Justice
Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization
Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed the idea of redistributing […]
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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
Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador sparks legal questions likely to reach the Supreme Court Prisoners stand in a cell as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a tour of the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025. AP Photo/Alex Brandon A federal […]
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Judge saves the CFPB, for now
Judge saves the CFPB, for now A court took action on Friday to keep the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from shutting down a consumer watchdog agency while its court case plays out. Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a preliminary injunction to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from being […]
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Trump’s defiance of a federal court order fuels a constitutional crisis − a legal scholar unpacks the complicated case
Trump’s defiance of a federal court order fuels a constitutional crisis − a legal scholar unpacks the complicated case The Supreme Court is seen on March 17, 2025, one day before Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare rebuke of a president. Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act on […]
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Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison
Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison Shackled and bent over – some of the 250-plus deportees arriving in El Salvador. El Salvador Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images El Salvador President Nayib Bukele framed his offer to house “dangerous American criminals” and “criminals from any […]
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