Arkansas Set to Execute Eight Inmates in 10 Days
The state's supply of one of the needed drugs is about to expire.
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10 Ridiculous Recent Food-Marketing Lawsuits
And why these class-action endeavors are on the rise. (Hint: it's not consumer protection.)
When Even Prosecutors Can't Be Informed About Corrupt Cops, We've Got a Problem
California's shielding of police misconduct affects criminal cases.
Trump Eyes Libertarian-Minded Texas Judge for Federal Court Vacancy
The Trump administration has two openings to fill on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
An Immigration Crackdown That Could Make Crime Problems Worse
When people aren't safe asking for protection from violence, bad consequences are sure to follow.
The Sessions Debacle, the Travel Ban SNAFU, and Trump's Residency Between Your Ears: Matt Welch on Red Eye
Watch Fox News at 3 a.m. for some unkind words about Elizabeth Warren, the new attorney general, and people with cracked iPhones
Victory for Third-Party Ballot Access in Georgia
A federal appeals court in Atlanta upheld last year's ruling that Georgia ballot access laws violated the Constitution.
Judge: Obama Administration's New Overtime Rules an Overreach
Want to change the rules? Go ask Congress.
Texas Judge Tells Woman Given $3,500 Bond for Misdemeanors She's 'Job Security'
County sued for not caring whether defendants can pay high bails.
ExxonMobil Climate 'Fraud' Investigation Follies Continue
New court ruling requires oil company to hand over accounting records
Climate Change Subpoenas Versus Free Speech
Constitutional rights threatened by the legal storms over global warming
Connecticut Makes it Hard for Poor Students to Escape Standard Public Schools; Sued Over Practice
Students Matter, the group behind California's Vergara suit, asserts laws making it harder for poor kids to get into magnet or charter schools violates a federal right to education.
Lawsuit Challenges Arkansas City and County Practice of Arresting People Over Court Fines Associated with Bad Checks
An effective policy of debtors prison said to violate the federal constitution and various parts of Arkansas' state constitution.
In Judge's Rejection of $100 Million Uber Settlement, Nobody Wins
Uber and 385,000 drivers liked the deal, but Judge Edward Chen determined it was "not fair."
'A Manifest Abuse of the Eminent Domain Power': N.J. State Agency Gets Bench-Slapped in Court
Eminent domain abuse struck down in Casino Reinvestment Development Authority v. Birnbaum.
Virginia Suspends Hundreds of Thousands of Driver's Licenses Due to Unpaid Court Debt
More than 900,000 people in Virginia have suspended licenses, in what a new class-action lawsuit claims is an unconstitutional revenue scheme.
Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor
Culture and law conspire to make prosecutors hostile to constitutional rights.
Appeals Court Won't Reconsider Ruling That Applies Title IX Protections to Transgender Students
Transgender boy demanded right to use men's room at school.
Donald Trump's Vile Attack on Federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel
Trump calls the U.S.-born federal judge a "hater" and a "Mexican."
Federal Court Rules That Obamacare Subsidies Were Illegally Funded
Only Congress has the power to appropriate funds.
The Limits to President Obama's Authority on Immigration Executive Orders
Is the president enforcing laws not as Congress wrote them, but as he wishes them to have been written?
NC Sheriff's Lying Invalidates 100+ DWIs, Makes Roads Less Safe!
Who watches the watchers? In this case, the court did. And what it saw was appalling.
Yet Another Tale of Death in Jail Over a Debt, in a Nation Officially Without Debtors Prisons
Taken from a hospital suffering from gastroenteritis straight to jail, Joyce Curnell died there of likely dehydration. All over an unpaid court debt.
My data is safer with Apple than with a government
Which side are you on? Government spies or corporate guardians?
Meet Clint Bolick, Libertarian Lawyer Turned Arizona Supreme Court Justice
The newly appointed justice talks law, politics, immigration, and why he got "visibly tattooed."
Shut Up, Explained the Businessman: How Consumers Like You Get SLAPPed Down
Free market groups support Federal SPEAK FREE Act opposing "strategic lawsuits against public participation"
Libertarian Lawyer Clint Bolick Appointed to Arizona Supreme Court
Gov. Doug Ducey makes his first appointment to the state's highest court.
Federal Court Rules Tattooing a Constitutional Right Under the First Amendment
"The act of tattooing is sheltered by the First Amendment."
When Courts Compete for 'Business,' Liberty Wins
Those who insist that market anarchism cannot work because it lacks a monopolistic court of final jurisdiction are wrong.
St. Louis Towns Sue for Right to Keep Milking Citizens with Fines
One mayor claims it's racist to try to stop it. No, really.
House Republicans Just Got a Big Win in Their Lawsuit Against Obamacare
Federal judge rules that Congress has standing to sue the Obama administration.
Kentucky Clerk Who Refused Marriage Licenses Found in Contempt, Taken Into Custody (UPDATE II: Clerk Won't Let Deputies Issue Licenses)
Kim Davis stands fast against acknowledging gay couples.
DOJ Investigation Finds Due-Process Violations, Discrimination in St. Louis County Juvenile Courts
A new report finds systematic failures to protect the rights of juveniles, as well as harsher treatment of black youths.
Federal Court Allows State Government to Practice 'Naked Economic Protectionism'
Occupational licensing scheme upheld in Sensational Smiles, LLC v. Mullen.
Self-Driving Cars Could Destroy Fine-Based City Government. What's the Downside?
Increasing automation limits the ability of authorities to profit off human error.
Judge Orders Kids to Spend Years in Juvenile Hall for Skipping Lunch with Dad
Court punishes kids for parents' messy divorce.
