On August 13, 1894, the United States Senate ratified a treaty with China that would cement one of the most discriminatory chapters in American immigration law. The Chinese Exclusion Treaty—also known as the Gresham-Yang Treaty—extended and deepened the exclusion of Chinese laborers from the United States for another decade. Today marks the 132nd anniversary of…
The United States is set to gain control over designated areas of Greenland under a proposed security framework agreed this week on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, raising complex legal questions about sovereignty, territorial jurisdiction, and international law. According to diplomatic sources cited by The Telegraph, the arrangement would allow parts…