An important and interesting question, arising here as to Title IX, free speech, and due process, but relevant more generally as well (and now pending before the Supreme Court).
The IRS' track record suggests that beefed up enforcement will also mean more trampling of Americans' due process rights.
The jury rightly concluded that the prosecution failed to prove its case.
The American Civil Liberties Union should not cavalierly take the side of prosecutors against the concept of self-defense.
Plus: Yale University faces an interesting lawsuit, the ACLU takes a stance on student loan debt, and more...
Keddins Etienne's experience shows that bullies who seize innocent people's property tend to back down when their victims put up a fight.
Requiring that homes and apartments be a minimum size is a major driver of high housing costs. A new lawsuit from a nonprofit developer argues those rules are also unconstitutional.
Such motions are "not uncommon in self-defense cases where there is a dispute over who bears responsibility."
"What they're doing is like robbery," observed one property owner.
Richard Martinez lost his dream car because of VIN-plate issues prosecutors admit he was "not aware of."
A district court judge found "overwhelming evidence" of Vickers Cunningham's bigotry.
How far do "emergency powers" really extend?
A pending cert petition challenges a Bloomington zoning ordinance that requires a landlord to evict a derecognized fraternity
"I'm not the only person that's been in a situation like this before," says Alyssa Reid, a former employee of James Madison University.
Otis Mallet's ordeal, like the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, involved a fictional drug purchase.
The commission says the legislature should raise the standard of proof and remove the financial incentive that encourages cops and prosecutors to pursue profit instead of public safety.
Her response to questions from the Senate HELP committee were disqualifying.
The Justice Department's proposal encourages states to take away people's Second Amendment rights based on little more than bare allegations.
Warren Lent is suing the California Coastal Commission, arguing that its power to unilaterally hand down massive fines with minimal process is unconstitutional.
Reason tried out the field test kits used to test for drugs in prison. They were unreliable and confusing.
Even when states authorize gun confiscation orders, identifying would-be mass shooters is a daunting challenge.
Plus: On SATs and bias, what changed when Texas lifted its mask mandate, and more...
A student was expelled by St. John Fisher College for alleged sexual misconduct, but was then acquitted at a criminal trial and sued the college; the college agreed to confidentiality to settle the case, but then allegedly breached the agreement.
The new law requires a criminal conviction prior to civil forfeiture and beefs up due process protections for property owners.
Most victims of police misconduct never get to take their cases to court.
Although police seized the perpetrator's shotgun when he was deemed suicidal, he was never identified as a potential murderer.
“While the penalty of suspension is very harsh, it is not shockingly disproportionate to the offense. It does not shock the conscience for a university, acting during a pandemic, to enforce rules designed to prevent the spread of the virus with the penalty of suspension.”
The president has ordered the Education Department to consider rescinding reforms aimed at protecting the due process rights of accused students.
In Massachusetts, Malinda Harris argues, civil asset forfeiture routinely violates the right to due process.
The court said criminalizing unknowing possession violates the right to due process.
Two women still face felony charges, though the cases against all male defendants were dropped.
A new study provides further evidence that property seizures are driven by financial motives rather than public safety concerns.
The practice evades constitutional constraints by casting punishment and preventive detention as treatment.
Authorities "shall destroy the videos unlawfully obtained through the surveillance of the Orchids of Asia Day Spa," a federal judge says.
"We certainly would not fault a trial judge's desire to ensure public safety. But judicial concern, understandable as it may be, does not confer judicial power."
The Institute for Justice wants the Supreme Court to rule that the Fifth Amendment requires a prompt post-seizure hearing.
The new president could weaken due process protections for accused students, but it won't be easy.
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on schooling during COVID-19, the future of higher ed, and why her cabinet department probably shouldn't exist at all
Two courts say COVID-19 lockdowns in Michigan and Pennsylvania were unconstitutional.
The 7th Circuit judge’s track record suggests she would frequently be a friend of civil liberties.
The opinion, which suggests a strong concern about due process, will nevertheless be cited as evidence of the SCOTUS nominee's "uniformly conservative" record.
While the 7th Circuit judge is often skeptical of the government's position, some of her conclusions will give pause to civil libertarians.
Gerardo Serrano, whose truck was seized over five forgotten handgun rounds, waited two years for a hearing he never actually got.
A very interesting law review article from Profs. Glenn Harlan Reynolds (Instapundit) & Penny White.
The cops seized Kevin McBride's $15,000 car because his girlfriend allegedly used it for a $25 marijuana sale.
Kevin McBride argues that Arizona's civil forfeiture law is unconstitutional.
The law banned convicted felons from possessing "a dagger, dirk, switchblade, stiletto, straight-edged razor or any other dangerous or deadly cutting instrument of like character"—"It is the very overbreadth of such laws that renders them impermissibly vague."
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