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Crime and Justice News
Apr 24, 20242 min read
Trust in Supreme Court Declined In Past Couple Years, Study Finds
Americans' trust in the Supreme Court has dropped sharply in recent years, with a record-low 47% telling Gallup they distrust the high...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 16, 20241 min read
Justices Limit Right to Organize Mass Protests In 3 Southern States
The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would not hear Mckesson v. Doe, leaving in place a lower court decision that effectively...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 10, 20242 min read
Homelessness Case May Impact Prisoner Rights
When the Supreme Court hears the case of Grants Pass v. Johnson later this month, the justices will consider how far cities can go in...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 19, 20241 min read
Court Mulls Whether NY Violated NRA 1st Amendment Rights
The Supreme Court is considering whether a New York financial regulator violated the National Rifle Association’s First Amendment rights...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 6, 20241 min read
Did Colorado Supreme Court err?'
Legal editor Chris Geidner breaks down the Trump 14th Amendment case in detail in his blog LawDork, including a look at Thursday’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 30, 20241 min read
SCOTUS Flooded by Amicus Briefs in Trump 14th Amendment Case
Outside parties have filed hundreds of pages of friend-of-the-court briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court concerning Trump's appeal to the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 25, 20242 min read
Supreme Court Reviews Case Threatening Right To Protest
A federal appeals court — one dominated by MAGA-aligned judges who routinely read the law in ways that even the conservative Supreme...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 16, 20241 min read
Justices May Hear Case of Inmate Who Alleges Slipshod Legal Work
The Supreme Court will consider on Friday whether to take the case of Joseph Gamboa, an inmate on Texas's death row, who was not able to...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20232 min read
SCOTUS Case Challenges Forensic Scientists Testifying About Tests They Didn't Conduct
A case being argued at the U.S. Supreme Court in January could change how forensic evidence is admitted in courtrooms, according to a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 19, 20231 min read
Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Threat Against Chief Justice Roberts
A Florida man pleaded guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts. Neal Sidhwaney, 43, of Fernandina Beach, entered a...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 21, 20231 min read
Has Supreme Court Found Another Case To Test Gun Control Laws?
When the Supreme Court heard arguments this month on whether the Second Amendment allows the government to disarm domestic abusers,...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 14, 20232 min read
Justices Agree on First Code of Conduct, No Enforcement Plan
The Supreme Court issued its first-ever code of conduct on Monday after reports of undisclosed trips by justices and other favors that...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Old Slavery Law To End Affirmative Action
After Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 — establishing citizenship for newly emancipated slaves — President Andrew Johnson...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Court Likely To Uphold Disarming People With Protective Orders
Supreme Court Justices on both sides of the court's ideological divide seem to be leaning toward upholding a federal statue disarming...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 27, 20231 min read
Weed-Dispensary Owners File Suit To Scuttle Federal Drug Laws, Enforcement
A group of cannabis operators filed a lawsuit seeking to find federal drug laws unconstitutional and bar the government from enforcing...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 27, 20231 min read
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Keeps Supreme Court Busy
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals covers just three states: Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. But as the Washington Post writes, the...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 27, 20231 min read
RV Loan Was 'Sweetheart Deal' for Justice Thomas, Expert Says
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faces more scrutiny on the money on the RV he bought thanks to a loan from his wealthy friend...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 25, 20231 min read
Opinion: Court Should Favor Vehicle Owners In Asset Forfeiture Case
Stephanie Wilson, a nursing student in Taylor, Mich., argued in an opinion piece for USA Today that the Supreme Court should rule in...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 25, 20232 min read
Opinion: Supreme Court Confronts Its Own 'Failure' In Gun Case
The next gun-rights case to be heard by the Supreme Court is a Second Amendment challenge stemming from a Texas state judge’s order,...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 3, 20232 min read
How High Court Reading Of 'And' Could Affect Many Drug Inmates
The Supreme Court kicked off the first day of its term Monday with a schoolhouse classic: conjunction junction. “I thought there was an...
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