The FBI repeatedly gave grossly inflated data to Congress and the public about the extent of problems posed by encrypted cellphones, claiming investigators were locked out of nearly 7,800 devices connected to crimes last year when the correct number was much smaller, between 1,000 and...
Many people arrested in Chicago were within two to three degrees of separation from someone who possessed an illegal firearm, says a study analyzing the social circles of offenders, the Chicago Tribune reports. In one of the first analyses seeking to unravel Chicago’s gun market...
ICSC is in full swing at the Las Vegas Convention Center this week. This is the world’s largest gathering of retail real estate professionals. With 37,000 industry professionals and 1200 exhibitors, it promises to be an amazing week. Last year, the mood at the convention...
No one is sure why the homicide total in the US increased in both 2015 and 2016, but experts gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday to discuss two popular theories: that the change had to do with police withdrawal of services in response to anti-police sentiment...
Co-author Sonya Reddy Defendants accused of stealing trade secrets often claim that publicly available information can’t constitute a trade secret. Sometimes yes, but mineral ownership that can be determined from the public record only after lengthy, expensive, and labor-intensive research in the county courthouse can have...
The House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan prison reform bill Tuesday amid objections from some Democrats and liberal groups that it doesn’t go far enough. Lawmakers approved the First Step Act by a 360-59 vote to incentivize inmates to complete prison programs that reduce their likelihood...
Now that marijuana legalization seems to have reached a tipping point, it may be necessary for conservatives in politics and government to give it that last push to legalization at the federal level. At least 28 states already have legalized medical marijuana use and nine of...
Epic Systems v. Lewis, in which the court held on Monday that arbitration clauses in employment contracts that require employees to forgo class and collective actions are enforceable, continues to attract attention from court-watchers. Scott Bomboy reports on the decision for Constitution Daily. At the...
Two of the country’s leading experts on women’s issues warn that federal efforts to prevent violence against women are in danger of sliding “backwards” under the Trump administration. Current discussions in Washington over the anticipated reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) this year...
Peter Lawler laid out how the middle class was the class that best represented our middling status as human beings, neither gods nor beasts....