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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers use a chain to more comfortably restrain a detained person using handcuffs positioned in front.

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Judge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify people illegally in U.S.

The decision comes after the acting IRS commissioner resigned over a deal allowing ICE to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification.

May 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Demonstrators protest in front of the federal courthouse where Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan appeared in front of a judge after being arrested by the FBI as she arrived for work this morning at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 25 in Milwaukee, Wisc.

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  • Law

Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI 'stood up' for her community, state lawmaker says

The FBI's arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan is meant to scare officials and others from "standing up to the Trump regime," says Democrat State Rep. Ryan Clancy.

April 28, 2025
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Obed Manuel
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference Friday at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md.

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  • Politics

Deadline looms in case of Maryland man's wrongful deportation to El Salvador

The Supreme Court has paused a deadline to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, after a federal district judge ordered the administration to bring him back by tonight.

April 07, 2025
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd and
  • Joel Rose
Nels Peterson

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  • Law

Georgia Supreme Court justices choose Nels S.D. Peterson as next chief justice

The justices on the Georgia Supreme Court have unanimously elected Presiding Justice Nels S.D. Peterson to be the state’s next chief justice.

February 28, 2025
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By:
  • Dave Williams
A court found that President Trump's administration had not complied with an earlier court order. Experts worry about the potential of a constitutional crisis.

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  • Politics

What happens if Trump starts ignoring court rulings? We break it down

A court finding that the Trump administration did not comply with an earlier order and a recent statement by Vice President Vance have some experts warning of a potential constitutional crisis.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., in 2023.

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  • Politics

Trump's executive actions are getting challenged as 'arbitrary.' What does that mean?

At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.

February 08, 2025
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  • Christina Gatti
A yard sign in front of the Graball Country Store in Hogg Hummock encourages McIntosh voters to vote yes and repeal rezoning on Sapelo Island. Credit: Jazz Watts/SICARS

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  • News

Judge halts Sapelo zoning vote mid-election

More than 800 McIntosh residents have already cast their ballots regarding the repeal of Hogg Hummock zoning.

September 27, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
Chatham County District Attorney, Shalena Cook Jones speaks at a press conference at the Chatham County Courthouse on September 25, 2024 in Savannah, GA. During the press conference the District Attorney announced the indictment of former Savannah Police officer Ernest Ferguson, Jr. in the shooting death of 31-year-old Saudi Lee.(Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current) Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • News

Grand jury indicts Savannah policeman for 2022 murder of Saudi Lee

Chatham County's Democratic district attorney will prosecute former officer Ernest Ferguson for killing a Black man.

September 27, 2024
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  • Jake Shore and
  • The Current
Muscogee Nation Secretary of Culture and Humanities Raelynn Butler outside the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, before a hearing in the case between the Muscogee Nation and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.

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  • Law

A decades-long dispute between two tribes gets an airing in Atlanta's 11th Circuit Court

A yearslong dispute between two federally recognized tribes — the Muscogee Nation from Oklahoma and Poarch Band of Creek Indians from Alabama — over the future of the remains of people from which both tribes claim descent was heard in the Federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Environmental activists rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 after it ruled against the Obama administration's plan to cut climate-warming emissions at the nation's power plants. The Supreme Court has since further limited the power of federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency.

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  • Climate

Why the next president's judicial appointments will impact climate action

The Supreme Court's recent term illustrates the judiciary's outsized role in government's ability to address climate change. The coming election could shape the judicial landscape for decades to come.

July 13, 2024
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  • Nathan Rott

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  • History

The Right to An Attorney

Most of us take it for granted that if we're ever in court and we can't afford a lawyer, the court will provide one for us. And in fact, the right to an attorney is written into the Constitution's sixth amendment. But for most of U.S. history, it was more of a nice-to-have — something you got if you could, but that many people went without.

Today, though, public defenders represent up to 80% of people charged with crimes. So what changed? Today on the show: how public defenders became the backbone of our criminal legal system, and what might need to change for them to truly serve everyone.

To access bonus episodes and listen to Throughline sponsor-free, subscribe to Throughline+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/throughline.

February 29, 2024
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  • Ramtin Arablouei,
  • Rund Abdelfatah,
  • and 7 more
Tulalip Tribes Police arrest a suspect from another tribe on drug charges. One charge — possession of drug paraphernalia — wouldn't apply to non-Native suspects in Washington state

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  • National

Tribal courts can't prosecute non-Native drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem

As the fentanyl crisis ravages Native American communities, some of their leaders want tribal police and courts to go after non-tribal dealers. But they can't without getting permission from Congress.

February 20, 2024
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
 A masked Glynn County narcotics unit officer at the scene of a February 2018 crash, where GBNET officers allegedly sought to cover up their involvement. Credit: Body camera screenshot

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  • News

Justices weigh former Glynn police chief’s actions in oral arguments

The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments by both prosecution and defense lawyer for ex-chief John Powell.

February 13, 2024
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By:
  • Jake Shore
Alex Murdaugh, right, talks with his attorneys Dick Harpootlian, left, and Jim Griffin during his sentencing for stealing from 18 clients on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at the Beaufort County Courthouse in Beaufort, S.C.

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  • Law

Alex Murdaugh's financial fraud victims confront him in court before his sentencing

The emotional testimony from victims who had been duped by the disgraced lawyer came before a judge accepted a deal sentencing Murdaugh to 27 years in prison for stealing about $12 million.

November 28, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Shalena Cook Jones

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  • News

Chatham DA to appeal federal judge’s sanctions against her

Scathing federal sanctions accused Shalena Cook Jones of misleading statements, disrespect of court system

November 28, 2023
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  • Jake Shore and
  • The Current
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