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Legislation introduced by Jasmine Clark is drawing attention from legal scholars, law enforcement officials, and civil liberties advocates as it advances through the Georgia House of Representatives. Known informally as the “Aroma Bill,” House Bill 496 (HB 496) proposes to significantly restrict police authority to conduct searches or arrests based solely on the odor of…
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A federal court filing alleges that U.S. immigration authorities knowingly violated a 2022 consent decree by detaining and deporting dozens—if not hundreds—of immigrants during large-scale enforcement operations in the Chicago area, even after acknowledging some arrests were unlawful. The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), which represents affected individuals, claims Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) failed…
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In a novel legal challenge targeting artificial intelligence, Nippon Life Insurance Company has filed suit against OpenAI, alleging that its ChatGPT chatbot effectively practiced law without a license, misled an Illinois woman into abandoning her attorney, and generated fabricated case law that prolonged baseless litigation. The dispute stems from a 2019 workplace injury claim by…
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In a significant setback for the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, a divided U.S. appeals court has upheld protections for over 350,000 Haitians living in the United States, ruling that the government cannot revoke their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) amid ongoing crises in Haiti. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in…
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Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Google and its subsidiary YouTube are facilitating — and profiting from — an international misinformation operation that uses artificial intelligence to defame Black public figures and mislead the public. In a statement and accompanying press remarks, Crump…
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Long before Brown v. Board of Education dismantled legal segregation in American public schools, Black lawyers were already fighting — and losing — in courtrooms across the United States. Those losses were not failures of vision or competence. They were deliberate steps in a long legal campaign that used the judiciary itself to expose the…
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A new online database created by an international team of academics is drawing attention in legal and policy circles for systematically tracking what it describes as authoritarian actions taken by President Donald Trump since the start of his second term in January 2025. The platform, known as the Trump Action Tracker, is run by British…
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Reports confirm that after Trevor Noah’s joke at the 2026 Grammy Awards referencing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, Trump publicly denied ever visiting Epstein’s private island and threatened to sue Noah for defamation on social media. This has prompted legal observers to weigh in on whether such a lawsuit could realistically succeed if filed. The…
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Federal prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice appear to be distancing themselves from the circumstances surrounding the arrest of journalist Don Lemon, even as they continue to pursue criminal charges tied to a January protest at a Minnesota church. Lemon, a former CNN anchor turned independent reporter, was taken into federal custody in Los…
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What began as a chance meeting during law school orientation at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has evolved into an extraordinary judicial legacy. Four former NCCU School of Law roommates — now all judges — are reflecting on a journey defined by professional excellence, mutual accountability, and the enduring impact of legal education at a…
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