The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Nielsen v. Preap that immigrants who have committed certain crimes are not entitled to a bond hearing and once detained can be held in federal custody until their removal proceedings are resolved. In an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court overturned two Ninth Circuit decisions (Preap v. [...]

The FDA announced a proposal Wednesday for new restrictions on flavored e-cigarette sales in an effort to stop a recent rise in youth vaping. In a statement announcing the new regulations, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb expressed his hopes that the FDA’s efforts will allay the “epidemic-level rise in youth e-cigarette use” and put the US [...]

A federal judge denied a temporary injunction on Tuesday that would have allowed 44 unvaccinated children to return to school. Parents of unvaccinated children attending Green Meadow Waldorf School in Rockland County, New York, brought this suit challenging an exclusion order by the the Rockland County Health Department barring unvaccinated children from attending schools where [...]

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to 47 months in prison. Manafort was found guilty of eight charges of bank and tax fraud in August, which, under federal sentencing guidelines, could have resulted in a prison term of 19-24 years, as projected by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team in their sentencing memo. [...]

A UN human rights expert called Tuesday for the international community to hold Israel accountable for what it considers to be violations of international law in Gaza. Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk summarized the findings of a UN Commission of Inquiry investigation into the 2018 Palestinian protests. The Commission investigated 189 fatalities resulting from the protests and determined [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California ruled Thursday that the federal government cannot seize the trademark rights of the logo used by the Mongols motorcycle club. The ruling overturned a federal jury’s decision to strip the club of its logo after finding “a direct connection between the gang’s crimes and [...]

The High Court struck down the UK’s “right to rent” policy on Friday as incompatible with human rights law. The “right to rent” policy required private landlords to verify the immigration status of prospective renters. Under this policy, landlords who rented to undocumented tenants could face unlimited fines or prison time. This policy was a key [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the 40th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on Monday by denouncing an increase in threats to human rights worldwide. Guterres began his address by emphasizing the HRC’s role as “the epicentre for … the protection of all human rights” and highlighted areas of progress including a global reduction in poverty [...]

A federal judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors broke federal law in brokering a 2008 plea agreement for hedge-fund manager and millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. Starting in 2005, Epstein was accused of orchestrating a sex trafficking ring and sexually assaulting dozens of minors. His plea agreement, which was sealed from the public record, distilled these accusations into [...]

An Appeals Court in Turkey on Tuesday upheld the convictions of 14 employees of Cumhuriyet, a Turkish news outlet that has been critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The defendants—including journalists, a cartoonist, executives and accountants—were sentenced in April to prison terms between four and eight years “on charges of acting on behalf of a terrorist group [...]