Austin Sarat

1 week ago | contrarian.substack.com | Austin Sarat

By Austin SaratOn Monday, at the start of an Oval Office meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele about his willingness to use his country as a penal colony for immigrants deported from the United States, President Donald Trump turned his attention to a group he called “homegrown criminals.”As the two presidents walked into the meeting, Trump said to Bukele, “Homegrowns are next,” and urged him to build more prisons to house them.

1 week ago | mymalonetelegram.com | Austin Sarat

On March 31, word began to leak that DOGE was targeting the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). A few days later, it began rescinding grants made during the Biden administration and moving forward with a plan to cut 80% of the NEH staff. Grantees received the same email. “Your grant no longer effectuates the agency’s needs and priorities,” it said.

1 week ago | thehill.com | Austin Sarat

On Mar. 31, the United Arab Emirates informed the world that it had sentenced to death three people who had taken the life of an Israeli Moldovan rabbi last November, with what the prosecution called “terrorist intention.” After the sentence, the Emirates’s attorney general stressed that the sentences signified how his country will respond to any attempt to “undermine national security and stability.”The UAE has shown no hesitancy about turning death sentences into executions.

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Austin Sarat

By Austin Sarat, The Fulcrum On March 31, word began to leak that DOGE was targeting the National Endowment for the Humanities. A few days later, it began rescinding grants made during the Biden administration and moving forward with a plan to cut 80% of the NEH staff. Grantees received the same email. "Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities," it said.

1 week ago | salon.com | Austin Sarat

Commentators usually benchmark the first 100 days as a time to assess the initial accomplishments of a new presidential administration. But it may be that ten days earlier, April 20, will mark a more important day on the calendar for the Trump Administration.