News Update For July 14th 2025: Just Security
- Monique Stallings
- Jul 14
- 2 min read
Today on Just Security Monday, July 14, 2025 |
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Be sure to visit www.justsecurity.org throughout the day for the latest analysis from the Just Security team. Gender Apartheid Should Be an International CrimeUnited Nations member States are formulating their positions on a proposed treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity, ahead of a January 2026 “preparatory committee” meeting that will lay the groundwork for amendments and full negotiations on a draft that has been under consideration since 2019. Some States and advocates specifically favor adding language that recognizes gender apartheid as an international crime. July 14, 2025 | Heather Barr, Macarena Saez and Stacey-Leigh ManuelRead Article Court of International Trade’s Flawed Ruling in Striking Down Trump’s TariffsFor several months, the Trump administration has aggressively deployed the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to impose (and in some cases subsequently modify) significant tariffs on U.S. trading partners. IEEPA is a very broadly-worded statute empowering the president to “deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, if the president declares a national emergency with respect to such threat.” July 14, 2025 | Samuel Estreicher and Andrew BabbittRead Article LITIGATION TRACKER UPDATESJuly 14, 2025Significant recent developments in Just Security’s tracker of legal challenges to Trump administration executive actions: Visit the Litigation TrackerExecutive Action: Dismantling the Department of Education State of New York v. McMahon (D.Mass)Case No. 1:25-cv-10601 The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to grant a stay of a preliminary injunction that had blocked the administration’s plans to dismantle the Department of Education and fire thousands of department employees. The majority did not provide any reasoning. In dissent, Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, warned that the Court’s order enables the executive branch to functionally “abolish” an entire department “by executive fiat. Executive Action: Immigration Raids and Arrests Perdomo v. Noem et al (C.D. Cal.)Case No. 2:25-cv-05605 Judge Frimpong granted temporary restraining orders last Friday, prohibiting the administration from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops in the Los Angeles area and denying detainees access to lawyers. The court wrote that the administration may conduct immigration enforcement, but all individuals, including immigrants, have rights guaranteed in the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. She emphasized that it is unlawful to deny access to legal representation immigration courts and to conduct stops based solely on race. Today, the administration filed an emergency motion to stay the TRO pending its appeal to the 9th Circuit. The Early Edition: July 14, 2025A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news. Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. July 14, 2025 | Weronika GalkaRead Today's News Roundup Support Just Security by Making a Donation. |
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