How can prosecuting a black woman for slapping Jews in 2020 be authorized by the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in 1865?
Police and prosecutors want to maintain a system that punishes poor people before they’re ever convicted.
Journalists and pundits who frantically doubled down on their initial bad takes deserve more criticism.
Hate crime data suggest that claim is overblown.
A crime in Monsey leads to a redundant prosecution that hinges on the defendant's anti-Semitism.
The officer responsible has been fired.
Many ideological extremes are responsible for anti-Jewish attacks.
Hate crime enhancements meet three-strikes laws, and the consequences are terrible.
The state wants to add cops to the list of oppressed classes.
This latest social media freakout has prompted a formal military investigation.
After a series of alleged hate crimes, activists say they don't feel safe on campus.
The comedian thinks misleading information on social media is ruining society. That's a bit rich, coming from him.
"Anyone, regardless of age, accused of such disgraceful actions will be charged accordingly."
Violent bigots were targeting Jews long before they could broadcast the carnage.
A Department of Justice lawyer in every pot.
The case vividly illustrates how hate crime laws punish people for the views they express.
In fact, they didn’t have any detectable impact at all.
The study at the source of the viral headline was limited to counting anti-Semitic incidents, many of which were not criminal in nature.
The Democratic presidential contender suggests that "racist threats or anti-immigrant manifestos" could justify federal gun confiscation orders.
Plus: the trouble with "national conservatism," the decline of the mortgage interest deduction, and more...
James Alex Fields Jr., who killed Heather Heyer in the fatal Charlottesville car attack, is sentenced to life plus 419 years.
The decision is a complicated ruling that potentially sets a dangerous precedent for the scope of federal power under the Constitution.
The debate about whether the killer should have been prosecuted for federal hate crimes shows how the Justice Department targets defendants based on the opinions they express.
A hearing on white nationalism produced some agreement that the FBI's hate crime statistics don't reveal strong evidence of a surge.
The federal hate crime charges against John T. Earnest are redundant and constitutionally problematic.
"We found evidence of a crime. It just wasn't a hate crime."
"A case with the consequential effects of Mr. Smollett's should not be resolved without a finding of guilt or innocence."
Top executives are departing amidst reports of racial and sexual harassment.
"Where is the accountability in the system?"
The FBI is still investigating, however.
Fake news is real. Momo is not.
Cops arrested Nikki Joly of Jackson, Michigan, for alleged hoax that resulted in the death of his five pets.
We make a mistake when we think outliers somehow represent who we are as a country.
Government statistics often show more reports of both. That doesn't mean either is on the rise.
CPD: "Jussie Smollett is now officially classified as a suspect in a criminal investigation."
As the investigation turns on the Empire star, it's important not to confuse "reality" with "narrative."
Police, Fox contradict local reporters' claims.
Empire star attacked on streets of Chicago late last night.
The federal case against the Charlottesville murderer illustrates how hate crime laws punish people for their bigoted beliefs.
1,000 more agencies submitted data in 2017 vs. 2016, which could account for much of the increase.
The federal case against the Pittsburgh shooter is redundant and constitutionally questionable.
The Student Senate has no regrets, will continue to believe survivors.
But if the show must exist, I have some ripped-from-the-headlines ideas for upcoming plots.
That's what Illinois prosecutors are trying to do by charging Timothy Trybus with hate crimes for objecting to a woman's Puerto Rican flag shirt.
"This is not what the hate crime statute was for. This is criminalizing pure speech, and that violates the First Amendment."
Nick Gillespie talks to former president of the ACLU Nadine Strossen about the difficulties and importance of free speech.
..and other things I learned when I spoke at a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights briefing.
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