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Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil asks US Supreme Court to hear case · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: Palestinian activist and former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil
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  Speaker 1: has formally petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review
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  Speaker 1: a lower court ruling that threatens to subject him to
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  Speaker 1: immediate rearrest and deportation by federal immigration authorities. In a
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  Speaker 1: high-stakes petition filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Khalil's
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  Speaker 1: legal team asked the justices to overturn a decision by
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  Speaker 1: the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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  Speaker 1: which found that federal district judges lacked jurisdiction to intervene
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  Speaker 1: in immigration-related detentions until administrative. Immigration courts complete all removal proceedings.
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  Speaker 1: The appeal marks a critical juncture in the broader constitutional
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  Speaker 1: battle over executive authority, First Amendment protections, and the rights
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  Speaker 1: of non-citizens to challenge retaliatory government action. Khalil became a
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  Speaker 1: prominent figure in national civil rights litigation following his arrest
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  Speaker 1: in early 2025 by immigration and customs enforcement agents who
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  Speaker 1: revoked his green card over his leadership in pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations.
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  Speaker 1: Although a federal district judge in New Jersey subsequently ordered
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  Speaker 1: his release after finding that the administration failed to show
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  Speaker 1: he posed a safety or flight risk, the Third Circuit
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  Speaker 1: Appellate Court later reversed that ruling. concluding that statutory provisions
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  Speaker 1: within the Immigration and Nationality Act bar federal courts from
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  Speaker 1: granting habeas corpus relief during ongoing removal proceedings. Attorneys for
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  Speaker 1: Khalil argue that denying non-citizens immediate access to federal judicial
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  Speaker 1: oversight leaves individuals vulnerable to prolonged, unconstitutional detention designed specifically
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  Speaker 1: to suppress constitutionally protected speech. Speaking to reporters following the filing,
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  Speaker 1: Khalil emphasized that the Supreme Court's decision will carry profound
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  Speaker 1: ramifications for free speech and political dissent across the nation,
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  Speaker 1: warning that permitting executive agencies to target non-citizens for protected
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  Speaker 1: expression creates a dangerous precedent for all residents. Civil rights
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  Speaker 1: organizations and constitutional scholars have filed supporting briefs emphasizing that
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  Speaker 1: federal courts must maintain their traditional habeas corpus authority to
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  Speaker 1: prevent arbitrary detentions and preserve fundamental due process protections. As
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  Speaker 1: the high court considers whether to grant review, a temporary
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  Speaker 1: stay remains in effect, leaving Khalil free while the justices
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  Speaker 1: evaluate a case that could redefine the boundaries of federal
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  Speaker 1: judicial review over immigration enforcement.