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Judge to Rule on Jurisdiction in Khan Suri Case, Remains Hesitant to Move Case to Texas

By Ruth Abramovitz and Aamir Jamil May 2, 2025

A federal judge remained skeptical of arguments that detained Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri’s case should move to Texas after lawyers sparred over jurisdiction at a May...

Tony Peltier/The Hoya | Lawyers for detained Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri filed motions to return him to Virginia and release him on bond, while attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have filed motions to dismiss or transfer the case to Texas.

Tracking Badar Khan Suri’s Legal Battle

By Aamir Jamil, Executive Editor April 11, 2025

Awaiting a May 1 hearing in Virginia, lawyers for detained Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri and attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have exchanged several motions regarding...

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Free Speech Project Panel on Charlottesville Probes Bounds of Expression

By Jesus Rodriguez November 2, 2017

The line is blurred between free speech and speech that is harmful or violent enough to be curtailed, according to four experts at a Georgetown University Free Speech Project panel Monday. Speaking...

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David Cole has been named the American Civil Liberties Union's new legal director.

GULC Professor Named ACLU’s National Legal Director

By Gaia Mattiace August 14, 2016

Georgetown Law Professor David Cole will serve as the American Civil Liberties Union’s new national legal director, the organization announced July 22. Cole, the GULC’s inaugural George J. Mitchell...

DC Councilmember Introduces Student Privacy Bill

By Marina Pitofsky February 5, 2016

D.C. Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large) introduced the Protecting Students Digital Privacy Act of 2016 on Jan. 19, which seeks to provide D.C. Public Schools students with additional security and...

Mayor Tightens Gun Control

By Emily Tu September 15, 2015

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier displayed more than 60 illegal guns recently seized by the MPD at a press conference Sept. 8 to highlight the Bowser administration’s...

ACLU Holds Talk on DC Issues

By Natasha Khan February 26, 2013

The Future Leaders Council of the American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation’s Capital held an event Friday on civil rights issues, primarily those concerning Washington, D.C., in an effort to increase...

ACLU Plans to Sue Metro Over Random Bag Searches

By Sarah Kaplan March 22, 2011

Local chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union launched a campaign against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's random bag search policy last month and are now considering a legal...

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