A Florida Man Arrested for Pot Is in Jail Until He Lets Deputies Search His Phones
Police say there's evidence. His lawyer says it's a fishing expedition.
Police say there's evidence. His lawyer says it's a fishing expedition.
The media sues for video that may show what Broward County Sheriff's deputies were doing during the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Video footage shows that Adam Finley calmly followed a hotheaded cop's instructions. But he was charged anyway.
A white police officer threatened to detain two black men for "walking in the street."
Thanks to a new state law, agencies now have to report how extensively civil asset forfeiture is used to take people's stuff.
A boy delivering newspapers with his mom and brother aroused the suspicion of a local resident, even though he hadn't done anything wrong.
No constitutional right to pay cash for freedom if there are alternatives
Rep. Diane Black has proposed legislation reclassifying the offense.
Steve and Dwight Hammond became a cause célèbre for angry ranchers and another example of inflexible mandatory minimum sentences.
Accusations against author Junot Diaz are pouring in, but not all allegations are equal.
Egypt has no freedom of speech.
An El Paso police officer pointed his gun at some children, then arrested the young man who caught it on camera.
"I felt that the glitter on the seized cash was compelling evidence, but apparently the police department disagreed."
The D.C. Circuit judge is a strong defender of the Second Amendment but seems less inclined to accept Fourth Amendment claims.
Since Ohio's age of consent is 16, it was legal for Edward Marrero to have sex but not to sext.
Sean Williams is suing the Lancaster Police Department after he says a tasing violated the Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments.
Gaps in Connecticut's self-defense law lead to 18-month sentence.
Police say a drunk, off-duty NYPD officer crashed his vehicle and punched a witness before attempting to flee the scene.
The USA Freedom Act was supposed to reduce unwarranted access to our personal data. That's not what happened.
Rand Paul thanks U.S. Capitol Police for arresting a man who allegedly made disturbing threats against the senator and his family.
The LP's move comes the same week the Green Party explicitly rejected a platform that protects sex worker rights.
Andrea Pino's gruesome campus rape report jump-started national reforms, but even other activists are asking questions.
Meet Burrito Bob, Permit Patty, and other vigilante informants
"Oh come on, bruh. You're really going to tase him? He was sitting down. That's crazy. That's why I record everything."
"This is not what the hate crime statute was for. This is criminalizing pure speech, and that violates the First Amendment."
Cop calls that supposedly show the trouble caused by dispensaries mostly had nothing to do with dispensaries.
Justice Kennedy's retirement will have a significant impact on the Roberts Court beyond its ideological makeup.
Would she have gotten a better deal if she hadn't been denied bail?
Pets shouldn't be treated as contraband.
A Politico symposium offers assessments by a wide range of legal scholars and commentators. And I offer some additional thoughts of my own.
In one surveillance video, the victim is tased four times for a total of 50 seconds.
Since 2005, just 32 officers involved in fatal shootings have been convicted on criminal charges.
A decision with major implications for the national injunction--not Trump v. Hawaii but Gill v. Whitford
Interview of David Sanger in episode 223 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
An interesting separate concurrence in the "travel ban" decision.
The Supreme Court justices divide among themselves in many different ways.
Mo money mo problems, open-air burn pits, and the case of the missing tattoos.
A big case. Here's an ongoing Q&A, which I will add to through the day.
Still more interesting line-ups from SCOTUS