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Abandoning Principles: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Mullin v. Al Otro Lado Denying Asylum to Arriving Migrants

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By Lucas Guttentag
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In Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the Roberts Court interpreted a simple statutory phrase with vast consequences. The end result is a decision that gives the executive branch license to undermine asylum protections at the border – despite contrary congressional intent – and to undercut a foundational principle of refugee law.
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Sanitized and Unreviewable: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Mullin v Doe on Ending Temporary Protected Status for 1.3m Noncitizens

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By Mutasim Ali, Adam Keith
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In Mullin v. Doe, the Roberts Court issued a sweeping rejection of lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s summary termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) affecting more than a million noncitizens living and working legally in the United States. The 6-3 decision by Justice Samuel Alito dealt a blow to judicial review of unlawful administrative actions and white-washed some of the President’s most offensive and racialized statements. The decision does two things.
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U.S., U.K. Won’t Stop UAE’s Support to Sudan’s RSF by Tiptoeing Around It Original

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By Rebecca Crootof
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It’s easy to tell when the United States has grown tired of a friendly government pretending that it isn’t secretly backing a proxy in a brutal and destabilizing war. In March, the Trump administration sanctioned the entire Rwandan military and several of its top officers, barring U.S. companies and individuals from transacting with them.
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A Dangerous Legal Loophole: Consent is Not Enough for U.S. Military Activities in Latin America

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By Mutasim Ali, Adam Keith
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Between the Trump administration’s war crimes rhetoric, its accidental and intentional targeting of civilians with military strikes, and its commencement of an unconstitutional and unlawful war of aggression, it is an understatement to say that it has demonstrated little respect for international law.
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Early Edition: June 26, 2026

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By Jordan Street, Maria Kisumbi
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Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news: VENEZUELA QUAKE – CASUALTIES At least 235 people were killed and 4,300 injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela Wednesday evening, officials said Thursday. The death toll is expected to rise as thousands remain missing, Megan Janetsky, Andry Rincón, and Juan Pablo Arraez report for AP.
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When Warning Loses to Permission: Iran, Trump, and the Misapplied Label of “Intelligence Failure”

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By Brian O'Neill
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A year ago, I warned in these pages that the reshaping of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) under President Donald Trump risked producing failures that were not accidental but chosen — the consequence of an institution built to warn policymakers being rebuilt to affirm their preferences. The Iran conflict presents a more troubling mutation of that risk. Based on the available public record, the IC did not collapse into affirmation.
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Early Edition: June 25, 2026

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By Jordan Street, Maria Kisumbi
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VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKES Two back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela have killed at least 164 people and injured 700, interim President Delcy Rodríguez said, as rescuers searched collapsed buildings in Caracas and worst-hit La Guaira state. Vivian Sequera and Mayela Armas report for Reuters. The U.S. Geological Survey said its predictive model pointed to deaths likely in the thousands, with a substantial possibility of more than 10,000, though official figures remain preliminary. William B.
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Seeking Justice the Day After SCOTUS Killed the Alien Tort Statute

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By William Dodge
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In an opinion issued on June 23 in Cisco v. Doe I, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Cisco Systems, a U.S. technology company, shielding it from a lawsuit by torture survivors – members of the Chinese dissident group and spiritual movement Falun Gong, who claim the company helped the Chinese government surveil and target them.
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Corruption Sanctions Have Their Flaws. Impose Them Anyway.

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By Ryan Goodman, Jack Palmer-Coole
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This article was initially drafted for a Perry World House conference on “The Intersection of Sanctions and Corruption,” which was made possible in part by a generous grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. The views expressed are solely the author’s and do not reflect those of Perry World House, the University of Pennsylvania, or Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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Supreme Court Closes the Door on the Alien Tort Statute

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By Ryan Goodman, Jack Palmer-Coole
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On Tuesday, on June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe. Writing for a six-member majority, Justice Amy Coney Barrett held that federal courts may not hear human rights claims under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), effectively overruling the Court’s prior decision in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain (2004).
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