Judges appointed by Republican presidents gave longer sentences to black defendants and shorter ones to women than judges appointed by Democrats, says a new study reported by the New York Times that analyzed data on more than half a million defendants. “Republican-appointed judges sentence black...
A class-action lawsuit filed last month alleges that Wal-Mart’s video recording technology at its self-service checkout kiosks collects “personal identification information” in violation of the California Song-Beverly Act Credit Card Act of 1971 (“Song-Beverly Act”). The Song-Beverly Act, like analogous statutes in several other states,...
We are live-blogging as the Supreme Court releases orders from the May 24 conference (9:30 a.m.) and opinions in argued cases (10 a.m.). Join us. The post Live blog of orders and opinions appeared first on SCOTUSblog....
While the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to issue advisory rulings, some state courts embrace this power....
In an era in which women in the film industry are speaking out about sexual harassment, film producer Harvey Weinstein’s attorney invoked an old Hollywood stereotype in the producer’s defense, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Mr. Weinstein did not invent the casting couch in Hollywood,”...
President Trump repeatedly promised to stop giving federal money to cities that refuse to cooperate with U.S. agencies trying to enforce immigration law. Kirstjen Nielsen, his homeland security secretary, has awarded nearly $1.7 billion in grants, some related to immigration, to states and localities including...
The First Amendment only protects us against the government, and that alone makes the NFL's case strong, but they're also correct to limit protest....
A prison reform bill passed in the U.S. House last week, but Senate authors of a long-stalled measure that includes sentencing reform are steadfastly opposed to the House plan, reports the New York Times. They have the clout and perhaps the votes to stall it,...
Last week, legislation designed to accelerate reentry for thousands of federal prisoners passed the United States House of Representatives by a whopping 360-59 margin. Decarceration Nation podcast Up next for the First Step Act will likely be a much more hostile reception in the Senate. Here’s why senators...
For The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin and Saleh Al-Batati report that “[a] disabled Yemeni girl, whose exclusion from the U.S. was questioned by Supreme Court justices reviewing the Trump administration’s travel ban, arrived Saturday in New York for resettlement.” At the Cato Institute’s Cato...