US immigration enforcement faced mounting scrutiny Friday from international officials as well as congressional Democrats following a detainee death ruled a homicide by a county medical examiner in Texas. The disturbing development comes amid record deaths in Homeland Security custody. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on the US to ensure that [...]

A Texas court found a former school police officer not guilty on charges stemming from the apparently delayed police response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Jesse Rizo, uncle of a 9-year-old killed in the shooting, said the verdict “sends a signal that you entrust a school system, a school [...]

A top official with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday that activist Mahmoud Khalil will be taken into custody again and sent to Algeria. President Donald Trump’s administration had previously sought to deport Khalil over his involvement in pro-Palestinian demonstrations as a Columbia University graduate student in New York City. On [...]

Maine Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday responded to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s launch of “Operation Catch of the Day” in the state. In a public release, Mills assured state residents that her administration would work to uphold the law and protect residents, stating: If the Federal government has warrants, then it should show them. [...]

A Georgia man pleaded guilty to wire fraud in US federal court on Wednesday for engineering “the largest Ponzi scheme in Georgia history,” defrauding over 2,000 investors of over $380 million. The US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia released a statement explaining how Todd Burkhalter was the mastermind behind financial advisory group [...]

Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School.  The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Wolford v. Lopez on Tuesday, centering on whether Hawaii may effectively “flip the default” on public carry by licensed gun owners on [...]

The California Republican Party filed an emergency petition to the US Supreme Court on Tuesday asking for a temporary injunction against Proposition 50, a ballot initiative passed by California voters in November to redistrict the state’s Congressional map outside of its typical process. The appeal to Justice Elena Kagan, who oversees emergency petitions in the [...]

Multiple US media outlets reported Tuesday that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, along with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and three others, received subpoenas from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over alleged interference with the Trump administration’s controversial immigration enforcement actions in that state. Others subpoenaed include St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, Minnesota Attorney General Keith [...]

Amnesty International published a report on Tuesday, warning of rising authoritarianism in the US and detailing numerous ways in which the rule of law and basic rights are being threatened. The report, entitled Ringing the Alarm Bells: Rising Authoritarian Practices and Erosion of Human Rights in the United States, ties these areas of concern largely [...]

The Virginia Senate passed a constitutional amendment Friday that would allow lawmakers to pursue congressional and legislative redistricting outside the traditional post-census cycle, clearing the final legislative hurdle required to place the proposal before voters. The amendment would modify the Virginia Constitution, which currently ties redistricting to the decennial census. Passage in both chambers during [...]