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NEW: For months, faith leaders have pushed for access to detainees at ICE facilities in Broadview, IL and outside Minneapolis.

This past month or so, clergy finally gained access in both places — bc judges ordered the govt to let them in.

Here’s what they saw. https://religionnews.com/2026/04/03/after-lengthy-court-battles-clergy-finally-visit-immigrant-detainees-in-illinois-and-minnesota/

After court battles, clergy visit ICE detainees in Illinois and Minnesota

(RNS) — In the last week, faith leaders were offered some of their first glimpses into ICE facilities, making use of a degree of access denied to most people — even members of Congress.

RNS

USAJusticeWatch 19h ago

A Baseless Copyright Claim Against a Web Host—and Why It Failed. “Higbee & Associates, a #law firm known for sending copyright demand letters to website owners, targeted May First Movement Technology, accusing it of infringing a photograph owned by AFP. The claim was baseless. May First didn’t post the photo. It didn’t even own the website where the photo appeared.“ | EFF https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/baseless-copyright-claim-against-web-host-and-why-it-failed

A Baseless Copyright Claim Against a Web Host—and Why It Failed

Higbee & Associates, a law firm known for sending copyright demand letters to website owners, targeted May First Movement Technology, accusing it of infringing a photograph owned by Agence France-Presse (AFP). The claim was baseless. May First didn’t post the photo. It didn’t even own the website where the photo appeared.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

USAJusticeWatch 23h ago

#Ethics Complaint Against [#lawyer] Boris #Epshteyn. “Lawyers Defending American Democracy, Democracy Defenders Fund, & a coalition of distinguished law professors & retired judges have asked the Attorney Grievance Committee of the Supreme Court of the State of New York to investigate whether Boris Epshteyn violated the NY Rules of #ProfessionalConduct while purportedly leading the Trump administration’s efforts to intimidate & silence major national #law firms.” | LDAD https://ldad.org/letters-briefs/ldad-files-ethics-complaint-boris-epshteyn

LDAD Files Ethics Complaint Against Boris Epshteyn – LDAD

USAJusticeWatch 23h ago

#Bondi isn’t off the hook yet for #Epstein testimony - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/pam-bondi-doj-trump-epstein-00856625

Bondi isn’t off the hook yet for Epstein testimony

House Oversight Chair James Comer isn’t ruling out making Bondi honor the subpoena the panel slapped her with last month.

Politico

USAJusticeWatch 1d ago

Human Rights Council members among least cooperative with #UN experts. “…It is also worth noting that the #UnitedStates & #Israel received the highest number of communications overall & provided zero substantive responses, while the #Russian Federation similarly dismissed inquiries. None of these States currently holds a Council seat, yet non-cooperation on this scale reflects a broader culture of selective engagement with UN human rights mechanisms.” | ISHR https://ishr.ch/latest-updates/human-rights-council-members-among-least-cooperative-with-un-experts/

Human Rights Council members among least cooperative with UN experts

A review of the Special Procedures country visit database and 2025 communications data shows that a number of current Human Rights Council members* are falling short in cooperating with UN Special…

ISHR

USAJusticeWatch 2d ago

Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: US Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter & May Be #WarCrimes. “We remind all states of their legal obligations not to aid or assist the #UnitedStates, #Israel, or #Iran in the commission of internationally wrongful acts, as well as to cooperate to bring to an end through lawful means serious breaches of peremptory norms of general #internationallaw…” | Just Security https://www.justsecurity.org/135423/professors-letter-international-law-iran-war/ #Iran #UNCharter #aggression #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #law

Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes

Over 100 international law experts sign letter on Iran War, UN Charter, and international humanitarian law.

Just Security

USAJusticeWatch 2d ago

Steve Herman 2d ago

If President Trump intended his televised speech about Iran to bring down the price of oil and calm stock traders, it has had the opposite effect in Asia. https://asia.nikkei.com/business/markets/trump-speech-sends-oil-higher-asia-stocks-down

USAJusticeWatch 2d ago

Steve Herman 2d ago

French President Macron offers blunt advice publicly to US President Trump: “You have to be serious. When you want to be serious, you don't say the opposite every day of what you said the day before. And perhaps you shouldn't talk every day.” https://www.france24.com/en/macron-says-unrealistic-open-hormuz-strait-force-urges-trump-be-serious

Macron says 'unrealistic' to open Hormuz Strait by force, urges Trump to 'be serious'

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz after US President Donald Trump challenged allies to work towards reopening it. In unusually strong criticism, Macron accused Trump of constantly contradicting himself on the Iran war and of undermining faith in the NATO military alliance.

FRANCE 24

USAJusticeWatch 2d ago

Macron says 'unrealistic' to open Hormuz Strait by force, urges Trump to 'be serious'. ‘French President Emmanuel #Macron…said it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of #Hormuz after #US President Donald #Trump challenged allies to work towards reopening it. In unusually strong criticism, Macron accused Trump of constantly contradicting himself on the #Iran war & of undermining faith in…NATO...” | France 24 https://www.france24.com/en/macron-says-unrealistic-open-hormuz-strait-force-urges-trump-be-serious

Macron says 'unrealistic' to open Hormuz Strait by force, urges Trump to 'be serious'

FRANCE 24

USAJusticeWatch 4d ago

Joe Kent’s Resignation Was Brave. His Analysis Is Faulty. “Joe Kent’s Resignation Was Brave. His Analysis Is Faulty. The former counterterrorism official’s assertion that #Israel was responsible for #US wars in #Iraq and #Syria is false, and evidence of a dangerously conspiratorial worldview.” | Peter Beinart, Jewish Currents https://jewishcurrents.org/joe-kents-resignation-was-brave-his-analysis-is-faulty

Joe Kent’s Resignation Was Brave. His Analysis Is Faulty.

The former counterterrorism official’s assertion that Israel was responsible for US wars in Iraq and Syria is false, and evidence of a dangerously…

Jewish Currents