Jesse J Holland

March 04, 2009 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to ban refugees who are forced to persecute others from being granted asylum in the United States, sending back to immigration officials the case of an Eritrean guard who prevented prisoners from getting fresh air and made them stand in the hot sun. The 5th Circuit had held that it was irrelevant whether the persecution was voluntary, but lawyers for Daniel Girmai Negusie argued to the high court that persecution requires hostile intent.

By Jesse J. Holland

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April 21, 2009 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court seemed skeptical on Monday about holding the current Iraqi government responsible in American courts for the acts of Saddam Hussein's regime. Under Saddam, Iraq was considered a state sponsor of terrorism and, therefore, potentially subject to lawsuits in U.S. courts. But the Iraqi government now says the U.S.-led invasion that deposed Saddam and a federal law enacted in 2003 restored Iraq's immunity. Americans suing Iraq include CBS News correspondent Bob Simon.

By Jesse J. Holland

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March 03, 2009 | National Law Journal

High school football coach Marcus Borden used to bow his head and drop to one knee when his team prayed. But the Supreme Court ended that tradition on Monday when the justices refused to reconsider a 3rd Circuit decision that upheld a school district ban on employees joining a student-led prayer. The decision on the case from New Jersey could add another restriction on prayer in schools, advocates on both sides said.

By Jesse J. Holland

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January 30, 2002 | Law.com

The General Accounting Office will sue the White House for access to documents from President Bush's energy task force, the agency said in a letter Wednesday to congressional leaders. Some of the task force participants were officials from now-collapsed Enron, the Houston-based energy trader with deep ties to Bush. It would be the first time in the GAO's 80-year existence that it sued the executive branch.

By Jesse J. Holland

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June 18, 2013 | Daily Report Online

States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision complicating efforts in Arizona and other states to bar voting by people who are in the country illegally.

By Jesse J. Holland

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July 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Barack Obama told House Democrats on Tuesday that as president he would order his attorney general to scour White House executive orders and expunge any that "trample on liberty," several lawmakers said.Presidents, as head of the executive branch of government, issue such orders to direct operations of executive branch agencies, like the Justice Department and the CIA.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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June 25, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - How might a Justice Elena Kagan rule on the leading issues of the daySome hints are in her speeches, writings and answers to senators who confirmed her for the job she now holds, solicitor general, the government's top lawyer.Kagan makes her case for a spot on the Supreme Court in hearings beginning Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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October 27, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that threatened to end the 40-year career of Alaska's political patriarch in disgrace.The verdict, coming barely a week before Election Day, increased Stevens' difficulty in winning what already was a difficult race against Democratic challenger Mark Begich.

By MATT APUZZO and JESSE J. HOLLAND

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June 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

The time limit for suing a company for pay discrimination should restart each time an employee gets a reduced paycheck, House Democrats said Tuesday, taking issue with a recent Supreme Court decision.

By Jesse J. Holland

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January 07, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal manslaughter and gun charges resulting from a 2007 shooting in a crowded Baghdad square that killed 17 Iraqi civilians and injured dozens of others.The five - all decorated military veterans - stood silently in a line behind their lawyers as their not guilty plea on all charges was entered in front of U.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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