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Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador sparks legal questions likely to reach the Supreme Court

A federal appeals court on March 26, 2025, upheld a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants, including alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.

The Conversation

India has 564 inmates on death row, highest in over two decades

Following the uproar and the widespread protests after the August 2024 rape and murder of a medical professional in Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital, there were demands for death penalty for the accused. The state government passed the Aparajita Woman and Child [West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment] Bill 2024 [awaiting presidential…

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Universities Should Challenge Trump's Speech-Based Deportations of Students in Court [Updated]

A lawsuit brought by universities could potentially be much more effective than leaving individual students to fend for themselves.

Reason

Harvard Law School v. Vermeule

Dueling letters from 90+ members of the HLS faculty and Adrian Vermeule

Reason

Lee Kovarsky on the Venue Issue in the Alien Enemies Act Case

A leading expert on habeas corpus explains why the Trump Administration is wrong to claim the case must be heard in Texas, rather than Washington, DC.

Reason

A Rendezvous With Humphrey

The Justices have had plenty of time to think about how to resolve Humphrey's Executor and should not punt.

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Coastal Judges Play Keep-Away From The Fifth Circuit

The Trump administration detains individuals in Texas and Louisiana, yet federal courts on the Amtrak Corridor continue to exercise jurisdiction.

Reason

Hafta 530: Kunal Kamra controversy, Justice Yashwant Varma cash case, Delhi budget

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by comedian and screenwriter Anuvab Pal. The panel first discusses the Kunal Kamra controversy. Jayashree lays down the timeline of incidents and Abhinandan highlights the Supreme Court’s comments on free speech in the Imran…

Newslaundry

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Facsimile fun, federal funding freezes, and fateful photos.

Reason

Michael Ramsey's "The Originalist Case Against the Insular Cases"

An important new article explains why the Supreme Court's precedents denying many constitutional rights to residents of America's overseas territories are wrong.

Reason

How due process could die at SCOTUS

A judge's dissent may serve as a preview of legal arguments that Trump will make at the Supreme Court

Salon

Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to lift an order barring deportations under wartime law

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law, while a court fight continues

The Independent UK

Allahabad HC Bar Association declares boycott of Justice Varma's swearing-in

Justice Varma's transfer was notified by the Law Ministry on Friday, days after the Supreme Court Collegium recommended his repatriation to the Allahabad HC over allegations of a huge amount of a cash being discovered at his residential premises following an incident of fire. Read further on Dynamite News:

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US asks Supreme Court to allow Trump action on Venezuelan gang - Roll Call

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow the use of a proclamation to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.

International Business Times

Family Fights For Death-row Retrial Under Japan's 'Snail-paced' System

Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder after failing to win her long campaign for a retrial.

International Business Times

The UK Car Loan Scandal That Could Cost Banks Billions

Banks may have to pay out tens of billions of pounds if the British Supreme Court upholds a judgment ruling controversial car loans are unlawful, in a case beginning in April.

Al Jazeera

Israel’s parliament passes law to expand control over judge appointments

Israel’s government reshapes judiciary, triggering renewed protests and amplifying concerns over democratic erosion.

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The Conversation

Signal-gate security blunder overshadows Black Sea ceasefire

Depending on what you think of Donald Trump, his administration could fit either of the following two descriptions. Chaotic, vindictive and accident-prone, marked by mendacity, driven by impulse and bent on securing the will of the leader, rather than – as in the US constitution – the will of the…

The Conversation

US stands on the brink of a constitutional crisis as Donald Trump takes on America’s legal system

As the 19th-century French political philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville, memorably observed, Americans have a tendency to fight their political battles in court. Barely two months into his presidency, Donald Trump is demonstrating increasing frustration as trade unions, civil rights organisations and states attorneys general challenge the implementation of his policies…

Newslaundry

Unpacking the Delhi High Court judge cash controversy

A fire and burnt piles of cash have created a lot of stir in Delhi and beyond. Reports have been filed and replies sought. The Supreme Court has formed an inquiry panel. Political leaders are once again debating which process is better for appointment of judges.

TechRadar

NYU website defaced as hacker leaks info on a million students

An attempt to expose racism at NYU seems to have escalated as hackers leak sensitive info on millions.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk hands out $1m to voter in desperate attempt to flip Wisconsin’s Supreme Court

Musk’s political committee, America PAC, announced that Scott A, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, was the first to be gifted the surprise million-dollar donation for signing up

The Conversation

Guinea-Bissau’s political crisis: a nation on the brink of authoritarianism

Guinea-Bissau faces a deep political crisis. For several years, the small west African nation has endured growing tensions between political institutions and there’s now a strong climate of uncertainty.

The Independent UK

Anti-abortion groups mount effort to strip Planned Parenthood funding ahead of Supreme Court hearing

Major anti-abortion groups are gathering in the nation's capital to begin a lobbying effort with Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood

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