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• 2026年4月29日，數百人聚集在 U.S. Supreme Court，針對 Haitians 與 Syrians 的 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) 案件進行辯論，大法官們正審查 Trump 總統終止該計畫的權限。 • 根據聽證會報告，法官席對撤銷驅逐赦免的廣泛行政權力持懷疑態度。 • 裁決可能會影響數千名面臨驅逐的人，並在 midterms 之前測試移民行政行動的限制。

• 眾議院民主黨人在 4 月 29 日的聽證會上，自伊朗戰爭爆發以來首度對國防部長 Pete Hegseth 抱持懷疑態度進行質詢，並針對策略與成本持續施壓。 • 一名民主黨議員指責 Hegseth 具黨派偏見，並在激烈的交鋒中引用他過往的言論進行回擊。 • 這次對峙凸顯了在支持率暴跌之際，雙方針對戰爭的經濟代價以及 Trump 的外交政策存在嚴重的黨派分歧。

• 三名被告否認涉嫌策劃去年在倫敦針對兩棟房屋及一輛與首相相關車輛的縱火攻擊。 • 法院獲悉，一系列針對 Keir Starmer 相關財產的縱火攻擊，是由一名使用化名「El Money」的俄語聯絡人主使的。 • 在檢察官 Duncan Atkinson KC 開庭審理去年五月發生的縱火攻擊案時，來自烏克蘭的 22 歲 Roman Lavrynovych、35 歲 Petro Pochynok 以及 27 歲的羅馬尼亞籍 Stanislav Carpiuc 低頭聆聽翻譯。

• 本案旨在探討 Trump 政府是否有權撤銷數十萬移民的臨時保護狀態 (TPS)。 • 最高法院將於週三就 Trump 政府是否能撤銷數十萬敘利亞人和海地人的臨時保護狀態 (TPS) 進行口頭辯論；該計畫原先因其原籍國的安全疑慮，保護他們免於被驅逐出境。 • 由於政府認定其原籍國因戰爭、政治不穩定或自然災害而並不安全，獲得 TPS 的人士獲准在美國居住與工作。在過去一年中，Trump 政府試圖削減針對多個國家的該計畫，這為遣返數十萬名在美受保護移民開啟了大門。閱讀更多...

Home secretary is challenging high court decision that PA’s proscription interfered with freedom of speechThe ban on Palestine Action has created a “culture of fear” among those campaigning for Palestinian rights and judges were right to deem it unlawful, the court of appeal has heard.Shabana Mahmood is challenging the high court’s decision in February that Palestine Action’s proscription, the first of a direct action protest group, represented a “very significant interference” with the rights to freedom of speech and assembly. It also found that the ban, which remains in place pending the appeal, was a breach of the home secretary’s own policy on proscription. Continue reading...

Lawyer for DoJ argued actions taken in public while in possession of a smartphone afforded no expectation of privacyThe US supreme court is considering whether sprawling warrants for smartphone location data infringe on Americans’ privacy rights and violate the constitution.Justices heard opening arguments in Chatrie v United States on Monday that concerned law enforcement’s reliance on so-called “geofence warrants” in difficult cases. The case was originally brought by Okello Chatrie, whose phone location data helped police in Richmond, Virginia, track him down after he robbed a bank at gunpoint and escaped with $195,000 in 2019. Chatrie pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but his lawyers argue none of the evidence against him should have been admissible in court. Continue reading...