Police Seized Property of Close to 1,000 People in Michigan—Without Ever Convicting Them of Crimes
Thanks to a new state law, agencies now have to report how extensively civil asset forfeiture is used to take people's stuff.
Thanks to a new state law, agencies now have to report how extensively civil asset forfeiture is used to take people's stuff.
Michael Moore predicts the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
But the pizza place next door can have one.
Siwatu-Salama Ra used a legally purchased firearm to protect her family. She was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
The measure would make Michigan the 10th state to legalize cannabis for recreational use.
And that's just one of many oddities in the state's licensing laws.
Saginaw demands that establishments install video cameras and turn over footage.
A judge says Michigan's license suspension scheme is probably unconstitutional. But the state government wants to keep it.
Michigan and Indiana lawmakers cave to liquor store owners' protectionist demands.
A court rules that Michigan can't block a New York nurse from holding the same job in his new state.
No one is pettier than government.
Incentives for neighbors to turn on each other. Incentives for police to find reasons to seize people's stuff and keep it.
Two cases give the Court a chance to reconsider its counterintuitive conclusions about commitment and registration.
Michigan activist Keith Wood argues that his jury tampering conviction violated the First Amendment.
Keith Wood argues that his distribution of flyers was protected by the First Amendment.
Keith Wood, who was convicted of jury tampering last month, argued that he was exercising his First Amendment rights.
Many of the homes were taken through likely unconstitutional tax foreclosures.
All that's missing is Gov. Rick Snyder's signature.
He won't host same-sex weddings, but his farm isn't even within city limits.
Handing out pamphlets gets treated as a crime.
A new bill may end this absurd practice
Michigan lawmakers and the Twenty-First Amendment stink.
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) members are fighting back after being charged with trespassing for handing out constitutions without permission.
A federal appeals court rules police are pretty much always justified in shooting dogs during drug raids.
Will the rest of America eventually converge with the coasts?
Steven Moerman claims the counselor used him as "a virtual sex slave, demanding sexual gratification at her whim."
When the government can't or won't provide services, residents step in.
A federal appeals court finds little evidence that the burdens imposed by sex offender registries are justified.
Concluding that retroactive application of the law is unconstitutional, the appeals court also questions its rationality.
Rule controlling when signatures may be gathered to blame.
More states should follow Minnesota's lead by legalizing mid-level dental professionals.
Without new arrivals to this country, the state would be poorer and less populated.
While cracking down on prostitution in Michigan, Stuart Dunnings III was routinely shelling out money for sexual services, authorities say.