this week in iran policy, november 4-8

The Trump Administration has made clear that Iran must release all missing detained Americans, including Robert Levinson, Xiyue Wang, Siamak Namazi, and others. Department of State's Rewards for Justice Program is advertising new reward of up to $20 million for information..

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high stakes for lgbt americans at supreme court next week

In Masterpiece Cakeshop, and this is, I think, relevant to your question, Justice Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito and Justice Gorsuch and Justice Breyer, the days of discriminating against gay and Americans as dignity and worth are over, .. ..

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justice: 64% of federal arrests are noncitizens, with a 200% increase

Federal arrests of noncitizens have jumped over 200% in the 20 years and now account for 64% of those arrested, according to Justice Department.. The Bureau of Justice Statistics said that federal arrests of non- Americans rose 234% from 1998-2018. ..

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sean hannity: sources say 'most explosive' part of doj review about

outsourcing of illegal intelligence-gathering for the sake of circumventing American laws, took place and lot of people would be found violation of spying on Americans against the law... Solomon warned that he did not want to get ahead of Justice Department's findings, except..

press release

03.21.19 Wyden, Paul, Leahy, Daines Question DOJ Over Government Surveillance of Americans Location Information. Steve Daines, R-Mt., today asked Department of Justice series of questions about in letter to Attorney General William Barr.. ..

irreconcilable differences

Americans for Limited Government will miss the General Sessions steady hand at the helm of the Justice Department as he dealt with almost two years without many of the key political appointees needed to run agency of that size... ..

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students for fair admissions v. harvard, the affirmative action case,

Some of this is due to Trump administration, which announced in 2017 that it was investigating Harvard for allegedly discriminating against Asian Americans .. And August Department of Justice filed statement of interestsiding with the plaintiff, arguing that Harvard failed to..

congress should hold administration accountable

This administration is the antithesis of what the founding fathers envisioned for our country, and I believe they would be ashamed by what has transpired during the past six years: implementing the Patriot Act and warrantless spying on Americans; torture, disregarding the Geneva Conventions;..

9-11 suspect can't be executed

ALEXANDRIA, Va — federal judge ruled on Thursday that the government cannot seek the penalty against Zacarias Moussaoui and barred prosecutors from attempting to link Moussaoui to the terror attacks of Sept 11, 2001, saying he was a remote or minor participant al-Qaida's plans for terrorism directed at..

virginia is urged to delay execution

The treaty that Paraguay says was violated, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, is the same one that allows Americans arrested abroad to contact their consulate.. State Department officials agree with Justice Department that there is no legal basis for Supreme Court to halt..

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