Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In the midst of President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller’s totalizing immigration crackdown—an effort that has come to involve agents and soldiers in full combat gear marching and riding armored vehicles through major American…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAFF) – The month of June hasn’t been great for the Rocket City Trash Pandas. In fact, it’s been historically bad. In the past two weeks, the team hasn’t won a single game. Their most recent victory was a 4-1 win over Pensacola all the way back on Friday, June 13th. It was…
I have just returned from the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) conference in Malta, which was my first overseas trip since assuming the chairmanship of the Hong Kong Bar Association. The CLA, which is governed by a council drawn from some of the most senior legal professionals in the Commonwealth, was one of many that spoke…
And then there were five. The pool of eminent foreign judges sitting on Hong Kong’s top court, once of Olympic proportions, continues to evaporate. It is now little more than a puddle. The latest judge to depart is Robert French, the former chief justice of Australia’s High Court. His resignation is a blow to the…
A United States Border Patrol agent pleaded guilty in federal court to having told multiple women to expose their breasts during interviews to gain admission to the country. Shane Millan, 53, was charged in August 2024 with four misdemeanor counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, according to court records reviewed by USA…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. President Donald Trump has set Elon Musk loose on the executive branch, to stunning early effect. Musk controls the government’s payment system and may block payments he deems wasteful. He has claimed credit for unilaterally shutting…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs (widely referred to as DEIA) have been a central theme in the early days of the second Trump administration, including in a shameful and fact-free rant…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Elon Musk’s “Fork in the Road” email offering 2.3 million federal civil servants a “deferred resignation” through September set off a number of legal questions this country has never been forced to consider, and…
The reputation of Hong Kong’s legal system is of paramount importance as the city seeks to forge international ties and attract talent, tourists and investment in the Year of the Snake. Leading lights of the profession used the ceremonial opening of the legal new year to express defiance in the face of a barrage of…
The opening of the new legal year, with judges resplendent in their ceremonial wigs and gowns, symbolises the continuity of Hong Kong’s justice system and its time-honoured traditions. Leaders of the profession yesterday underlined the importance of continued adherence to fundamental principles as the city faces fresh challenges. The chief justice, secretary for justice and…