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Jul 24, 2026 Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration's bid to redetain a Georgetown scholar arrested for pro-Palestinian speech Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
A federal appeals court upheld habeas rights for a detained immigrant, denying an attempt to reverse a bail release tied to political speech.
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- US appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to redetain Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri — The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration's attempt to redetain Badar Khan Suri, an Indian postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University arrested by ICE in March 2025 for pro-Palestinian social media speech. The 2-1 decision upheld a lower court's bail release and rejected the government's motion to move the case from Virginia to Texas, affirming that detained immigrants retain habeas corpus rights to challenge detention in federal court even during pending removal proceedings.
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Week 79 – 2026-07-18–2026-07-24
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