The Kagan-Gorsuch Axis and Kavanaugh v. Gorsuch - Chapter III
An interesting set of line-ups in today's Supreme Court opinions
An interesting set of line-ups in today's Supreme Court opinions
The Roberts Court still overturns prior precedent at a lower rate than its post-War predecessors.
Spy networks, cyberattacks, and the price we pay for civilization.
A meticulous re-enactment of the misbegotten prosecution of the Central Park Five gets a lot right.
The high court ruled that prosecutor Doug Evans violated Flowers' constitutional rights when Evans sought to keep African-Americans off of the jury.
Booker would move the process away from prosecutors and into the White House.
A day of relatively small opinions from SCOTUS suggests big doctrinal developments may be on the horizon
Today's ruling in Gundy v. United States allows Congress to delegate to the executive broad power to create new criminal offenses. But there is hope the Court might reconsider Gundy in the future.
A new book explores how America's criminal justice system heaps debts on those who can't possibly pay.
When "almost anyone can be arrested for something," no one is safe.
"There is no situation in which this behavior is ever close to acceptable," said Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego.
The Trump appointee is not impressed by the logic of the "dual sovereignty" doctrine: "Really?"
The decision is a complicated ruling that potentially sets a dangerous precedent for the scope of federal power under the Constitution.
Frederick Turner was sentenced to a mandatory 40 years on nonviolent drug and firearm charges. He ended up in a high-security federal prison, and now he's dead.
“I wanted to be more than somebody who is the son of a murder victim.”
It's not illegal for inmates to have marijuana, but it's still a felony if they try to smoke it.
New technologies mean new crimesolving techniques—and new threats to privacy and liberty.
People charged—but not convicted—of crimes often have to wait weeks to see a judge if they’re too poor to pay for their freedom.
A small city in California has been plagued by police shootings, costly civil rights lawsuits, and incidents of excessive force.
The debate about whether the killer should have been prosecuted for federal hate crimes shows how the Justice Department targets defendants based on the opinions they express.
A new study by the Institute for Justice says federal asset forfeiture funds have little to no impact on solving crimes, suggesting police are more interested in the revenue it generates
On average, crack offenders who have benefited from the FIRST STEP Act will serve 14 years instead of 20.
A new audit reveals how poor oversight and structural problems allowed one Oakland cop to earn $2.5 million in overtime pay in five years.
Plus: Amash says the "two-party system is hurting America," Zuckerberg gets deepfaked, Wonkette's lame defense of Harris, and more...
Depends on how much of the face it covers, the California Court of Appeal seems to suggest.
The civil liberties giant defends a law professor who took on Harvey Weinstein as a client.
Mike Chase, the man behind the popular @CrimeADay Twitter feed, on his new book, How to Become a Federal Criminal
Plus: YouTube moderation, over-the-counter birth control, craft brewery regulation, New York prostitution laws, and more...
A Pennsylvania mom faces reckless endangerment charges for assuming her children—ages 2, 5, and 7—could survive a very short wait.
It took 39 hours for every child to be reunited with their parents.
The criminal charges against the former Broward County sheriff's deputy for failing to intervene in the Parkland shooting seem like a stretch.
During the 1970s, an FBI crime lab analyzed a purported sample of Bigfoot hair.
Don't worry, a spokesman tells Congress, the agency has "strict policies" for using facial recognition technology.
'We know what we want to do with our bodies, and we don't need government interference.'
The move is an assault on the First Amendment.
Paul Manafort isn’t deserving of torture. Neither was Kalief Browder.
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