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Saraphin Dhanani
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One of the Stiffest Charges Against Jan. 6 Insurrectionists Hangs on by a Thread in the D.C. Circuit
On April 7, in a 2-1 decision, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed the ruling of U.S. District Judge Carl...
The D.C. District Court Upholds the Government’s Geofence Warrant Used to Identify Jan. 6 Rioters
On Jan. 25, Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia handed down an opinion in the case of United...
A Cautionary Tale: What Iran and Cuba Can Teach Us About Designating Russia a State Sponsor of Terrorism
On Nov. 23, 2022, the European Parliament voted in favor of a resolution designating Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism (SST). The move was...
The D.C. Circuit Holds the Power to Upend Hundreds of Prosecutions of Jan. 6 Rioters
It’s the morning of Dec. 12, and Courtroom 31 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is sparsely populated—a surprise...
The Case for Designating the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
On Sept. 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin moved to officially annex the Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson following a sham referenda process...