The application for a stay was filed on 9/28, and the briefing completed on 10/6. 13 days later, the Court was unable to break a deadlock.
Lisa Montgomery killed a pregnant woman and took her baby in 2004. She is clearly mentally unwell. What does killing her accomplish?
Plus: Pennsylvania restaurant wins lockdown lawsuit, Pakistan bans TikTok, and more...
State-level executions have been on the decline since 2000, but the federal government recently got back in the business of executing prisoners.
Bonus fact: The majority opinion was written by a male judge, joined by three female judges (one of them a former sexual assault prosecutor). The dissent was written by a male judge.
Just the latest in a string of incidents involving school police and children with disabilities
The Democratic presidential nominee cannot escape one of his major legacies.
Plus: A tale of two townhalls, Matt Welch interviews Jo Jorgensen, Bill Gates talks antitrust, Ajit Pai moves on Section 230 study, and more...
The legal doctrine makes it considerably harder to hold cops accountable. Trump refused to address it.
The former vice president's comment during the ABC town hall was idiotic.
In several cases, the Supreme Court nominee voted to allow civil rights lawsuits against officers accused of misconduct.
"If you're on that registry, you're bad."
The ex-cop charged with killing George Floyd should be allowed to await his trial in safety. That should be the standard for everybody.
The detective who obtained the search warrant cited the deliveries to falsely implicate Taylor in drug trafficking.
Granting clemency to nonviolent offenders like Alice Marie Johnson would be low on the list of priorities for Yates and Biden.
Heavy-handed police raids are trampling on the basic rights of all Americans.
His press conference played on old, deeply-rooted, and painful anti-Semitic tropes.
The most thorough account of the first six months of COVID-19 litigation.
The Court selected a replacement for the Fifth Circuit twelve days after Justice Scalia died.
Plus: a Google copyright case, the third-party vote, and more...
Despite the city's stubborn resistance, a judge will finally consider the family's request to depose police supervisors.
Rather than imposing restrictions on high-density zip codes, New York will draw red lines (literally) around "clusters" in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods.
"I say [to a health officer] you're going to be stationed in front of Saint Peter's Church. The capacity is 150. You stand at the front door. When they go over you close the door and call me and if you have any problem this state police officer is down the block and he'll come help you."
Episode 331 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
Drug warriors gratuitously created the chaotic situation that state prosecutors say justified the use of deadly force.
When the government refuses to stop looting and rioting, armed self-defense is the only deterrent.
Predict all of the biggest cases at the Supreme Court
The Harlan Institute and Ashbrook announce the Eighth Annual Virtual Supreme Court Competition.
A top aide resigns after he and others accuse Texas AG Ken Paxton of "a potential violation of law."
"The statute does not make it unlawful to wear robes and masks; the statute makes it unlawful to wear disguises."
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