Ketanji Brown Jackson Joins Conservative Justices in Upending Hundreds of January 6 Cases
Her concurrence is a reminder that the application of criminal law should not be infected by personal animus toward any given defendant.
Her concurrence is a reminder that the application of criminal law should not be infected by personal animus toward any given defendant.
The decision also negates two counts of the federal indictment accusing Donald Trump of illegally interfering in the 2020 presidential election.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the Supreme Court ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy "a power grab." She's right, but in the wrong way.
A year after a court told Maryland police that Cellebrite searches were too broad, Baltimore quietly resumed using the software.
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.
The candidate makes the case against the two-party system.
The fines, which can reach over $750, are disproportionately likely to be handed out to black students, a complaint with the Education Department alleges.
First-place finishes include an investigative piece on egregious misconduct in federal prison, a documentary on homelessness, best magazine columnist, and more.
Paul Erlinger was sentenced to 15 years in prison based largely on a determination made by a judge—not a jury.
The Court says "a credible threat" justifies a ban on gun possession but does not address situations where there is no such judicial finding.
Upcoming legislation would repeal parts of the 1873 law that could be used to target abortion, but the Comstock Act's reach is much more broad than that.
George Norcross III's alleged actions are almost cartoonishly corrupt. But for economic development programs, it's not too far off from business as usual.
A new Netflix documentary series shows what happened when inmates were free to roam the cellblock with no guards in sight.
The justices ruled that "objective evidence" of retaliation does not require "very specific comparator evidence."
The decision clears the way for a jury to consider Megan and Adam McMurry's constitutional claims against the officers who snatched their daughter.
X's child porn detection system doesn’t violate an Illinois biometric privacy law, the judge ruled.
Numerous federal appeals courts have ruled that filming police is protected under the First Amendment, but police continue to illegally arrest people for it.
Vague rules and an unjustified raid led to Bryan Malinowski’s brutal death at the hands of federal agents.
Whatever you think of abortion, the Department of Justice's latest approach to these cases is misguided.
The Ben Kredich Act, named for a young man killed by an allegedly impaired motorist, overcorrects in response to a tragic incident.
Issuing a posthumous pardon for Bennett would reaffirm our nation’s commitment to free expression and intellectual freedom.
Facing an opponent who has been credibly described as a sexual predator, Biden instead emphasizes Trump's cover-up of a consensual encounter.
The blanket pardon is one of the largest yet, and another sign of the collapse of public support for marijuana prohibition.
Australia’s Prohibition-style attempts to abolish nicotine use have predictably led to a new drug war being fought over a legal substance.
The plaintiffs are challenging the state's widespread surveillance, which it collects through over 600 cameras.
Phoenix police are trained that "deescalation" means overwhelming and immediate force, whether or not it's necessary.
The MAGA movement has suddenly discovered the evils of politicized prosecutions, inequities in the justice system, and fear of police abuse.
You don't promote acceptance by locking people up for victimless crimes.
An analysis by The Washington Post found that nearly 1,800 police officers were arrested for child sex abuse-related crimes between 2005 and 2022.
Prosecutors say the Buenos Aires Yoga School was a sex trafficking cult, but the alleged victims say this isn't true.
The president's son, who faces up to 25 years in prison for conduct that violated no one's rights, can still challenge his prosecution on Second Amendment grounds.
While the data is far from perfect, if the overall trend holds, violent crime could be back to pre-COVID levels by the end of the year.
The Justice Department announced last year that it would expand a program to grant compassionate relief to federal inmates who've been sexually assaulted by staff.
Don't blame criminal justice reform or a lack of social spending for D.C.'s crime spike. Blame government mismanagement.
"I'm shaking and crying because I'm like, 'Oh my god, I'm gonna get shot,'" one student told a Vermont newspaper. "It felt so real."
A new law will make it much harder to film law enforcement officers in their public duties. Does that violate the First Amendment?
That take on the former president's New York conviction echoes similarly puzzling claims by many people who should know better.
A WIRED investigation reveals the extent to which residents of Chula Vista are subjected to surveillance from the sky.