Why Is It So Hard To Sue a Bad Cop?
"Redress for a federal officer's unconstitutional acts is either extremely limited or wholly nonexistent."
"Redress for a federal officer's unconstitutional acts is either extremely limited or wholly nonexistent."
The Court has "failed to justify our enacted policy," he wrote.
The deputy's body camera wasn’t turned on when he fatally shot 17-year-old Hunter Brittain.
Nevertheless, it will at least temporarily stop the federal death penalty.
They're mostly progressives, but their ideas about limiting government power and respecting individual rights sound almost conservative.
Salaythis Melvin's family says they want justice.
We don't have a gridlock problem. We have a spending problem.
Civil liberties advocates call for a moratorium on federal facial recognition.
The only thing FOSTA has done is chill speech and make catching sex traffickers more difficult.
It's likely that soon, almost all Americans will be legally able to carry guns.
The bill would limit petty seizures and require more reporting and oversight of no-knock raids.
The officers might receive qualified immunity, however.
Family and friends protest and look for answers.
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An unusual but welcome move.
"In what legal universe is it not even plausibly unreasonable to knowingly immolate someone?" asks dissenting judge
A new investigation of Pennsylvania prosecutions confirms that the defendants are often friends or low-level dealers.
A North Carolina city council member wants to make feeding homeless people a misdemeanor.
With panic in the air, federal law enforcement seized the moment.
A jury convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of murder and manslaughter in April, nearly a year after Floyd's death set off nationwide protests.
Baltimore kept tabs on citizens' movement across 90 percent of the city, without a warrant, to investigate crimes.
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Realtors, contractors, and insurance agents who engage in bad behavior can be stripped of their licenses. Police officers, on the other hand, rarely get fired.
Law enforcers have plenty of tools; they just want to paw through our data without effort or expense.
Cracking down on "rogue gun dealers" and enforcing background checks won't stop criminals from arming themselves.
Once again, it shows just how hard it is to hold bad officers accountable.
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Holding a sign in a public park should not cause an arrest.
"In lower courts' view, [a] federal badge now equals absolute immunity."
Fourth Amendment advocates win big in Lange v. California.
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The EQUAL Act would finally end one of the worst legacies of the 1980s drug war and clean up one of the biggest stains on Joe Biden's record.
The ex-cop's closing pitch is filled with crazy accusations about "disenfranchis[ing] Black voters."
Gotham voters are trending toward candidates who acknowledge that violent crime is up, and that school closures were terrible.
In 2018, the Republican said family separations were "tragic and heart-rending."
Rules range from absurd to appalling without respect for civil liberties or basic logic.
The book argues that judges should take their responsibility as gatekeepers of scientific and technical evidence more seriously.
But the appeals court wasn't having it.
Pending the governor's expected signature, Connecticut will become the 19th state—and the fifth this year—to legalize recreational weed.
Returning traffic enforcement and criminal law enforcement to their proper spheres could put both police and drivers at ease.