28 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
US Justice Department blocks SC voter ID law
Posted by Tad McLeodDecember 28, 2011 10:38 AM0 CommentsPrint ArticleSubscribe
U.S. blocks S.C. voter ID law
State will appeal, but for now the law is ‘legally unenforceable’
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25 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Justice Dept. blocks SC law
State Democrats pounced on the news - coupled with Thursday's decision by a federal judge to strike down key provisions in South Carolina's new immigration law - as proof that Haley, along with the state's Republican majority, willingly flaunts federal law for political purposes.
But Haley released a statement Friday taking...
24 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Justice Department rejects SC voter-identification law
Civil rights activist and Greenville native Jesse Jackson called it a fitting Christmas present, while Gov. Nikki Haley said she is trying to improve things in South Carolina but "the president and his bullying administration...
16 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
US says Arizona policeman disregarded polite rights laws
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23 Nov, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
US sues Utah over new immigration law
Utah is the fourth and latest state the Justice Department has sued over their tough immigration laws.
The Obama administration has also sued Alabama, Arizona...
18 Nov, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
US Justice Department fights immigration law
The Obama administration's legal campaign against restrictive state immigration laws has led to a bitter standoff in Alabama, where Justice Department attorneys are investigating possible civil rights violations.
The federal government already has sued Alabama over its new law, one of three such lawsuits against states that have cracked down...
17 Nov, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
US to Review Cases Seeking Deportations
The accelerated triage of the court docket — about 300,000 cases — is intended to allow severely overburdened immigration judges to focus on deporting foreigners who committed serious crimes or pose national security risks, Homeland Security officials said. Taken together, the review and the training, which will instruct immigration...
9 Nov, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
16 nations wish to plea SC immigration law
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Sixteen Latin American and Caribbean nations have asked to join in the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit against South Carolina's new illegal immigration law, citing concerns for their citizens.
Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, Ecuador and...
8 Nov, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
US Asks Judge to Issue Order on South Carolina Immigration Law
November 08, 2011, 7:36 AM ESTBy Andrew Harris and Laurence Viele Davidson
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Justice Department sought an injunction from a federal judge as part of its lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the South Carolina’s new immigration law, according to court records.
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6 Nov, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Immigration: US seeks info on students
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — The U.S. Justice Department is requesting that school districts in Alabama turn over enrollment information about all of their students as part of a federal lawsuit challenging the state's tough new...
