Criminal Justice
I Got Tear Gassed at Baltimore's City Hall
If you are unwilling to do whatever you can to stop injustice, injustice is all the more likely to continue unabated.
How to Curb Police Abuses - And How Not to
Much can and must be done to curb police brutality. The task is difficult, but far from hopeless. But riots and looting are both wrong in themselves, and likely to have counterproductive results.
Did Prosecutors Undercharge the Cop Who Killed George Floyd?
The answer hinges on Derek Chauvin's state of mind as he kneeled on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes.
D.C. Cops Kept Herding Protesters Into Harm's Way
They still were a lot better-behaved than officers elsewhere.
Nation's Cops Seem Determined To Demonstrate Why People Are Protesting Them in the First Place
Aggressive police tactics are likely to worsen the situation.
Police and Rioters Get Violent at Protests in Cities Nationwide
Mayors are imposing curfews and governors are deploying the National Guard in response to anti-police-abuse protests.
Police Unions and the Problem of Police Misconduct (Updated)
The available evidence suggests that police unions are a major obstacle to holding rogue police officers accountable.
Black Civilians Arm Themselves To Protest Racial Violence and Protect Black-Owned Businesses
They're using their Second Amendment rights to protect local businesses from riots and looting.
The Supreme Court Has a Chance To End Qualified Immunity and Prevent Cases Like George Floyd's
The Supreme Court could announce as early as Monday that it's revisiting qualified immunity, a doctrine that shields rotten cops from civil rights lawsuits.
Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin Charged With Murder of George Floyd
Riots have raged in the city in response to Floyd's death.
Even Police Unions Trash the Actions of the Cop Who Killed George Floyd
Are we seeing a tipping point where police begin to grasp why the public is so outraged?
Minnesota Police Arrest CNN Reporters for the Act of Doing Journalism During George Floyd Protests
So much for the First Amendment.
Minneapolis Police Killed George Floyd, Then Failed To Protect Property Owners From Riots
Police departments exist to protect people's persons and property. The Minneapolis Police Department has failed to do either.
Indiana Returns Land Rover Seized in Landmark Asset Forfeiture Case - But Continues the Legal Battle Over its Ultimate Fate
In Timbs v. Indiana, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause applies to state asset forfeiture seizures. But key issues were left for lower courts to resolve.
Indiana Returns Land Rover Seized 7 Years Ago in Landmark Asset Forfeiture CaseÂ
Indiana is still fighting to keep Tyson Timbs' SUV seven years after it first seized the car, but for now, it's back in Timbs' driveway.
At Angola, Coronavirus Turns Life Without Parole for Selling Weed Into a Potential Death Sentence
Fate Vincent Winslow, who has never committed a violent crime, fears catching coronavirus in prison.
Amendment Revived to Protect Americans' Internet Search Records From Warrantless Collection
The House will consider a surveillance reform proposal that failed in the Senate by just one vote.
Minnesota Man Dies After Video Shows Cop Pressing Knee to His Neck for Nearly 8 Minutes
Minneapolis police said George Floyd died after he "appeared to be suffering medical distress."
2 Men Arrested for 'Destroying Property' by Doing Donuts in D.A. Candidate's Illegal Rap Video
Plus: Supreme Court considers church reopenings, GOP proposes back-to-work bonuses, Libertarian Party picks 2020 ticket, and more...
Federal Judge: Florida Can't Block Voting Rights Because of Inability To Pay Court Fines
A law passed by Florida Republicans to limit a constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to felony offenders violates the 14th and 24th Amendments, the judge ruled.
Prosecutors Back Dismissal of 91 More Cases Involving the Houston Cop Who Lied to Justify a Deadly Drug Raid
The announcement brings the total number of suspect cases initiated by Gerald Goines to 164 over 11 years.
Why Did Arizona Democrats Kill a Bill Protecting Citizens From Police Overreach?
It’s all about the revenue. Civil forfeiture brings in money, and lawmakers are more worried about their budgets than residents’ due process and property rights.
Joe Biden's 'Bold' Thinking Shredded Civil Liberties and Destroyed Lives
On crime, drugs, immigration, and foreign policy, his 44-year policy record is a cautionary tale of bipartisanship in response to perceived crises.
Kentucky Police Chief Retires in Wake of Breonna Taylor's Death
The federal government is reviewing the department's investigation into the botched drug raid.
Judge to FBI: You Should've Gotten a Warrant Before Turning On That Phone
Plus: Virginia decriminalizes marijuana, it's not Trump's call whether we close the country again, and more…
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court To Block Judge's Order To Release Inmates at Ohio Federal Prison
A federal judge ordered officials at Elkton to stop "thumbing their nose" at their own authority to release inmates at risk of coronavirus.
2019: Blade Runner Is Set. 2020: I Get CAPTCHA Demands When Doing Searches
Google thinks I'm a robot. What if it's right?
The New York Times Recoils at the Predictable Consequences of the Mandatory COVID-19 Precautions It Supports
When mask-wearing and social distancing rules are legally enforceable, the potential for violence cannot be avoided.
Epidemics on Campus, Real and Imagined
The stark differences between universities’ reactions to COVID-19 and sexual misconduct.
Is a public-carry law only unconstitutional where "historical evidence clearly commands" that result?
A Harvard Law Review Note argues that judicial restraint is an "originalist value"
Two Cops Were Given Qualified Immunity After Allegedly Stealing $225,000. SCOTUS Won't Hear the Case.
But the high court may consider other cases that could overturn the outrageous legal doctrine.
Do Universities Really Expect to Treat their Students as "Pod" People?
Attempts to force college students into strict protocols are unlikely to succeed
Lawsuit Alleges California Cops Used Excessive Force on Teens for Walking Through a Neighborhood
The Delano Police Department cleared its officers of wrongdoing.
Feminists Who Now Claim They Never Meant 'Believe All Women' Are Gaslighting Us
The central tenet of the #MeToo movement is being memory-holed.
Jackson Cops Claim Drug Busts Are Protecting the Public From COVID-19
Plus: Trump tries hydroxychloroquine, France bans drone surveillance of COVID-19 confinement, and more...
What is and Should Be the Role of Administrative Agencies in Developing Constitutional Rules and Norms?
"Administrative Constitutionalism" is receiving a great deal of attention in legal academia, and some misguided praise.
