The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that immigrants who enter the US illegally have no right to a bond hearing to challenge their detention. The hearings consider habeas corpus petitions that force the government to produce a prisoner and justify continued confinement. The petitions also give the prisoner the chance [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday while a federal judge in California had not yet ruled on its request to stop the state from counting mail ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters. The DOJ claims these voters are likely noncitizens; California [...]
24 October 2026: Global Media and Information Literacy Week People worldwide are seeing a vast increase in access to information and communication. While some individuals are flooded with information, others are starved for it. To address this discrepancy, UNESCO observes Global Media and Information Literacy Week. The UN observes Global Media and Information Literacy Week, [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday vacated a preliminary injunction aimed at blocking Mississippi’s law barring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) measures in education, and ordered US District Judge Henry Wingate removed from the case. Writing for a unanimous three-judge panel in Jackson Federation of Teachers v. Fitch, Circuit Judge [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday sued Alaska election officials in the US District Court for the District of Alaska, asking the court to block certification of November’s US Senate election results if incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses and voter confusion involving a similarly named candidate may have affected the outcome. The [...]
In this five-part series, data analyst David Stasior demonstrates how AI can turn unstructured legal records into measurable data, testing the rule of law against empirical reality. Part 1 made the case, and Part 2 put it to work on 24 years of Massachusetts attorney disciplinary decisions. In Part 3, he turned to federal court [...]
Rumors are swirling of a possible summit involving the leaders of the world’s three most powerful nations: the United States, China, and Russia. Ostensibly, the purpose of such a gathering would be to discuss an end to Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine. On the surface, any effort to halt bloodshed and restore stability to Europe [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Ana Brian Nougrères, has warned that the patchwork of rules on international transfers of personal data leaves people exposed and hinders legitimate trade. She urged states to begin negotiating a legally binding international treaty. In a report to the UN General Assembly released on October 23, [...]
A new UN report released Thursday urged states to avoid unjustifiably labeling drug cartels and gangs as terrorist organizations, warning that a renewed “war on narco-terrorism” could violate human rights. The report was authored by Ben Saul, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism. [...]
The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed New Hampshire to limit the use of student ID cards to serve as a valid form of ID to receive a ballot. New Hampshire’s HB 323, which went into effect in June, requires a government-issued ID to be presented to receive a ballot. In an unsigned order, the [...]
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