The ruling denies relief under a state constitutional provision requiring compensation for "taking" or "damaging" of private property by the government. Many other states have similar provisions.
The plan will shift $25 million away from school police and into support services for black students.
Electorally vulnerable Democratic governors have historically been tougher on crime than Republicans.
It's a vivid example of why people are demanding alternatives to police responses.
A bill approved by the state House would let people sue government officials for violating rights protected by the state constitution.
Criminal justice groups say Biden should move the pardon process out of the Justice Department and consider categorical clemencies.
The appeals court concluded that the officers' use of force was reasonable in the circumstances.
A new study provides further evidence that property seizures are driven by financial motives rather than public safety concerns.
The 2nd Circuit rejected the police unions' arguments that disclosure would invade officers' privacy and put them in danger.
A misdemeanor marijuana charge leads to an attempt to take $17,000.
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The unfolding legal saga of City of Hayward v. Stoddard-Nunez
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With Justice Barrett joining Justice Kagan, does Dunn v. Smith represent a shift on the Court?
"You did it to yourself, hon," the officer says.
The former attorney general reportedly nixed a plea deal that involved a sentence of more than 10 years but would have precluded a federal prosecution.
Either these police really love playing Sublime at the office, or they came up with a creative way to discourage video streaming of police conduct.
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The practice evades constitutional constraints by casting punishment and preventive detention as treatment.
"Bad actors will be identified, and the Tampa Police Department will handle it."
His new book, Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, is a provocative manifesto for legalizing all drugs.
The state that has executed the most prisoners may soon end the practice entirely.
Fourth Amendment advocates prevail in Wingate v. Fulford.
It went all the way to the US Supreme Court, and is now back in the Indiana state Supreme Court for the third time.
The state used civil asset forfeiture to seize Tyson Timbs' car in 2013. His nightmare hasn't ended.
Sheila Jackson Lee's sweeping licensing and registration scheme suggests what Democrats would do if they didn't have to worry about the Second Amendment.
The warden at the center of the case was originally given qualified immunity.
A state law eliminated qualified immunity as a defense for abusive officers.
A new case tests the limits of the “community caretaking exception” to the Fourth Amendment.
Plus: A reminder that censorship backfires, Wyoming city considers ban on "performance prostitution," and more...
"During difficult times we must remain the most vigilant to protect the constitutional rights of the powerless," the judge writes.
Plus: Texas sends out Amber Alert for Chucky doll, people are fleeing California and the Northeast, and more.
It’s a comfortable throwback to 1990s crime films. Too comfortable.
The U.S. has an interest in protecting its political system from manipulation by foreign enemies or their paid agents. But treason and espionage are already illegal, as is bribery.
Public-sector unions often protect the government at the expense of the people.
The Board of Pardons recommended Bruce Norris’ release. A signature didn’t come in time.
While a new report released today by the Council on Criminal Justice downplays the role anti-police protests played in last year's unprecedented homicide spike, a decline in pro-active policing following the protests remains the most likely cause.
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The United Kingdom has instituted one of the most rigorous lockdowns in the world.
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