University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: June 2025

Shamir and Chinski (1998), “Destruction of Houses and Construction of a Cause: Lawyers and Bedouins in the Israeli Courts”

This chapter highlights how lawyers navigate a complex legal and political landscape, using the law both to resist state power and to assert the rights of a vulnerable community within an authoritarian-leaning framework.

Ahmed and Stephan (2010), “Fighting for the Rule of Law: Civil Resistance and the Lawyers’ Movement in Pakistan”

The article examines how Pakistan’s grassroots lawyers’ movement leveraged nonviolent resistance and mass mobilization to restore judicial independence, highlighting civil society’s potential to drive democratic change under authoritarian rule.

Brad Lander, New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate, not charged following arrest at immigration court

On June 17, 2025, New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by ICE agents at an immigration court in Manhattan. Lander was escorting an immigrant defendant when he was detained, allegedly for assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer. Lander denies the accusations and has not been formally charged. Federal …

Florida Attorney General Defied Order Blocking Part of Immigration Law, Judge Rules

A federal judge in Miami found Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in contempt of court after he defied an order blocking a controversial state immigration law. Despite a February ruling halting enforcement of the law criminalizing undocumented entry into Florida, Uthmeier instructed law enforcement to proceed with arrests, arguing the order lacked specific agency direction. …