"William Barr vs. Eric Holder: A Tale of Two Attorneys General"
An article by Stanford Prof. Michael McConnell.
An article by Stanford Prof. Michael McConnell.
"She's not a vicious dog at all. … She's a sweetheart."
The case showcases a laundry list of problematic behaviors on the part of the government
The officers won't be charged, but the DA thinks their actions were "alarming and irresponsible."
How could Barr have allowed Deputy AG Rosenstein to participate in evaluating an obstruction-of-justice case against the President when Rosenstein was a key participant in the possibly obstructive events, and would be a witness if a charge were brought?
Invading agricultural land, re-plowing the CFPB's structure, and solitary confinement.
The federal hate crime charges against John T. Earnest are redundant and constitutionally problematic.
Police now have to get a judge's permission before they rummage through your bins.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed three bills to limit civil asset forfeiture.
Plus: life imitates The Onion at Guantanamo Bay, "chaos" in Alabama legislature over abortion vote
"Children are being illegally taken from their home without judges' proper authority."
This is not the first time a tweet from the Sergeants Benevolent Association has courted controversy.
More than half of the 120 defendants in a notorious 2016 police raid were never even alleged to be gang members.
The bill also targets strip clubs
He'll creak in the direction of the prevailing political winds eventually, for good and mostly ill. It's his greatest weakness, and main selling point.
In contrast, police killed nearly 1,000 people last year.
Gov. Kevin Stitt is expected to sign a bill removing so-called "good character" provisions from all Oklahoma's occupational licensing laws.
A jail in rural Maine sought to withhold an inmate's opioid addiction medication, increasing the chance that she would relapse and overdose upon release.
Derek Williams told police that he couldn't breath while sitting in the back of a police car.
Jeffrey Stringer was sentenced to life in prison for a drug offense.
Trooper Brian Encinia could see that Bland, whom he stopped for failing to signal a lane change, was holding a cellphone, not a weapon.
Episode 262 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
Police had wide authority to seize assets without having to prove a crime even happened, but now the state is tightening the rules.
Dennis Tuttle and his wife, Rhogena Nicholas, who was shot twice, were pronounced dead shortly after police invaded their home based on a "controlled buy" that never happened.
I e-mailed the restaurant management when I saw it several months ago; they apologized, and I haven't seen the problem recur.
The Florida Legislature had a heck of a week, passing everything from a major school choice program (yay!) to restricting the voting rights of felons (boo!).
The Punisher, compelled self-incrimination, and a unicorn amongst unicorns.
The FIRST STEP Act gives dying inmates the opportunity to appeal to a judge for compassionate release. This case shows why.
Nancy Pelosi thinks so, but the relevant statutes suggest she is wrong.
Plus: the biggest trouble with Devin Nunes' Twitter lawsuit, the Senate fails to override Trump's Yemen veto, bad news for the gig economy, and more...
Facebook bans Farrakhan, Yiannopoulos, and others, and come watch me talk about hate speech on social media at NYU
Thanks to a police union, Officer Darren Cachola has managed to stay on the force job despite a firing, brutality and abuse allegations, and a video of him punching his girlfriend.
Plus: FOSTA challenge gets boost from state prosecutors, the trouble with "democracy dollars," and more...
Short answer: no, not even close
The Metropolitan Police Department was in the middle of a legal battle with the family when the warrantless search was conducted.
And the WikiLeaks founder will be in court again tomorrow.
Stanford may be about to seriously damage one of the world's leading academic publishers, for what seem like very small budgetary savings.