The First Federal Female Inmate To Die of COVID-19
Andrea Circle Bear was serving a 2-year sentence for a nonviolent drug crime.
Andrea Circle Bear was serving a 2-year sentence for a nonviolent drug crime.
Lockdown enforcement is becoming more authoritarian.
Requiring unanimous juries underscores the gravity of a death penalty sentence.
Westport won’t be using tech to monitor people’s body temperatures or whether they’re properly social distancing.
"It's far worse than we could have imagined," the student's attorney tells Reason.
Another big legal victory for environmental groups this week.
This case could head to the Texas Supreme Court soon
Will the 6th Circuit vacate take the case en banc sua sponte?
While his own prison is not yet facing a huge problem, Brandon Baxter had a prescient complaint for which he seems to be being punished.
Linda Greenhouse speculates that Gorsuch's dissent became the majority opinion
Environmental groups were worried the Court would curtail CWA jurisdiction in Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. It didn't.
Miami’s police chief orders officers to reduce ticketing and public interactions. Mayhem doesn’t ensue.
How often does the SG dismiss an indictment while a cert petition is pending, without a confession of error? And is there a connection to the Obamacare case?
Thanks for Marcia Coyle for tracking down the Solicitor General's confession of error, which was not publicly available
Fears of contracting COVID-19 in prison are not enough, Justice Department says
My law school is. Anyone else?
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court weighs in.
"What they are doing to people is cruel and unusual. It isn't right."
The local police department says "a garage sale/yard sale is not an essential business and should not be open for business."
On due process and citizenship litigation
Gems from Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian
A 50-year-old precedent was tossed, which caused three justices to dissent.
Ramos was not nearly as fractured as Apodaca, but the Court is still splintered on the value of precedent
All three of today's Supreme Court decisions featured unusual alignments among the justices.
The brief was filed by the Cato Institute on behalf of both Cato and myself.
It seems unlikely that most Americans who owe fines for petty crimes will be in a better position to pay them in 60 to 90 days.
Hair microscopy, an economist breaks bad, and the non-prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein.