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Justice April 23, 2025

Habeas corpus: A thousand-year-old legal principle for defending rights that’s getting a workout under the Trump administration

by Andrea Seielstad, University of Dayton, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In some parts of the world, a person may be secreted away or imprisoned…

Justice April 21, 2025

‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years on the bench’ – a former federal judge looks at the ‘relentless bad behavior’ of the Trump administration in court

by John E. Jones III, Dickinson College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Legal battles between the Trump administration and advocates for deportees flown to prison…

Justice April 18, 2025

Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means

by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A battle between the Trump administration and federal courts over the deportation…

Justice April 17, 2025

Same-sex marriage is under attack by state lawmakers, emboldened by Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ measures and the Supreme Court’s willingness to overturn precedent

by Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Same-sex marriage, which the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 legalized nationwide in the…

Justice April 14, 2025

Georgia college students sue Trump administration, allege visas are being unlawfully revoked

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 14, 2025 Five international college students and two recent graduates studying in Georgia…

Justice April 14, 2025

Kennesaw State students say anti-DEI from state and feds already sapping campus support

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 9, 2025 Some Kennesaw State University students say they will lose access to…

Justice April 14, 2025

What the Supreme Court’s ruling on man wrongly deported to El Salvador says about presidential authority and the rule of law

by Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Supreme Court on April 10, 2025, unanimously upheld the lower court…

Justice April 3, 2025

The never-ending sentence: How parole and probation fuel mass incarceration

by Lucius Couloute, Trinity College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the…

Justice March 23, 2025

Trump’s defiance of a federal court order fuels a constitutional crisis − a legal scholar unpacks the complicated case

by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act on March 15,…

Justice March 14, 2025

Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go

by Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When John Adams became the second president of the United States in 1797, he…

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Habeas corpus: A thousand-year-old legal principle for defending rights that’s getting a workout under the Trump administration

‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years on the bench’ – a former federal judge looks at the ‘relentless bad behavior’ of the Trump administration in court

Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means

Same-sex marriage is under attack by state lawmakers, emboldened by Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ measures and the Supreme Court’s willingness to overturn precedent

Georgia college students sue Trump administration, allege visas are being unlawfully revoked

Kennesaw State students say anti-DEI from state and feds already sapping campus support

What the Supreme Court’s ruling on man wrongly deported to El Salvador says about presidential authority and the rule of law

The never-ending sentence: How parole and probation fuel mass incarceration

Trump’s defiance of a federal court order fuels a constitutional crisis − a legal scholar unpacks the complicated case

Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go