Does the Constitution Protect the Right To Get High?
Columbia law professor David Pozen recalls the controversy provoked by early anti-drug laws and the hope inspired by subsequent legal assaults on prohibition.
Columbia law professor David Pozen recalls the controversy provoked by early anti-drug laws and the hope inspired by subsequent legal assaults on prohibition.
The case hinged on statutory interpretation, not the merits of the state's 1864 ban.
Philip Esformes was sentenced for charges on which a jury hung. After receiving a commutation, the federal government vowed to try to put him back in prison.
Despite brazenly lying on financial documents and inventing valuations seemingly out of thin air, Trump's lender did not testify that it would have valued his loans any differently.
Judges can sentence defendants for charges they were acquitted of by a jury, a practice that troubles criminal justice advocates, civil liberties groups, and several Supreme Court justices.
The trial of the first of 61 defendants starts today, but the judge has seemingly forbidden any of the defendants or their attorneys from discussing the case.
A D.C. Circuit judge says the government’s defense of the order gives short shrift to "the First Amendment’s vigorous protection of political speech."
In an upcoming Supreme Court case, the Cato Institute argues that the "threadbare procedures" required by federal law provide inadequate protection for constitutional rights.
A federal judge barred the former president from "publicly targeting" witnesses, prosecutors, or court personnel.
The appeals court judge argued that the Israeli Supreme Court had usurped the role of legislators.
After an array of botched and unsuccessful executions, the state's Department of Corrections says its ready to start executing inmates again.
Abortion and gerrymandering are likely to be on the court's docket in the near future, and Janet Protasiewicz ran unabashedly to the left on both issues. Is this the best way to decide contentious topics?
The surprising recent rise in partisan, racial, and gender differences in circuit judges following earlier opinions.
Opponents of the reforms favored by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition should acknowledge the threat posed by unconstrained majority rule.
We may have finally discovered a limit to judicial immunity.
Today's scheduled execution is getting attention because she's trans. But the bigger story here is how she was sentenced to die.
No judge should have to fear for their lives as they defend the rule of law. But that doesn’t mean they can infringe on other civil liberties to protect their information.
Slate's legal correspondent questioned the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit about the Federalist Society.
In the event of prosecution, jury nullification allows regular people to exercise a veto over the power of the state.
Supreme Court protesters may get their moment of fame, but they may make it less likely the justices will allow live video broadcast of oral arguments.
The federal appellate judge suggests judges should focus less on social media attention, and more on ensuring their opinions are clear, succinct and correct.
The Honorable Ben Beaton would prefer not to be called "Your Honor."
"I never thought this could happen in this country," Gregory Hahn said.
The Supreme Court may soon consider if acquitted conduct sentencing is illegal.
Adding progressive justices to the bench would eventually backfire.
There is much, much less in the leaked draft than meets the eye
It was unconstitutional to charge Jenna Holm with manslaughter. But the state wanted to protect its own.
A Wall Street Journal report shows that federal judges do not always recuse when cases implicate their financial holdings.
Judge Paul Bonin profited from making defendants wear ankle monitors. The victims can't sue.
An interesting exploration of what happens when high courts are evenly divided.
Only in extreme circumstances should a court come between a parent and their child.
A federal judge suggests that dissents from en banc denial make the courts seem too political. Others might think such dissents serve a useful purpose, including the flagging of important questions (and significant errors) for Supreme Court review.
Threatening somebody with prison for refusing a shot is no way to end a pandemic.
Programs that keep sex offenders indefinitely confined face new challenges.
A misdemeanor marijuana charge leads to an attempt to take $17,000.