A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that the increasing searches of electronic devices at border crossing points by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) violate the Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable search and seizure because the searches are not based on reasonable suspicion. District Judge Denise Casper issued [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases concerning immigration and border issues. The first, Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, is a challenge to the Trump administration’s 2017 decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Child Arriveals (DACA) program. And the second, Hernandez v. Mesa, stems [...]

Turkey announced Monday that they had begun repatriating captured foreign ISIS militants, beginning with the deportation of an American citizen and a Danish national. Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu announced last week that Turkey would begin sending militants back to their home countries, even those whose citizenship has been stripped. The process of deporting numerous [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Remington Arms Company attempting to block a lawsuit by the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. The Supreme Court of Connecticut decided in March that the case could go forward. They ruled that the theory that Remington “knowingly marketed, advertised, and promoted the XM15-E2S for [...]

The three House of Representatives committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump released the transcript of the deposition of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Laura Cooper on Tuesday in which she testified that the Pentagon was not informed of the rationale for the Trump administration’s decision to withhold [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that a group of US-born tech workers had a claim that a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule allowing temporary-work visa holders’ spouses to seek employment unlawfully increased competition in the labor market. The case reached the DC Circuit Court after the [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against New York officials to block the release of his tax returns Monday because the DC court lacked personal jurisdiction over the New York officials. Judge Nichols determined that the lawsuit against the New York officials, New York [...]

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari on Friday in case over booking.com trademark registration. The Solicitor General petitioned in July for the Supreme Court to hear the case. The case involves the travel website, booking.com, which attempted registration of a trademark for its website name. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused to register [...]

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the US against Cuba. As stated in the resolution, the Obama administration modified several aspects of the embargo, such as lifting some travel restrictions. These policies “contrast” with measures implemented by current President Donald [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday affirmed the district court’s denial of the Wisconsin legislature’s motion to intervene in a Planned Parenthood lawsuit to challenge state abortion regulations. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin sued against Wisconsin’s Attorney General to enjoin enforcement of state abortion regulations that it alleges violate the constitutional [...]