Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit handed down a significant victory for the rule of law, American sovereignty, and the president’s constitutional authority to defend our allies — and the ACLJ was right in the middle of it.

In Cali v. Trump, the D.C. Circuit granted the government’s emergency motion for a stay pending appeal, dissolving a lower court injunction that had blocked the Trump Administration from enforcing IEEPA-based sanctions against Francesca Albanese — the United Nations Special Rapporteur who repeatedly urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate, arrest, and prosecute Israeli officials and American citizens. The court specifically accepted the ACLJ’s amicus brief and considered our arguments in reaching this decision.

President Trump issued Executive Order 14203 to impose sanctions on foreign nationals who actively assisted the ICC’s illegitimate........

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