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Judge Rules Grandparents, In-Laws And Some Refugees Exempt From Trump's Muslim Travel Ban
Friday, July 14, 2017 - 12:30pm | 256A federal judge has broadened the definition of a “close relative” in President Donald Trump’s executive order meant to ban people from traveling to the United States from six predominantly Muslim nations. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would take up the ban when it...
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Partial Travel Ban On Muslim Countries Goes Into Effect; Potential For Confusion Looms
Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 3:58pm | 871Sorry grandma, no visa for you. Daughter-in-law? Come on in. The latest version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from mainly Muslim countries goes into effect Thursday night, and serious questions remain about just how equitably the controversial measure will be applied. Just...
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What's A Constitutional Crisis, And Are We Headed For One Over Trump's Travel Ban?
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 2:44pm | 1022Legal experts are having a field day debating whether President Donald Trump has plunged the United States into a “Constitutional crisis,” a loaded term but a somewhat elusive concept. To many people, explaining the concept might as well be embodied by paraphrasing the late Supreme...