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In|Justice Archive

Trump Asks SCOTUS to end Humanitarian Protections For Migrants From 4 Nations

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday made an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the deportation of…

Bail Laws: Lawmakers Close to Texas Republicans’ Goal of Keeping Defendants in Jail

After struggling for years to gain enough bipartisan support to tighten the state’s bail laws, Texas Republicans appear closer than…

Texas charges 6 in Frio County with violating law against ‘vote harvesting’

The county judge, two city council members and others are accused of vote harvesting.

Memphis Lawmakers Speak Out: 3 Former Police Officers Found Not Guilty in Death of Tyre Nichols

Memphis lawmakers expressed their “devastation” Wednesday at an out-of-town jury’s verdict finding three former Memphis police officers not guilty in…

Immigration lawyers rush to prevent imminent deportations to Libya, Saudi Arabia

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller spoke about arrangements made to deport undocumented immigrants to Libya if their country of origin…

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Wrongful Deportation Case More About Individual Rights Than Foreign Policy

The wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is more about individual rights and due process. Not foreign policy.

Medical records in controversial jail death contradict JSO account

Hundreds of pages of doctors’ notes shed light on a death that has prompted protests and stirred outrage from Faggart’s…

NYU Demands Law Students Renounce Protests or Be Barred from Sitting Final Exams

After being banned from campus buildings following peaceful sit-ins, students said the disciplinary processes broke from school policies.

A Bomb Threat Targeted Student )rotesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed?

A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the “terrorists/communists that are protesting.” But you wouldn’t know that from the school’s…

For Some Black Landowners, 40 Acres and a Nightmare

For generations, Black land dispossession has robbed people of life and land. The current political climate could yield a repeat.

Students Sue Department of Defense for Pulling ‘DEI’ Books From its School Libraries

The lawsuit accuses the agency of violating the First Amendment rights of students by restricting lessons and library books related…

Assassination Attempt: PA Gov. Josh Shapiro, Family

Governor Josh Shapiro attacked— a man used a hammer to break into his home in the middle of the night,…