe Are We? Former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano Discusses Homeland Security Since 9/11
Currently the President of the University of California, Janet Napolitano, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, discusses her new book, How Safe Are We?: Homeland Security Since…