The U.S. Justice Department has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a civil rights organization known for tracking hate groups, on charges of wire fraud, false statements to a bank, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC paid more than $3 million …
A CBS News Sunday Morning report by Ted Koppel examines the Trump administration’s restructuring of the U.S. immigration court system, which falls under the Department of Justice rather than the judicial branch. Over the past 14 months, more than 200 immigration judges have been fired, retired, or forced out, and former judges interviewed—including Ryan Wood, …
The Trump administration fired two immigration judges this past weekend who had earlier dismissed deportation cases against two pro-Palestinian student activists. Judge Roopal Patel had ruled there were no grounds to deport Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was held in detention for 45 days, while Judge Nina Froes dismissed proceedings against Columbia University …
Hundreds of former U.S. Department of Justice attorneys — who served under both Republican and Democratic administrations — have filed a formal comment opposing a proposed DOJ rule that would allow the Attorney General to block state bar associations from investigating federal government lawyers. The former officials argue the rule violates the McDade Amendment, a …
Charles R. Epp. “The Legal Complex In The Struggle To Control Police Brutality In India.” In Fates of Political Liberalism in the British Post-Colony: The Politics of the Legal Complex. Edited by Terence C. Halliday, Lucien Karpik, and Malcolm M. Feeley, pp. 91-111. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2012. This chapter examines the Indian legal …
Terence C. Halliday, Lucien Karpik, and Malcolm M. Feeley, eds. Fates of Political Liberalism in the British Post-Colony: The Politics of the Legal Complex. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2012. This book explores why new nations sharing the same British colonial heritage developed divergent levels of political liberalism after independence. Through comparative essays on former …
Edward L. Rubin. “The Varieties Of Judicial Independence And The Judiciary’s Role In Political Reform.” In The Legal Process and the Promise of Justice: Studies Inspired by the Work of Malcolm Feeley. Edited by Rosann Greenspan, Hadar Aviram, and Jonathan Simon, pp. 335-360. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2019. This chapter highlights the crucial role …
Mark Fathi Massoud. “The Legal Profession’s Promise Of Justice: Choices And Challenges In Legal And Socio-Legal Work.” In The Legal Process and the Promise of Justice: Studies Inspired by the Work of Malcolm Feeley. Edited by Rosann Greenspan, Hadar Aviram, and Jonathan Simon, pp. 314-334. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2019. This chapter examines the …
David T. Johnson and Setsuo Miyazawa. “Japanese Court Reform on Trial.” In The Legal Process and the Promise of Justice: Studies Inspired by the Work of Malcolm Feeley. Edited by Rosann Greenspan, Hadar Aviram, and Jonathan Simon, pp. 122-138. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2019. This chapter evaluates contemporary court reform in Japan, arguing that …
Jin Dong and Qian Cheng. “The Rise of Private Public Interest Lawyers in China.” In Global Pro Bono: Causes, Context, and Contestation. Edited by Scott L. Cummings, Fabio de Sa e Silva, Louise G. Trubek, pp. 672-705, Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2025. Although pro bono lacks a single standardized definition, it has become increasingly …