Nanny State
Bradley Manning Sentence May Come Tomorrow At the Earliest
Faces up to 90 years in prison
Former Missouri Jailers Get Probation After Admitting to Arranging Prison Fights
No getting locked in a cage and supervised by sadists for them
Missouri Department of Corrections Ban Economist Issue Over Picture of KKK Member Holding Noose
Could cause a riot they said; issue also included an article on prison reform
Obama Wants Supreme Court to Rule Fourth Amendment Allows Warrantless Cellphone Searches
Ladies and gentlemen, a "constitutional scholar"
Court Documents Show Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Shot Multiple Times, Including in the Mouth
Was unarmed when apprehended
Toronto Cop Charged With Second Degree Murder After Police Shot 18-Year-Old to Death on Street Car
Multiple investigations still ongoing
Federal Judge Upholds Porn Condom Law, But Makes Actually Enforcing It Difficult
Get a search warrant, a judge orders
Fort Hood Shooter Trial Drawing to a Close
Prosecution's called 80 witnesses over a three week period
Common Core Blamed for Plunge in New York Standardized Test Scores
Teachers worried they'll be targeted... because it doesn't look like they're doing their jobs
Ray Kelly Warns of Reversal of Downward Trend in NYC Violent Crime After Stop and Frisk Ruling
He's just trying to save lives, he says
Chris Christie to Sign Bill Banning Gay Conversion Therapy
New Jersey to join California in banning licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teens straight
New Orleans Murder Rate Down 35 Percent Year-on-Year in Second Quarter
Mayor trying to assign credit
Stop-and-Frisk: How Government Creates Problems, Then Makes Them Worse
We should be concerned whenever the executive branch unilaterally declares it will write its own law.
Pushing Back Against Food Nudges
Should libertarian paternalists in government nudge you to make "better" food choices?
Chris Christie Says It's Up to Parents to Decide How to Care for Their Kids, But He Has to Protect Them All; Conditionally Vetoes Medical Marijuana for Children Bill
Edible marijuana permitted, authorized physician's approval still required
Bloomberg Off-Handedly Suggests Fingerprinting New York Public Housing Residents
What next? Tracking chips?
After Years of Hand-Wringing, Obesity Rates Decline for No Known Reasons
Experts admit that people are often beyond comprehension
Crackdown on Pain Medication Cuts Off Florida Patients From Relief
Better that people suffer than that anybody ever get high, right?
Penn State Forces Staff to Reveal Medical Habits or Face Steep Fine
$1,200 if you don't inspect your balls, gentlemen
Miami Beach Cop Who Tasered, Killed Teenaged Tagger Also Punched Someone at a Concert, Arrested an Elderly Woman Who Asked for Help, and Participated in Alleged Beating of Iraq War Vet
Jorge Mercado fatally tased 18-year-old Israel Hernandez after allegedly catching him tagging a building
Louisiana Court Clerk Employee Charged With Stealing Cocaine From Evidence Locker; "Not the Brightest Crayon in the Box" Says Defense Attorney, Oh and His Mom's a Judge
Authorities believe he's hiding the profits he made from selling the cocaine
Forfeiture Laws Turn Public Officials Into Profiteers
The lure of revenues has distorted police priorities as money-hungry agencies think more about grabbing property than about fairly applying the law.
Gov. Jerry Brown Condescends Toward Women in Egg-Sale Bill Veto
Loathsome paternalism from the left. Where are the protests?
Cop Records Police Chief Pushing Ticket Quotas, Boasting About Always Finding a Reason to Stop Someone
"I wanna stop that car load of dumb sh*** in the car, I wanna stop it, but they are not going to do anything wrong."
California School District Suspends Social Media Policy After Student Protests
Pressure from attorneys also helped
Orange County, Fla. Sheriff: "We are a paramilitary organization"
11 new deputies sworn in
NYPD Investigating Assault on Gay Couple in Midtown Manhattan as Hate Crime
City council members as well as mayoral candidate Christine Quinn all trying to capitalize
Massachusetts State Police Have a Sad Because People Took Photos of Teens Riding Back of Truck Instead of Calling 911
Trawling Facebook as law enforcement tactic
California Couple Awarded $4 Million for Warrantless Raid
Man had to have his foot amputated, cops also shattered pregnant woman's collar bone
Obama Not Using His Presidential Powers to Alleviate Prison Sentences and be "Smart on Crime"
Only one person granted an early release by the president, and he has a lower clemency rate than any other modern president
Feds to Spend $67 Million on Grants for Obamacare "Navigators"
To help people understand the options available
Mass. State Police Upset No One Called Them After Two Teens Rode on Back of Tractor-Trailer
Lots of people took pictures and posted them on Facebook, the police said, but nobody called them
St. Louis Alderwoman Pushing To Ban Pants Below the Waist
Says, "This is an absolutely vulgar display of disrespect not only to every other human being that has to look at it but also to themselves"
Chris Christie Tells Local Dad Medical Marijuana More "Complicated" Than Just Letting His Daughter Live
Which way's the wind blow?
