FBI Director Christopher Wray sent a staff-wide message Monday after fresh criticism from President Trump, telling employees to keep focused on their mission and praising them for “example after example’’ of their professionalism, the Washington Post reports. The note did not mention the president’s criticism...
John Elwood reviews Monday’s relists. For a Supreme Court (and litigants) that remains a smidge light on grants, Zarathust No Diso is coming early this year: There are more relists on for this Friday’s conference than for all conferences since mid-October combined — nine of ‘em,...
The number of people caught trying to sneak over the border from Mexico has fallen to the lowest level in 46 years, according to Homeland Security statistics released Tuesday that offer the first comprehensive look at how immigration enforcement is changing under the Trump administration,...
One of the latest, hottest trends across most industries are mobile apps. It’s not far from the truth to say, “There’s an app for everything.” For today’s legal professionals, a mobile app developer can provide many benefits. There are already numerous mobile apps devoted to...
The Defense Department has for the first time released data on the number of reports of sexual assault across all U.S. military installations at home and abroad, by base, the Huffington Post reports. Looking only at military personnel — not dependents, civilian contractors or others —...
In my last post, I discussed the Fourth Amendment, the third party doctrine, and the Carpenter case (which involved information secured from a cell phone company about a consumer’s cell phone location). In that post, I discussed the third party doctrine generally and applied it...
New Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s search for a new police chief will be keenly watched throughout the city, but one of the closest observers will be the federal judge set to decide whether the Police Department is in compliance with court-ordered reforms, the Seattle Times...
Federal authorities have sought to take back guns from thousands of people the background check system should have blocked from buying weapons because they had criminal records, mental health issues or other problems that would disqualify them, USA Today reports. The FBI issued more than...
When most people focus on the program of left-liberal constitutionalism, they naturally think of the expansion of unenumerated rights, from the right of abortion to same-sex marriage. But in my view the more important part of their current project is structural—to create centers of constitutionally...
After the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Ct., Police Chief Michael Kehoe screamed in his sleep, reliving the gruesome scene in his dreams. After the mass shooting of 20 schoolchildren and six adults, Kehoe found himself overwhelmed at times, the Wall Street...