Legal Framework

Universal Declaration of Human Rights — Article 10

Guarantees the right to a fair and public hearing before an independent, impartial tribunal in all matters concerning rights, obligations, and criminal charges.

Related incidents

2 incidents

Systematic Attacks on Judicial Independence and Defiance of Court Orders

A pattern of court order defiance, threats against judges, calls for impeachment, and DOJ Civil Rights Division gutting that constitutional scholars describe as the most serious executive-judicial …

  • The administration continued deportation flights after Judge Boasberg ordered them stopped, leading to a finding of probable cause for …
  • Trump called for the impeachment of Judge Boasberg, prompting a rare rebuke from Chief Justice Roberts.

Deportation Traps at Immigration Court Hearings and Systematic Denial of Due Process

ICE turned mandatory immigration court hearings into arrest traps, coordinating in real time with government attorneys to arrest immigrants whose cases were dismissed. Record-setting asylum denials, …

  • ICE agents arrested immigrants at mandatory immigration court hearings, using case dismissals as triggers for arrest in a coordinated …
  • Government attorneys and ICE officers coordinated in real time, with agents in hallways waiting to identify and arrest individuals whose …