"A judge declares independence not only from Congress and the President, but also from the private beliefs that might otherwise move her."
The Supreme Court released its opinion about thirty minutes before now-Justice Barrett was confirmed.
This time, the justices explain themselves.
Biden: "It's a lifetime appointment. I'm not going to attempt to change that at all... But I have made no judgment, my word."
The much-publicized result is ocnsistent with previous studies on the impact of sanctuary city
The state legislature is considering reforms in response to the use of dogs against cooperative suspects.
A new book shows how the Baltimore Police Department let dirty cops flourish right under its nose.
The original meaning of the citizenship clause answers some questions and raises some others.
The court relied on the right to “possess[] and protect[] ... reputation,” secured by the Pennsylvania Constitution.
The settlement is subject to federal court approval.
A podcast on religious tolerance in early Christian thought
It's one of the public interest law firms that I admire most.
Total prison population, imprisonment rates, and racial disparities in incarceration all continued their slide.
Vote hauling, signature verification, and extended deadlines.
The case involved an anti-Islam ad; the court reversed its earlier decision in favor of the transportation agency, based on two more recent Supreme Court decisions.
The U.S. incarceration rate peaked in 2008, but it's good to see two "law and order" candidates talking about clemency.
The implications of this move are far from clear. But it could well be a step to avoid court-packing, rather than promote it.
The government is going after Google not to stop consumer harm but to level the business playing field.
Biden: "If elected, what I will do is I'll put together a national commission."
All five cases were recommended to the White House by commutation recipient Alice Marie Johnson.
The progressive who helped usher in mass incarceration is running against the law and order conservative who let prisoners go free.
The Wilson appointee presided over the sedition trial of Eugene Debs and declared unconstitutional the Village of Euclid's zoning code
Allegedly being "a plain, ill-dressed woman" who "indulges in coquettish vanity"? Oddly enough, not legally actionable.
Yick Wo, Plessy, and Village of Euclid
The $8.3 billion DOJ settlement is part of a crackdown that has perversely pushed drug users toward more dangerous substitutes.
Property owners are suing the city for helping far-left activists seize control of their property during the period when it allowed the latter to rule an "autonomous zone" covering 16 blocks in the area.
A local news investigation found three dozen cops who committed crimes but never were decertified.
Doug Kmiec writes that his former student, Amy Coney, "deftly answered" questions about the Rule Against Perpetuities.
Remember: Lawyers' true superpower is to turn every question into a question about procedure.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said "the grand jury agreed" that indicting the two officers who shot Taylor was inappropriate.
Plaintiffs allege that Seattle affirmatively supported the Capitol Hill Occupying Protest (rather than just declining to stop it).
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