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The Privacy Rights of Terrorism Defendants, Muslim and Non-Muslim
The official position of the Department of Justice—according to a legal brief filed in February—is that association with a terrorism charge is so stigmatizing that defendants should not be publicly ident... -
Document: Justice Department Charges New York Man for False Statements About Firearm Possession
On April 3, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York charged Thomas Alonzo Bolin with making false statements about his possession of firearms to FBI agents in the course of an inv... -
Road Map to Impeachment Proceedings? What Watergate Can Teach Us About Unsealing the Mueller Report
At 11:00 a.m. on March 1, 1974, lawyers and reporters gathered in Judge John Sirica’s courtroom in Washington. The Watergate special prosecutor’s office had issued its usual bland announcement: A “procee... -
Documents: Government Motions to Dismiss Border Emergency Lawsuits
On Tuesday, the Trump administration filed motions to dismiss in two lawsuits challenging President Trump’s use of a national emergency declaration to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The suits, C... -
Document: Woman Carrying Malware Charged With Illegally Entering Mar-A-Lago
According to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Secret Service agents at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida arrested a woman who alleg... -
Document: Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Intelligence and Military Pre-Publication Review
On Tuesday, former intelligence and military officials filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the government's pre-publication review process, which requires former personnel to submit publ... -
Document: Chelsea Manning Motion for Release Pending Appeal
Chelsea Manning, held in civil detention since her refusal in March to comply with a grand jury subpoena in Virgina federal court, has filed a motion for release pending appeal of her civil contempt char... -
Court of Military Commissions Review Upholds Life Sentence for al-Bahlul
On March 21, the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) upheld Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul’s conviction and life sentence for conspiracy to commit war crimes. The court also dismissed Bahl... -
Unpacking the Obstruction of Justice Mystery in the Barr Letter
On March 24, Attorney General William Barr sent a letter to Congress that summarized the “principal conclusions” of the report filed the previous week by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. -
Document: Habeas Petition Challenging Indefinite Detention Under 'Special Circumstances'
The New York Times reports that Adham Amin Hassoun has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his current detention in an immigration facility in Buffalo, New York. Hassoun, a Palestini... -
What to Make of Bill Barr’s Letter
Barr’s letter contains good news for the president, but it also raises ominous questions that only Mueller’s report can answer. -
Documents: Bombing Suspect Cesar Sayoc Pleads Guilty
Cesar Altieri Sayoc, arrested in October 2018 in connection with the mailing of 16 pipe bombs to 13 former government officials and prominent Democrats, pleaded guilty on Thursday to 65 felony counts in ...
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