The Onerous Burdens of Sex Offender Registration Are Not Punishment, the 10th Circuit Rules. They Just Feel That Way.
According to the appeals court, the relevant question is what legislators were trying to accomplish.
According to the appeals court, the relevant question is what legislators were trying to accomplish.
Nashville officers tried to smooth things over with groceries. A traumatized Azaria Hines says what she really needs is "a peace of mind."
Lezmond Mitchell is scheduled to die Wednesday, over the objections of the Navajo Nation to which he belongs and on whose land the murder took place.
Sen. Tim Scott (R–S.C.) criticizes Joe Biden's record on mass incarceration.
The new law features harsher penalties, 12-hour detentions, and other invitations to abuse government power
There is an underlying belief that the active presence of a police force of the kind we are familiar with prevents the explosion of crime. But history and modern criminology suggest otherwise.
Witnesses say Jacob Blake was breaking up a fight before an officer grabbed his shirt and shot him at close range.
The unions argued that releasing unsubstantiated complaints would harm officers' reputations and threaten their safety.
Kevin McBride argues that Arizona's civil forfeiture law is unconstitutional.
"Our findings suggest that increasing SRO staffing in schools does not improve school safety and that increasing exclusionary responses to school discipline incidents increases the criminalization of school discipline."
The rhetoric may not be accurate, but it is definitely useful.
Stop pandering to Joe Biden and listen to Americans who want to stop shielding abusive officers from liability.
Plus: Court rules for Robert Kraft in massage parlor video case, Trump talks QAnon, and more...
Untested rape kits are a national scandal, but more funding isn't the answer.
An oddly enervated black bloc flows into Portland's neighborhoods
"I believe there is sufficient evidence of a clearly established Fourth Amendment violation," writes the dissenting judge.
Trying to distract attention from the deadly corruption in his own department, Art Acevedo demands "action at the national level."
Tau Thao repeatedly dismissed bystanders' concerns as his colleagues used a fatal prone restraint.
A Florida prosecutor's office reviewed the cases and agreed to resentencing for nearly two dozen inmates, calling it "a matter of fundamental fairness."
The Palm Beach County sheriff said he does not "condone" the behavior in the video.
Having white ancestry, slaveowner or not, does not make someone less "black" if they so identify.
Circuit Justice Alito (likely) calls on his former law clerk to argue the post-Seila Law Case.
At least four judges (and one senior judge) believe the standing question is worthy of en banc review. Will the Supreme Court think it's worth certiorari?
Decriminalization bills have floundered in recent months in New York and Washington, D.C, but advocates hope that the latest push for criminal justice reform could re-energize the movement.
The Georgetown Center for the Constitution honors his book, No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding
Can Congress mandate that people in many (most) places wear masks?
Zoom compresses all video uploads, turning the most high-definition stream into grainy video
An 8th Circuit panel makes a hash out of the interpretation of the fractured opinions in SCOTUS' recent June Medical decision
Yes, they are still litigating over her emails.
The Secret Service wanted the helicopter to deploy a "fast ropes" commando team if necessary.
But it still reaffirmed the validity of the "California rule".
With page limits, advocates are drawn to footnotes, which are single-spaced, in a smaller font, and take up less space.
Cuban ballplayers, regulating Puerto Rico, and the male-only military draft.
The Supreme Court uses different sections to publish different types of opinions and orders.