Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was illegally deported and incarcerated in a Salvadoran prison. The Trump administration admits the deportation was illegal, but claims they can't be required to return him.
"Universities were bending over for federal funds long before Trump," writes Laura Kipnis.
The article covers state sanctuary policies, their constitutional basis, how they can constrain Trump's mass deportation efforts, and how Trump can try to get around them.
Know how much the law does—and doesn’t—protect your privacy rights.
Like with the Japanese internment during World War II, the current move to deport alleged alien criminals is driven by hysteria.
A new global survey reveals a stark decline in Americans' support for free speech as the Trump administration tightens its grip on expression.
The Trump administration says it is shameful even to suggest that immigration agents could make such errors.
The novelists join the podcast for a sharp, satirical dive into fiction, free speech, and the absurdity of modern culture.
The president seems optimistic. It's not clear why.
"Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works," said Jankowicz.
A federal court has allowed the contractor's claim to go forward, denying defendants' motion to dismiss (though of course the facts remain to be ascertained at trial or summary judgment).
More litigation is required to find out which kits and unfinished parts are subject to regulation.
"What is the end game here? Can you write a citation? Can you take me to jail?"
People are allegedly being classified as gang members for tattoos of crowns, clocks, and soccer logos.
The state legalized medical marijuana but banned dispensary owners from advertising. Now, one owner is taking the fight to the Supreme Court.
Disney scaled back DEI policies this year. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr still opened an investigation.
Brown is violating its code of conduct, which guarantees community members’ right to petition the university.
Narrow decision leaves ATF regulation in limbo.
The detention of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk illustrates the startling breadth of the authority the secretary of state is invoking.
which likely helped bring the current administration into power."
Canada long relied on the U.S. for protection. Now it needs to rediscover self-reliance.
A lawsuit brought by universities could potentially be much more effective than leaving individual students to fend for themselves.
"We're looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up," Rubio said in a Thursday press conference.
A new Justice Department rule could help "prohibited persons" who pose no threat to public safety.
It's a lawyer's argument, not an attempt at objective analysis. But I think that on balance it is generally quite correct, and powerfully framed.
Two months after he was inaugurated, Trump has smashed many of the government's silly DEI rules. But he hasn't created a new age of meritocracy.
between White women and Black men are the subject of heightened prejudice and violent responses that create a tangible risk of retaliation and animus against him."
Popular encryption apps are probably secure if government officials rely on them.
The self-styled watchdog site ranks news outlets' reliability, which has rankled those on both the right and left.
The Homeland Security secretary's use of El Salvador's largest prison for propaganda is unethical and an endorsement of an autocratic justice system.
The Court's opinion upholding federal regulation of "ghost guns" makes passing reference to Loper Bright Enterprises.
Débora Albuquerque scrawled “You lost, dude” on a statue. Now she’s being treated like a national security threat.
And you shouldn't be panicked into doing it either.
The court leaves open, though, the possibility that a narrower challenge aimed just at restrooms with closed stalls, where students wouldn't generally be partly or fully undressed where others can see them.
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