President Obama Announces 61 New Commutations
Total for his administration: 248.
Department of Justice
Don't Forget: Apple Still Has an Encryption Fight Going in New York
The fight over government access to your private data will not be ending anytime soon.
Bad News: The Justice Dept. Has Restarted Its Program to Share Seized Property with Police
Incentives bolstered to find reasons to take private property in the name of fighting crime.
Justice Department Tells Prisons to Take Gender Identity Seriously
Prison and jail policies "must allow for housing by gender identity when appropriate" say new federal guidelines.
Justice Dept. to Apple: Never Mind on That Encryption Thing, Maybe
In the 11th hour, feds ask to delay court hearing over access to terrorist's work phone.
Justice Dept. Attempts to Block Newspaper Sale for the Absurdest of Reasons
Fears of media 'monopolies' over the joining of two chains that have separately declared bankruptcy
Obama and the Justice Dept. May Be Losing the P.R. Battle over Encryption, but Watch the Larger War
Nobody believes it's 'just one phone.'
DOJ Report: 'Males, Whites, Republicans' and Porn Watchers Hold 'Incorrect Beliefs' About Sex Trafficking
Don't worry, the feds will fix those for you.
DOJ Attempts to Force Apple's Cooperation, Calls Our Data Security a 'Marketing' Concern, Hopes We Ignore the Big Picture
The government wants what it wants, consequences be damned.
Justice Dept. Wastes No Time Filing Civil Rights Suit Against Ferguson
City Council wanted some changes to agreement to reform police and courts.
Ferguson Resists Federal Demand They Raise Police Wages. Justice Dept. Threatens Legal Action.
Order has nothing to do with city's civil rights problems.
The Justice Dept. Wants to Punish Abusive Ferguson Police with Massive Raises
City that preyed on citizens to fund itself told to cough up even more money.
After Returning the Money They Stole, Feds Will Pay Interest and Legal Expenses Too
A convenience store owner accused of "structuring" will get some compensation for his forfeiture ordeal.
The Official Indictment of Rentboy.com's Founder Will Infuriate You
Human trafficking issues are raised to make site operators look bad, but the charges don't match.
Medical Marijuana Merchant Faces at Least Five Years for Bad Timing and 'High-Roller Lifestyle'
A federal jury convicts Lance Gloor of something hundreds of uncharged competitors openly did.
The Federal Ban on Medical Marijuana Was Not Lifted
Some observers got carried away when Congress renewed the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment.
Congress Did Not Legalize Medical Marijuana
Contrary to what you may have heard, the federal ban has not been lifted.
Wonderful Asset Forfeiture News: Justice Department Temporarily Halts "Equitable Sharing" Program
Thanks to budget cuts, for a while local cops can't get federal payoffs for stealing property allegedly connected to drugs.
Ferguson Thinks It May Have to Raise Taxes in Order to Stop Abusing Citizens
Deal in the works with the Department of Justice.
Backpage.com Sues Federal Government Over SAVE Act
Following a First Amendment win against Illinois Sheriff Tom Dart, Backpage.com has filed a civil action against the U.S. Attorney General.
N.Y. Times Sides with Lazy Federal Prosecutors Not Wanting to Prove Criminal Intent Because 'Corporations!'
Apparently mens rea is just another 'loophole.'
DOJ Tries to Poison Liberals Against Justice Reform Because Rich Corporations Also Benefit
Having so many laws means sometimes it's hard to prove people knew they were violating them.
Justice Department Distorts Sex-Trafficking Arrest Numbers
Loretta Lynch claims "hundreds of sex traffickers" were recently arrested by the FBI. It's not true.
'Body Cameras for Thee—but Not When You're With Me'
Bureaucracy turns Department of Justice into hilarious hypocrites
Institute for Justice Maps States That Still Love to Steal Your Stuff
Despite some reforms, civil asset forfeiture revenues continue to grow.
Hillary Clinton's Big Lie About Edward Snowden…
...is that the NSA whistleblower could have gone through proper channels, says Snowden's lawyer.
American Justice: Five Years Prison for Changing a Headline
Apparently messing (even briefly) with a newspaper website is a federal matter.
Police Discover Their Body Camera Programs Don't Have To Be Good To Snag Federal Funds
LAPD offers little by way of public accountability and gets $1 million anyway.
How A Legal Squabble Could Change the Way the Government Collects Personal Data
The U.S. "would go crazy if China did this to us," says Microsoft about DOJ attempt to compel email data stored overseas.
Rape Kit Backlog Testing Gets $41 Million Boost From Obama Administration
Rape kit testing is important but the initiative threatens to set up yet another front in federal bureaucracy.
California Forfeiture Reform Bill Stalls in Assembly
Law and order lobbyists defeat due process.
Feds on Asset Forfeiture Reform: It's Too Much Trouble to Track Convictions Before Taking People's Stuff
California's participation in federal program threatened just by calling for better due process.
DOJ Announces 'New Policy' of Acknowledging Fourth Amendment
Will require agents get warrants for devices that track mobile phone locations.
Anger Rising over Federal Rentboy.com Bust
Manhattan's district attorney distances office from raid.
The Federal Travel Act and the Rentboy.com Raid
Little-known regulation lets the federal government step in to enforce state laws.
6 Thoughts on the Rentboy.com Bust from 1 Angry, Gay Libertarian
Do not let this massive violation of sexual liberty slide.
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 Judge Rejects Attempt to Extend Discrimination Protection to Transgender Student
It's a case about public school bathrooms.
U.S. Attorneys Group Digs Out Every Horrible Drug War Argument to Fight Sentencing Reform
We're both winning and losing the drug war, so don't change anything!
White House Seems Opposed to Drug War Reforms that Reduce Prosecutor Leverage
When mercy gets in the way of ambition.
Feds to File Utterly Irrelevant Hate Crime Charges Against Dylann Roof
He's never getting out state prison, assuming he doesn't get executed.
Are the Airlines Colluding—or Just Careful?
An industry that has struggled in the past may have good reasons for its decisions.
Don't Hold Your Breath Hoping for a Deal That Would Bring Edward Snowden Home
Don't forget the Obama administration's record of going after whistleblowers.
Religious Discrimination Case Against Polygamous Towns Goes Forward
But are these fundamentalist-LDS towns the perpetrators or the victims of religious discrimination?
Oakland Joins the World's Biggest Pot Shop to Battle the Feds
Is this how the war on weed ends?
DOJ to Announce It Has Eyes, Could See Disastrous Police Response to Ferguson Shooting
Sniper rifles aimed at protesters kind of a problem.
