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FISA

A law that governs the collection of foreign intelligence, and its application in criminal cases.

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Jan 24, 2026
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Is there a law that states have to turn over illegal criminal?

, one state generally must deliver a person who fled to another state when the demanding state formally requests surrender; that duty is implemented by federal statutes (not optional private comity) a...

Jan 12, 2026
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Can ICE legally search my phone without a warrant at the U.S. border?

The legal default at U.S. borders permits warrantless searches of people and their belongings—including electronic devices—under the longstanding "border search" exception to the Fourth Amendment, a p...

Jan 11, 2026

What legal defenses has Trump or his lawyers presented against the ICC allegations?

The Trump administration’s defenses against potential International Criminal Court (ICC) scrutiny combine formal legal arguments — chiefly that the ICC lacks jurisdiction over U.S. officials and that ...

Jan 8, 2026

What legal definitions do US state statutes use when referring to sharia or foreign law?

State statutes that target “Sharia” typically define the phrase indirectly — not as a detailed set of Islamic legal rules but as “foreign law,” “religious law,” or “any law…derived from a jurisdiction...

Jan 6, 2026

What legal standards and evidentiary rules govern the admission of classified intelligence in U.S. criminal trials involving foreign leaders?

When classified intelligence is headed into U.S. criminal trials—especially those implicating foreign leaders—the law threads three overlapping regimes: criminal statutes that forbid mishandling or di...