June 11, 2015A watchdog report released Thursday alleges that federal immigration officials face considerable pressure to maintain "lockup quotas" that are worked into deals with private contractors at certain...
October 14, 2015In a strongly worded opinion that invoked discrimination against Jews as well as the United States government's internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, a federal court has cleared the...
November 12, 2015The University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved Thursday an $875,000 settlement agreement with Professor Steven Salaita that will end his lawsuits against the university—but will not provide...
A new Reuters exposé shows the Pentagon has thwarted the Obama administration’s efforts to close Guantánamo by imposing bureaucratic hurdles to delay
Updated: December 30, 2015
In a major victory for civil rights advocates, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously refused to reinstate Donald Trump’s executive order that banned people from seven Muslim-...
Updated: February 10, 2017
November 20, 2018...The request was made by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, who took legal action after President Donald Trump issued the ban this month in response to the...
July 17, 2020...“I guess the initial reaction is that we’ve heard this before from the police department, this is kind of a tool from their classic playbook, which is that they respond to any sort of change or...
January 7, 2022... Hale, who has personally rejected the “whistleblower” label , is currently incarcerated at USP Marion, a federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, where he has been held in a “Communications...
January 14, 2022...In the months since that release, there have been few signs of progress in closing the notorious offshore prison on the U.S. base in Cuba. That has led to increased skepticism about Biden’s...
July 15, 2022... The letter went on to say: “Under the exceptional circumstances of this unique case and before the facts have been fully litigated or there has been any final judgment by the court in this case...
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