Josh Gerstein

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OPINION: More than the end of a respected regional broadcaster, the closure of Al Jazeera in the Balkans signals the onset of a dangerous phase for global democracy. politico.eu/article/balkan…

Qatar is projecting the face of Ismail Haniyeh onto a Doha skyscraper on the anniversary of his death—honoring the man behind the mass murder, rape, torture, and kidnapping of civilians on Oct 7. No nation opposing terror should have ties with a regime that honors monsters.

Ed Feulner built institutions in support of American values. The Heritage founder lamented the right’s turn against free markets and U.S. global leadership, writes @Mike_Pence on.wsj.com/4eZvmli

DEPT OF GOOD TIMING: One of Trump's other media lawsuits — a claim that Bob Woodward's publication of the "Trump Tapes" violated copyright law — was just dismissed. The 81-page opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

According to his complaint, a student at a Catholic university who refused to take the COVID vaccine was told he couldn't leave campus police station as they tried to persuade him to take the shot. CA6: No QI for the police, at this stage. storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2025/07/18… #N

There are a bunch of interesting legal issues here, especially the state action ruling for the university police, but that QI analysis seems at a very high level of generality—pretty hard to square with SCOTUS guidance on this, I think.

Campus police at Catholic university in Ohio were state actors for Fourth Amendment purposes, CA6 rules. storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2025/07/18… #N

BREAKING: 4th Circuit lifts admin stay, lets Trump proceed with cancellation of temporary protected status for Afghans & Cameroonians. But appeals panel says advocates appear to have plausible case decision was preordained. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/2601… #TPS

The Chinese government is preventing a Chinese American banker for Wells Fargo and, separately, an employee of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from leaving the country, reports said Sunday. upi.com/amp/Top_News/W…

I have just been given horrific news and videos of what is said to be an American citizen from Oklahoma who has been brutally killed in Syria. He is Druse. I have passed it on to a senior State Department official and a Member of Congress to check the facts. Pray for his…

.@USAttyHabba has brought steady leadership and sound judgment as Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey. She has the full confidence of @POTUS and DOJ. District judges should use their authority to keep her in place.

James Comey has posted commentary about the firing of his daughter, former SDNY prosecutor Maurene Comey, saying Trump is trying to turn the DOJ “into just another gold-leaf-covered Trump subsidiary.” substack.com/home/post/p-16…

Oxford University Press will no longer publish an academic journal sponsored by China’s Ministry of Justice after concerns that it used genetic data from Uyghurs and other heavily surveilled ethnic minorities in China who may not have freely consented. trib.al/IMBY2kd

I work for ALL American citizens who live in Israel-Jewish, Muslim or Christian. When they are terrorized or victims of crime I will demand those responsible be held accountable w/ real consequences. Was in Taybeh today to meet with people of that village to listen & learn.

Yeah, I’m sure they were totally unprepared for Trump to deny it and threaten to sue. Very unlike him.

Effective today, I have resigned from the Advisory Board of UATX. While I believe very much in the importance of competition and innovation in higher education, and see major problems with the lack of diverse perspective in elite institutions, I am not comfortable with the course…

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from enforcing Trump's executive order punishing people who work with the ICC, calling it an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…