Illinois Just Banned 'Assault Weapons' Because Their 'Only Intent' Is Mass Murder
The law is hard to defend on logical, practical, or constitutional grounds.
The law is hard to defend on logical, practical, or constitutional grounds.
"My daughter rushed to the car and she's like, 'mommy DCFS came to the school, and the lady made it sound like we weren't going to come home with you today,'" Tresa Razaaq told a local news station.
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Because of a misdemeanor welfare fraud conviction, Bryan Range is no longer allowed to own guns.
In both cases, proving criminal intent would be a tall order.
The proposed fellow would have been Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch, and apparently a highly prominent expert on the subject.
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The internal company documents offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the federal agencies distorted the public debate on one of the world's largest social media platforms.
The decision defends the separation of powers and the rule of law against an attempt to prohibit firearm accessories by administrative fiat.
New mechanisms to threaten liberty are brought to bear on those who need the government's permission to do their jobs.
A majority of judges concluded the plain language of the statute does not apply to bump stocks, but they also would have denied Chevron deference had they found the statute ambiguous.
This is in Missouri's and Louisiana's suit alleging various government officials "are infringing the First Amendment by coercing social media platforms to censor speech."
The court ruled that the state's six-week abortion ban violates the right to privacy.
On Thursday, the South Carolina Supreme Court began hearing arguments in a case that could see the state's attempt to execute inmates by electrocution or firing squad declared unconstitutional.
Intelligence-gathering “fusion centers” repeatedly abuse civil liberties without making us safer.
The same would apply for other speech or political association, because "political affiliation [was] an appropriate requirement for the effective performance of the public office involved."
"If Hamline won't listen to free speech advocates or faculty across the country, they'll have to listen to their accreditor," said FIRE attorney Alex Morey, who filed the complaint.
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"Just because I made some bad choices in my life, they shouldn't be allowed to make bad health choices for me and my baby," said one woman whose labor was induced against her will.
The first FBI director wasn't all bad (or a cross-dresser). But he and the agency he created regularly flouted constitutional limits on power.
The first FBI director wasn't a cross-dresser, says a new biography, but he was often quick to flout constitutional limits on state power.
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The release of the former president’s tax returns sets a dangerous precedent.
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For 25 years, the law has been giving states kickbacks when they finalize adoptions quickly.
We'll give you an answer within 14 days, and we can publish them within several weeks, if you'd like.
An interesting illustration of the defamation per se / per quod distinction, recognized in some states.
While rising crime created headwinds for candidates who supported criminal justice reform, the apocalyptic storm never quite arrived.
The company's broad definition of "misleading information" and its deference to authority invited censorship by proxy.
People in power lean on private businesses to impose authoritarian policies forbidden to the government.