The Difference Between Justice and the Rule of Law
The two are not the same, and may sometimes be in conflict with each other.
The two are not the same, and may sometimes be in conflict with each other.
Alabama law doesn't let police demand individuals' government identification. But they keep arresting people anyway.
David Knott helps clients retrieve unclaimed property from the government. The state has made it considerably harder for him to do that.
City gives journalist photos. Journalist publishes photos. City…sues journalist?
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the magical thinking behind the economic ideas of Modern Monetary Theory.
How the Backpage prosecution helped create a playbook for suppressing online speech, debanking disfavored groups, and using "conspiracy" charges to imprison the government's targets
Priscilla Villarreal is appealing a 5th Circuit decision that dismissed her First Amendment lawsuit against Laredo police and prosecutors.
The ruling has nothing to do with #MeToo. It is about ensuring a fair trial—a principle that applies no matter how unsympathetic the defendant.
A newly-obtained intelligence memo shows that the feds took a keen interest in Trump-era campus speech controversies.
Most of the justices seem skeptical of granting Donald Trump complete immunity from criminal prosecution for "official acts."
The court found insufficient evidence to sustain 53 of 84 remaining counts against Lacey.
Under Florida's "pay-to-stay" law, inmates are charged $50 for every day of their sentence—including time they never spent incarcerated.
Lee announced in 2021 that he was fast-tracking clemency petitions for inmates serving mandatory minimums that had since been repealed. Earlier this year, he scrapped the program with applications still pending.
The Supreme Court will decide whether former presidents can avoid criminal prosecution by avoiding impeachment and removal.
Angela Prichard was murdered after Bellevue police officers repeatedly refused to enforce a restraining order against her abusive husband.
Some crimes linger in public memory and some crimes fade away. The Columbine massacre didn't just stay with us—it created a script for future murders.
The new rules allow students to be found guilty of assaulting a classmate without ever seeing the full evidence against them.
The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.
At least one inmate claims that the shower stalls, which were just 3 feet by 3 feet, were covered in human feces.
Exaggerated threats of terrorists crossing the southern border lead to costly, disproportionate policy decisions.
Since Donald Trump's alleged falsification of business records happened after he was elected president, he clearly was not trying to ensure that outcome.
The little-known but outrageous practice allowed judges to enhance defendants' sentences using conduct a jury acquitted them of.
The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act would prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from purchasing data that they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain.
Kansas had among the most lax civil asset forfeiture laws in the country, but a bill sent to the governor's desk would strengthen protections for property owners.
Under a legal theory endorsed by the 5th Circuit, Martin Luther King Jr. could have been liable for other people’s violence.
The Supreme Court's interpretation of the statute also could affect two charges against Donald Trump.
In 2021, the Associated Press uncovered rampant sexual abuse at FCI Dublin. After three years of failing to fix the problem, the Bureau of Prisons is shutting it down.
The leading possibilities are all problematic in one way or another.
"I told everybody, 'Do what you want,'" Trump said on Friday night, as he let the deep state win again.
According to IRS guidance, any income derived from illegal activity is taxable, and there's no statute of limitations on when they can go after you.
The law makes it a misdemeanor to approach within 25 feet of a first responder after receiving a verbal warning to stay away.
The measure would have required federal agents to get a warrant before searching American communications collected as part of foreign intelligence.
Sandy Martinez faces that bill because of driveway cracks, a storm-damaged fence, and cars parked on her own property that illegally touched her lawn.
Courts have repeatedly ruled that delta-8 and delta-10 products are legal. So why are officers and district attorneys still raiding shops?
A Section 702 reauthorization moving through Congress could actually weaken privacy protections.
Officials claim the policy is intended to prevent people from smuggling in contraband, but it allows shipments from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
The local prosecuting attorney in Sunflower, Mississippi, is seeking to take away Nakala Murry's three children.
Dewonna Goodridge quickly discovered that Kansas civil asset forfeiture laws were stacked against her when sheriff's deputies seized her truck.
Bruce Frankel was tased by a police officer in 2022 after his fiancee called 911 seeking medical help. Now he's suing.