The Supreme Court will review a 5th Circuit decision that let the officer off the hook without considering the recklessness that turned a routine traffic stop into a deadly encounter.
The decision is a reminder that independent reporters are still protected by the same First Amendment as journalists in legacy media.
Opposing Priscilla Villarreal's petition for Supreme Court review, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton portrays basic journalism as "incitement."
Robert Roberson is scheduled to become the first person in the country to be executed based on evidence of what used to be called "shaken baby syndrome."
Priscilla Villarreal, known as "Lagordiloca," is suing law enforcement for violating her First Amendment rights. She is appealing to the Supreme Court.
If you want something done right, do it yourself. That includes protecting family, friends, and neighbors.
Texas has set an October 17 execution date for Robert Roberson, convicted in 2003 of murdering his 2-year-old daughter.
In a letter sent to parents, school officials say the clothing is more "associated with depression and mental health issues and/or criminality than with happy and healthy kids ready to learn."
Turned off by fumbling public schools and curriculum wars, families teach their own kids.
The invasion argument is still being litigated in another case.
Last year, one prison's temperatures stayed above 100 degrees for 11 days.
Leading constitutional law scholars Larry Solum and Mark Tushnet opine on how we might answer this question.
The Biden administration says its new Title IX interpretation is a legitimate reading of the statute, but opponents characterize it as arbitrary and capricious.
Even as he praises judicial decisions that made room for "dissenters" and protected "robust political debate," Tim Wu pushes sweeping rationales for censorship.
Although the FBI never produced evidence that Ali Hemani was a threat to national security, it seems determined to imprison him by any means necessary.
Of the 21 Texas House Republicans who joined Democrats to kill school choice during the special sessions, only seven survived their primaries.
The media, state attorneys general, and the Biden administration are blaming rent-recommendation software for rising rents. Normal stories of supply and demand are the more reasonable explanation.
First-place finishes include an investigative piece on egregious misconduct in federal prison, a documentary on homelessness, best magazine columnist, and more.
The justices ruled that "objective evidence" of retaliation does not require "very specific comparator evidence."
The holiday represents a page-turning from one of the most shameful chapters in American history.
The decision clears the way for a jury to consider Megan and Adam McMurry's constitutional claims against the officers who snatched their daughter.
Plus: Sen. John Fetterman introduces a new zoning reform bill, U.C. Berkeley finally beats the NIMBYs in court, and Austin's unwise "equity overlay."
The court ruled that it is unconstitutional for officials to remove library books with the "intent to deprive patrons of access to ideas with which they disagree."
The University of Texas is just one campus that has seen police arrest pro-Palestine demonstrators.
An ideologically diverse mix of individuals and organizations supports a Texas journalist who was arrested for asking questions.
Justin Pulliam's arrest and lawsuit once again demand we ask if "real" journalists are entitled to a different set of rights.
All three inmates were mentally ill and became dehydrated despite ready access to water.
Plus: Austin shrinks its minimum lot sizes, Florida builds on past zoning reforms, and Arizona passes ADU and missing middle bills.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes a tactic from the progressive prosecutors he says he opposes.
Prosecutor Ralph Petty was also employed as a law clerk—by the same judges he argued before.
The Institute for Justice has launched a project to reform land use regulation.
"We will continue to fight for the right to access the internet without intrusive government oversight," says the group challenging the law.
Julian Assange and Priscilla Villarreal were both arrested for publishing information that government officials wanted to conceal.
Plus: California's landmark law ending single-family-only zoning is struck down, Austin, Texas, moves forward with minimum lot size reform, and the pro-natalist case for pedestrian infrastructure.
The ruling builds on the same court's two prior decisions to the same effect.
Priscilla Villarreal is appealing a 5th Circuit decision that dismissed her First Amendment lawsuit against Laredo police and prosecutors.
In March, Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order demanding that colleges crack down on antisemitic speech.
At least eight states have already enacted age-verification laws, and several more are considering bills.
Ethan Blevins of the Pacific Legal Foundation explains why. I myself have made similar arguments.
"Profound irreparable harm flows from the Act's chilling of adults' access to protected sexual expression," the filing reads.
I participated, along with former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, and former DHS official Sohan Dasgupta.
A district court concludes that the Department of Transportation lacks the authority to force states to try and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with highway use.
The 35-year-old Texan formerly known as Dustin Ebey voted for Gary Johnson in 2016 and says the national debt is America's biggest problem.
The entrepreneur, who founded the Cicero Institute to fix government and the University of Austin to fix higher education, wanted space to flourish.
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