WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s activation of a long-dormant court to seek an Afghan woman’s deportation violates her constitutional rights, a defense lawyer argued Thursday at a hearing for the first case to be heard in the obscure court since its creation 30 years ago. Attorney Matthew Farley urged the chief judge of the Alien
Australia is taking Telegram to court over its alleged failure to remove “pro-terrorism” material, including video of the Christchurch shootings, the country’s eSafety commissioner has said. Julie Inman-Grant, who last year led Australia’s first global ban on social media for under-16s, said the platform faced a fine of up to A$54.6m (£28m, US$38m) for failing
WASHINGTON– A prominent Supreme Court litigator was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for evading a multimillion-dollar tax debt to the IRS and engaging in mortgage fraud, a case that shed light on his secret lifestyle as a high-stakes poker player and featured trial testimony from a Hollywood movie star. Thomas Goldstein, who also
WASHINGTON– A federal appeals court rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president. A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stayed its decision until Aug. 3 to
WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review an Alaska pilot’s claims that state authorities tried to illegally seize his $95,000 plane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry town. The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, sued to block the seizure of his plane after being convicted of
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan appeared in federal court in Miami, marking the beginning of extradition proceedings to the United Kingdom on a series of new charges including rape and sex trafficking. Speaking outside court after the hearing, a lawyer for the brothers said they would fight extradition. The Tates have been