Criminal Justice
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Rails-to-trails, unfair competition, and nonactionable puffery.
Police Use Coronavirus To Try To Trick Meth Users Into Getting Themselves Arrested
Irresponsible, ineffective, and dishonest
Rand Paul Says Trump Is Backing Surveillance Reform
Plus: Who's using Clearview AI?, court rules against Joe Arpaio, and more...
New in the Atlantic: Corpus Linguistics and D.C. v. Heller
James Phillips and I preview our new research in the Atlantic
Elizabeth Warren Adopts Cory Booker's Plan for a Better Presidential Clemency System
Shifting the process from the Justice Department to the White House can help eliminate bureaucracy and meddling from prosecutors.
Sineneng-Smith and Outlawing Solicitation of Legal Conduct
How far does the "speech integral to criminal conduct" exception go?
Virginia Bill Targets Massage Parlor Workers
Lawmakers want to get tougher on touching "with the intent to sexually arouse."
Why Libertarian-Leaning Reps. Massie and Amash Voted Against the House's Anti-Lynching Bill
Lynchings are already illegal. But the law would give prosecutors more power—including what amounts to an expansion of the federal death penalty.
Bivens Liability and Its Alternatives
If the Court is going to abolish the 20th century remedies, can we at least have the 19th century remedies back?
Encryption Foes in Washington Won't Give Up
Government officials keep trying to make us expose our data to them—and the criminals who ride on their coattails.
Bloomberg Rewrites His History of Doggedly Defending Stop and Frisk
The presidential candidate's explanation of his sudden reversal on the issue is utterly implausible.
Stone Cold Justice
The problems with federal sentencing guidelines are real and troubling, even in cases that do not involve the president’s pals.
Video: Orlando Cops Arrest Crying 6-Year-Old Girl
One of the officers was fired after arresting two 6-year-olds in one day.
The Federal Judges Association tells members that "emergency meeting" was not called to discuss President Trump's intervention in Stone Sentencing
"Unfortunately, though It was not anticipated that the calling of the meeting would become public, it did. That fact led to inferences and reports that were, at a minimum, misleading."
Harvey Weinstein's Sexual Assault Conviction Is a Well-Deserved Win for #MeToo
The disgraced filmmaker is headed to prison.
Oklahoma Wants To Use Its Old Lethal Injection Protocol, Despite Past Botched Executions
Oklahoma messed up three executions in just two years.
Video of an Alleged 'White Van' Kidnapping in Springfield Went Viral. Nothing Actually Happened.
Police say there were no reports of attempted kidnappings.
Justice Thomas: "'it is never too late to 'surrende[r] former views to a better considered position.'"
In two opinions today, Justice Thomas disagrees with his previous positions
"Veteran" Ninth Circuit Judges Complain to L.A. Times About New Ninth Circuit Judges
Judges should not leak internal proceedings to the media
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Graffiti destruction, vagrant ousting, and restored voting rights.
Three thought experiments: How can Congress structurally reform the federal clerkship program?
What if Congress standardized the hiring process, imposed minimum qualifications, and converted term clerks to career clerks?
Tennessee Executes Nick Sutton, Despite Protests from Prison Guards and the Victims' Families
"Nick Sutton has gone from a life-taker to a life-saver," read a clemency petition filed by corrections staff, the families of several victims, and five of the jurors who sentenced him to death.
Cass Sunstein's plan to limit the President's control over the Justice Department
Sunstein's two proposals would conflict with the Morrison v. Olson majority opinion
Chicago Judge Says His Bail Reforms Were a Success. But Independent Reviews Show Flaws and More Crimes.
Did Cook County overdo it and let too many dangerous defendants free?
Right to Removal of "Inaccurate, Irrelevant, Inadequate, or Excessive" Information About People …
proposed as a "Right to be Forgotten Act" in Iowa, apparently prompted in part by the Carson King controversy.
Joe Biden Is Happy To Talk About Michael Bloomberg's Stop-and-Frisk Record Because It Distracts From His Own Terrible Crime Policies
"The policy was abhorrent," Biden said of Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk program. Yes, but so was pretty much every criminal justice policy Biden pushed through the Senate.
Knives Come Out Immediately at Vegas Democratic Debate—and Not Just at Bloomberg
"Stop and frisk" policies are brought into the crosshairs right away.
"Writer's Safe Faces Search Ahead of France Pedophilia Trial"
Am I the only one who parsed this the wrong way at first?
Federal Appeals Court: Florida Can't Require Payment of Court Debts To Regain Voting Rights
"Equally guilty but wealthier felons are offered access to the ballot while these plaintiffs continue to be disenfranchised, perhaps forever."
Trump's Continuing Commentary on Criminal Cases Reflects His Disdain for the Rule of Law
The president remains frankly puzzled by the distinction between can and should.
A Michigan Police Task Force Is Playing Jurisdiction Games To Avoid Compensating an Innocent Man Cops Put in the Hospital
The Institute for Justice calls on the Supreme Court to put a stop to it.
