World court judges sue Trump administration over sanctions
Three International Criminal Court judges — Kimberly Prost (Canada), Solomy Balungi Bossa (Uganda), and Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou (Benin) — filed a lawsuit in a Manhattan federal court on June 24, 2026, challenging sanctions the Trump administration imposed on them last year. The judges argue the sanctions were unlawful, exceeding the scope of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and lacking any genuine national emergency, and say the measures were meant to pressure and punish them for prior judicial decisions. The sanctions stemmed from the court’s arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and its earlier move to investigate alleged war crimes by U.S. troops in Afghanistan; the administration maintains the President acted lawfully to protect national security.