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FISA Section 702, which lawmakers must reauthorize by March 2027, allows federal intelligence agencies to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance on foreign nationals of suspicion, whether they are abroad or traveling in the U.S.
Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children are set to lose legal representation. The federal contract that pays for legal access expired Friday.
Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children are set to lose legal representation. The federal contract that pays for legal access expired Friday.Open
‘It needs some reforms’
The case is an early test of a court that has never been used before, where much of the evidence is presented in secret and defendants cannot challenge how it was collected.
For the first time in its three-decade existence, a secretive federal court created to handle the deportation of suspected terrorists has been put to use, […] Source
A Hawaii Supreme Court justice devoted nearly a tenth of a 91-page criminal opinion to accusing the U.S. Supreme Court of racism, democratic sabotage, and constitutional betrayal, then declared that Hawaii's courts will chart their own course, free of guidance from the nation's highest bench. Justice Todd Eddins, appointed in 2020 by former Democratic Gov. […] The post Hawaii Supreme Court justice uses criminal ruling to launch broadside against Roberts Court appeared first on American Almanac .
A Hawaii Supreme Court justice devoted nearly a tenth of a 91-page criminal opinion to accusing the U.S. Supreme Court of racism, democratic sabotage, and constitutional betrayal, then declared that Hawaii's courts will chart their own course, free of guidance from the nation's highest bench. Justice Todd Eddins, appointed in 2020 by former Democratic Gov. David Ige, authored the majority opinion in State v. Granillo, which ordered a new trial for a man convicted in 1990 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman on Maui. The legal basis for the new trial was straightforward: an FBI expert's hair and fiber evidence relied on forensic science that has since been discredited. Eight or nine pages of the opinion, however, had nothing to do…Open
David Streever, of Rochester, New York, sued the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, accusing the agency of violating his First Amendment rights.
The ruling by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could affect thousands of individuals who have been detained in its jurisdiction.
The ruling by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could affect thousands of individuals who have been detained in its jurisdiction.Open
By Wendi Strauch Mahoney Americans who treasure their due process rights should keep an eye on Axon Enterprise.