Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Desperate circumstances, deceptive edits, and the rule of orderliness.
Desperate circumstances, deceptive edits, and the rule of orderliness.
Lawsuits playing out for three years spotlight how poor people end up trapped in jail even before being convicted.
The same officer was fired last year after video of him allegedly planting drugs in a car during a traffic stop emerged.
Industry representatives succeed in forcing a referendum on reforms passed by lawmakers.
Plus: Rand Paul has "never been prouder" of Trump, the Women's March clashes with the Park Service, and Vegas' first Stripper Parade & Expo is coming soon.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Out with the old cronies. In with the new ones?
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has some concerns.
Compelled use of facial and finger recognition features runs afoul of the Fifth Amendment.
Criminon says it's a secular program to rehabilitate inmates, but critics say it's a recruiting pitch for Scientology.
"As a system, it's working," Barr says of the criminal justice system. "It's not predicated on racism."
A 5-4 decision, but not along the lines we usually expect.
Law reviews as venue for scholarship come under a lot of justified criticism, but at least the editors check the footnotes
A new ruling, and some (mostly critical) thoughts.
One judge grants a national injunction, another declines to
If no President is above the law, does that mean no President is above the FBI?
Warrantless "implied consent" laws are under review over Fourth Amendment concerns.
The former Attorney General has made it much for difficult for the DOJ to crack down on police departments accused of civil rights violations.
Don Willett has championed economic freedom and accountability for cops.
The criminal justice system failed four black men after a white woman accused them of rape.
Sovereign immunity, absolute immunity, qualified immunity, and the agora of the digital age.
A new year brings new transparency, and new lawsuits to try to limit it.
Bill about gun "sale" turns ordinary gun loans into felonies, bans handguns for young adults, and authorizes unlimited fees.
The link that Alex Berenson perceives between cannabis and violence is not apparent in careful research on the issue.
The book neglects to mention all the times Harris' office appealed cases that were thrown out for gross prosecutor misconduct.
Episode 245 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
The National Association of Scholars is sponsoring a conference this upcoming weekend at Chapman University in Orange County, California on "disgrace as a tactic of the progressive left, and the real disgrace that falls on colleges and universities that countenance such tactics."
It's not the first time the two justices have teamed up on a criminal justice case.
Federal shutdown politics leads to really bad journalism about exactly two meals.
"OK, I'm going to come to you, and if your dog gets aggressive, I'm going to shoot it."
A blind websurfer, an accidental No Fly List designation, and a threat-inducing photocopy.
Body cam footage shows the officer getting chewed out by his supervisor shortly afterward.
New analysis finds that thousands more die every year because the law forbids purchase of the kidneys they need to survive.
Charles may be the first person to benefit from the sentencing reductions in the FIRST STEP Act.
Meanwhile, meet a psychologically scarred man who disfigured himself while serving 22 years in solitary in Illinois.
"Must've taken some real investigative prowess to pull this off."
A second cop in South Dakota is keeping his name concealed from the public after a fatal shooting.
Most are serving mandatory minimums, usually for crimes that did not involve assault or sexual abuse.
The phrase has been used to promote bans on almost every type of gun.
Why I think there is standing: Think property, not privacy.
While the Syria intervention lacked proper congressional authorization, constitutional considerations had nothing to do with Trump's withdrawal decision. Indeed, his administration has doubled down on Obama-era arguments asserting broad presidential authority to initiate military interventions.
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