A US federal judge on Friday ordered the release of Turkish national and PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk. Öztürk was detained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in March after her student F-1 visa was revoked, and has remained in custody for several weeks. In April, US District Judge William Sessions in Burlington ordered her [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted a Trump administration motion to vacate a lower court’s order blocking use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members. On March 15, President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan nationals believed to be members of Tren de Aragua, a gang [...]

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed an amicus curie brief against the Trump administration in support of Perkins Coie’s motion for summary judgment on Monday. Supporting the law firm, the group argued that legal representation should be free from fear of reprisal. In its brief to the court, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund counsel argued [...]

The Georgia State Senate passed the Riley Gaines Act of 2025 on Monday, requiring the designation of “sex-specific athletic teams” and barring transgender women from competing in women’s sports and transgender men from competing in men’s sports unless the team’s designation is “coed.” The legislation also replaces the term “gender” with “sex,” and defines sex [...]