John Roberts – Eye on Islamism

When does free speech cross the line into breaking U.S. anti-terrorism laws? Former federal officials say the FBI should open a criminal investigation into a New Jersey native who leads a pro-Hamas nonprofit group. Civil rights advocates say she’s engaged in political speech.

November 1, 2024 Simone Weichselbaum and Chloe Atkins

(NBC) Charlotte Kates, a New Jersey native and Rutgers Law School graduate who co-founded the pro-Hamas organization Samidoun, has become the focus of an ongoing legal debate: When does free speech cross the line into breaking federal anti-terrorism laws? Over the last […]

Supreme Court wrestles with lawsuit shield for social media

February 21, 2023 Mark Sherman

(AP) In its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely Tuesday to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter in a […]

S.F. federal judge orders Biden administration to ease restrictions on victims of Trump travel ban

August 2, 2022 Bob Egelko

(SF Chronicle) Upon taking office, President Biden immediately withdrew Donald Trump’s ban on U.S. entry of anyone from a group of mostly Muslim countries. But Biden hasn’t done much for tens of thousands who applied for visa waivers under former President Trump’s […]

High court reimposes Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence

March 4, 2022 Mark Sherman

(AP) The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The justices, by a 6-3 vote Friday, agreed with the Biden administration’s arguments that a federal appeals court was wrong to throw out the sentence of death […]

Court orders dismissal of Trump Muslim travel ban challenges

June 8, 2020 Denise Lavoie

(AP) A federal appeals court on Monday ordered a lower court to toss out legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s 3-year-old ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries, finding that a judge misinterpreted a Supreme Court ruling that found the ban has […]

Court hears request to proceed with Trump travel ban cases

January 28, 2020 Denise Lavoie

(AP) A federal appeals court appeared skeptical Tuesday as civil rights groups sought to allow legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries to move forward despite a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the ban. The […]

Dems introduce bill to repeal Trump ‘Muslim ban’

April 10, 2019 Rachel Frazin

(Hill) Sen. Christopher Coons (D-Del.) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to end President Trump’s ban on travelers to the United States from five Muslim-majority countries. The legislation, known as the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act, […]

Democrats want to defund President Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ Legislation may have a better chance with House now controlled by Democrats

January 29, 2019 Niels Lesniewski

(Roll Call) Democrats in the House and Senate have again introduced legislation seeking to block funding for President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel from certain countries, which has been widely criticized as a “Muslim ban.” “The Muslim Ban — now in […]

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