The Fate of Habeas Rights in Expedited Removal Proceedings
This is a guest post authored by Kevin Thompson, a student at University of Minnesota Law School.
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Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Blockbuster cases came to the Supreme Court this week involving campaign finance laws, the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, sentencing reductions, and...
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