Day 316
December 1, 2025
6 documented events
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
Pretermission tactic deployed against asylum seekers
The administration begins widely using a court process called 'pretermission' to abruptly deny asylum claims and issue 'third-country' removal orders to thousands of noncitizens, bypassing full hearing procedures.
From: Immigration Rocket Dockets: Mass Fast-Tracked Hearings and In Absentia Removal Orders
- Serious Rights Violation Foreign Policy & War
Arms Control Association publishes detailed analysis
The Arms Control Association publishes comprehensive analyses of the legal, technical, and strategic implications of Trump's testing order, concluding it threatens to collapse the global nuclear testing moratorium.
From: Trump Orders Pentagon to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing, Breaking 33-Year Moratorium
- Major Abuse of Power Press Freedom
ABC cancels Jimmy Kimmel's show
After FCC Chair Carr says the situation can be handled 'the easy way or the hard way,' two conglomerates owning local stations pressure ABC, which cancels Jimmy Kimmel's show over a political monologue.
From: FCC Broadcast License Threats and Government Coercion of Media
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
Federal judge rules third-country deportations unlawful
US District Judge Brian Murphy rules the Trump administration's third-country removal policy violates federal immigration law and migrants' constitutional due process rights.
From: Third-Country Deportations to Rwanda, Ghana, and South Sudan
- Serious Rights Violation Rule of Law
Human Rights Watch warns ICC 'Justice at Risk'
Human Rights Watch publishes a comprehensive analysis of the administration's campaign against the ICC, documenting how sanctions on individual judges and prosecutors are undermining the court's ability to function.
- Serious Rights Violation Federal Dismantlement
200 former DOJ employees sign letter
200 former DOJ employees publish a letter stating the administration has made a 'coordinated effort to undermine career staff,' erasing 'centuries of Justice Department experience.'
From: Dismantlement of Whistleblower Protections and Government Oversight Infrastructure