After a pay dispute led to a work stoppage in late May, courts in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, dismissed cases of indigent defendants who had no legal representation for 45 days.
The judgment is not surprising, since the president's reading of the 14th Amendment contradicts its text and history, plus 127 years of Supreme Court precedent.
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Further indication that independent agencies will not be "independent" much longer.
An unholy alliance between MAGA and progressives to ban research on an emergency backup plan to cool the planet may be emerging.
While other states are focused on regulating AI, Virginia is using the technology to repeal regulations.
The city of Allentown has spent more than $2 million settling excessive force claims, and yet the police still crack down on civilians exercising their constitutional rights.
I participated along with Andrew Morris of the New Civil Liberties Alliance.
If Zohran Mamdani turns socialist rhetoric into policy, New York’s financial giants may not stick around to see how that plays out.
A new report suggests the Trump EPA is not content with cutting off stationary source regulation of greenhouse gases.
Trump v. CASA was important, but it is not clear district courts have gotten the message.
Plus, "He claims that, going forward, he will undertake certain 'remedial efforts,' including, inter alia, 'establish[ing] ... database reconciliation procedures involving resolution of discrepancies through direct consultation of archival legal resources and substitution of alternative, verifiable authorities where necessary.' Most lawyers simply call this 'conducting legal research.'"
Two members of the House Judiciary Committee say the case against Michelino Sunseri epitomizes the overcriminalization that the president decries.
The case raises many of the same issues as our case against Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.
To keep Social Security solvent without cutting benefits would require a massive hike in payroll taxes, which would fall entirely on working Americans.
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A critical review of a new book on history and originalism.
The state just cracked down on a form of state-sanctioned robbery, where governments seized and sold homes over minor tax delinquencies—and then pocketed the profits.
Norma Nazario blames her son's death on social media algorithms.
Whatever the merits of this particular defamation claim, the president has a long history of abusing the legal system to punish constitutionally protected speech.
Nobody complained about the company, so federal bureaucrats launched their own crusade.
The ruling upholds protections afforded to officers of the "quasi legislative or quasi judicial agencies" created by Congress.
The notion that NPR can somehow become unbiased is about as believable as the IRS sending you a fruit basket to commend you for filing your taxes.
Will the en banc court agree? Will the Supreme Court?
The alleged incident goes to the heart of the objections raised by critics who worry about Bove's respect for the rule of law.
The lawsuit says attorneys have been repeatedly turned away from the detention camp and had virtual meetings mysteriously canceled.
Brazil’s judiciary has abandoned neutrality, with sweeping crackdowns on speech and political rivals. A U.S. tariff response signals the crisis has gone international.
Green energy is promising. But subsidies distort the tax code, misallocate capital, and favor companies already in the game.
The bill, which could pass the Senate on Wednesday, would trim 13 cents from every $100 of federal spending.
Most of Big E spends little on cleaning rivers or parks and far more on filing lawsuits.
The widely resented and ridiculed policy, which the U.S. was nearly alone in enforcing, never made much sense.
Estreicher and Babbitt are right to conclude that Trump's tariffs violate the nondelegation doctrine, but wrong to reject other arguments against them.
Judge James C. Ho recently described a troubling phenomenon on the 5th Circuit and the government abuse it enables.
Indications are that the second Trump Administration will not have as significant an effect on the Courts as the first.
Plus: Cuomo has a hard time taking no for an answer, a pro-party manifesto, Trump's about-face on Ukraine, and more...
Plus: A fond farewell to Black Sabbath.
There's a tension between Progressives' efforts to delegitimize the courts and hopes the judiciary to constrain executive power.
Helping servers takes more than a temporary tip tax break.
After criticizing the agency for being ineffective for months, the Trump administration now plans to reform it to supplement state disaster response efforts.
The hawkish defender of Guantanamo Bay and the post-9/11 security state worries President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is threatening civil liberties.
Justice Jackson Sees Her Colleagues' Rulings As Threats to Democracy and the Rule of Law
Criminal justice reform advocates are still hopeful the office can secure outside funding and bring much-needed transparency to Arizona's prisons.
