Bails that don't consider defendants' ability to pay "are not only unconstitutional, but they also constitute bad public policy," the Justice Department said.
The move will only affect 13 prisons, or about 12 percent of the federal prison population.
The appeals court rules that Congress has forbidden such interference.
Justice Dept. report on Baltimore Police shows little respect for the Fourth Amendment.
Unconstitutional stops, excessive force, racist slurs, and little internal oversight.
James Comey says justice demands proof of criminal intent, even when the law doesn't.
FBI Director James Comey fails to understand that extreme recklessness is gross negligence.
A.G. Loretta Lynch accepts FBI recommendation.
Why did the FBI recommend against prosecuting her for gross negligence in handling classified material?
Intent matters, but sometimes only when authorities decide it does, like if it turns out you're Hillary Clinton.
It's not about fighting terrorism; it's about finding leakers.
Facing pressure from the NBA, the bill would create sex reassignment certificates.
Culture and law conspire to make prosecutors hostile to constitutional rights.
Here are your unintended consequences for demanding media censor info about mass killers.
Lawyers representing the federal government have lied to the courts in a number of recent cases.
Eleven sue the Departments of Justice and Education.
Do they plan to kill the Charleston shooter twice?
Reforms would give people more protections from asset forfeiture abuse.
Possible threat of legal action?
A decision forbidding gender stereotyping gets stretched by court rulings.
Clinton had characterized the FBI's investigation as "routine," but the DOJ now refers to it as a "law enforcement proceeding."
After trying to shut down the Harborside Health Center for years, the DOJ gives up.
A week to try to help ex-prisoners return to communities follows years of relentlessly putting them away.
The feds had argued that a spending rider left them free to shut down dispensaries.
Beware assuming this means the administration is pro-encryption.
The same PD that led city to accept a federal consent decree will be responsible for keeping peace at Republican convention.
The fight over government access to your private data will not be ending anytime soon.
Incentives bolstered to find reasons to take private property in the name of fighting crime.
Prison and jail policies "must allow for housing by gender identity when appropriate" say new federal guidelines.
In the 11th hour, feds ask to delay court hearing over access to terrorist's work phone.
Fears of media 'monopolies' over the joining of two chains that have separately declared bankruptcy
Nobody believes it's 'just one phone.'
Don't worry, the feds will fix those for you.
The government wants what it wants, consequences be damned.
City Council wanted some changes to agreement to reform police and courts.
Order has nothing to do with city's civil rights problems.
City that preyed on citizens to fund itself told to cough up even more money.
A convenience store owner accused of "structuring" will get some compensation for his forfeiture ordeal.
Human trafficking issues are raised to make site operators look bad, but the charges don't match.
A federal jury convicts Lance Gloor of something hundreds of uncharged competitors openly did.
Some observers got carried away when Congress renewed the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment.
Contrary to what you may have heard, the federal ban has not been lifted.
Thanks to budget cuts, for a while local cops can't get federal payoffs for stealing property allegedly connected to drugs.
Deal in the works with the Department of Justice.
Following a First Amendment win against Illinois Sheriff Tom Dart, Backpage.com has filed a civil action against the U.S. Attorney General.
Apparently mens rea is just another 'loophole.'
Having so many laws means sometimes it's hard to prove people knew they were violating them.
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