Day 445
April 9, 2026
4 incidents
- Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Foreign Policy & War
Continued strikes and Hezbollah retaliatory rockets
Israeli airstrikes continue across Lebanon. Hezbollah launches retaliatory rocket attacks. The US remains silent on the previous day's massacre. Norway states the strikes 'breach international humanitarian law.'
From: U.S. Complicity in Israel's Operation Eternal Darkness: April 8 Lebanon Massacre
- Major Abuse of Power Press Freedom
Court finds non-compliance
The court holds that the department 'did not comply' with its order and enjoins the interim policy's challenged provisions; the department appeals the next day (opinion; Clearinghouse).
- Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Civil Rights
Analysis: Trump's Supreme Court rejects civil rights claims at historic rate
Washington Post analysis reveals Trump's reshaped Supreme Court is the first since the 1950s to reject civil rights claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities. Civil rights expansion wins dropped to 44%. Court favors religious rights 98% of the time while upholding voting protections in only 7% of cases.
From: Executive Order on Elections: Voter Suppression and Presidential Seizure of Election Administration
- Serious Rights Violation Civil Rights
Board of Immigration Appeals denies Khalil's bid to end the case
The Board of Immigration Appeals denied Khalil's bid to throw out the deportation case, leaving a final administrative removal order. In May 2026 his lawyers said they would seek Supreme Court review of the Third Circuit decision.
From: Deportation Proceedings Against Mahmoud Khalil for Pro-Palestine Protest Activity