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Last week, State Senator Kyle Loveless, R-Oklahoma City, introduced the latest version of the Personal Asset Protection Act, a sweeping overhaul of Oklahoma’s civil asset… Read More
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A bipartisan task force created by Congress to develop ways to reduce the costly, overburdened federal prison population is recommending that lawmakers abandon a “one… Read More
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The Criminal Justice Committee was always an odd fit for Rep. Ed McBroom, a state lawmaker and dairy farmer representing a rural area of Michigan…. Read More
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Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, in a case very similar to another one pending before the Supreme Court, issued an… Read More
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In an astonishing bit of legerdemain, a local grand jury in Harris County, Texas, has refused to indict Planned Parenthood for violating a Texas statute… Read More
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Conservative leaders and nonprofit organizations are protesting California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ demands that nonprofits provide the names and addresses of their donors to her… Read More
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Can a state force pharmacists to prescribe abortion-inducing drugs at the expense of their religious beliefs? This is the central issue in a case the… Read More
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The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a state natural resources agency violated the First Amendment when it refused to grant funds to a preschool and daycare… Read More
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A grand jury in Houston indicted two undercover filmmakers who exposed Planned Parenthood’s alleged sale of aborted baby body parts in a series of videos last… Read More
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A U.S. senator has scuttled President Barack Obama’s nomination of a pro-amnesty judge from his home state of Georgia in the latest skirmish over judicial… Read More
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California Attorney General Kamala Harris has joined New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in trying to prosecute ExxonMobil for supposedly lying to its shareholders and… Read More
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A new report from a government watchdog criticized the Drug Enforcement Administration for working with a Transportation Security Administration security screener to flag bags containing large… Read More
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In an odd coincidence, a federal district court on Tuesday issued a decision against President Barack Obama in the Operation Fast and Furious fiasco, at… Read More
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The New York Supreme Court found a Christian couple in violation of a human rights law for refusing to host a same-sex wedding at their… Read More
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House Republicans have put together a team to address what they consider unauthorized expansion of presidential power. In coming months, the Task Force on Executive… Read More
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Minnesota jurist Wilhelmina Marie Wright’s written accusation that President Reagan tolerated racism did not hinder her ascent to the federal bench. The Senate voted 58-36 on… Read More
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in another free speech and association case, this time involving a police officer who was demoted for… Read More
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Last year, a number of academics penned a letter to the Obama administration demanding a criminal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) investigation into… Read More
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Should individuals be allowed to turn criminal fines into donations for their favorite charities? U.S. District Judge Janet Arterton recently faced this question and correctly… Read More
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The Supreme Court will hear a case brought by Texas and 25 other states challenging President Barack Obama’s attempt to give legal status and work… Read More
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A 71-year-old woman in Rock Island County, Ill., found herself in the middle of the complex system of civil forfeiture laws as she successfully fought… Read More
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President Obama’s nominee for a federal judgeship in Minnesota accused the Reagan administration of “bigotry” in her writing for the prestigious UCLA Law Review in 1989…. Read More
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An “adversarial attitude” toward people of faith permeates the public education system and should be confronted by teachers and parents who disagree, the head of… Read More
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The use of photo identification to confirm the identity of voters serves an essential election security function in America’s polling places and boosts citizens’ confidence… Read More
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Seeking to settle a dispute that threatens to block bipartisan progress toward a deal on criminal justice reform, the Senate’s conservative leader on the issue… Read More
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As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a State of the Union address that is certain to include a nudge for Congress to act on… Read More
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For teachers standing in the cold outside the Supreme Court on Monday, as well as thousands of educators across the country, California teacher Rebecca Friedrichs… Read More
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This morning, the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the requirement in California that government employees, such as public school teachers, pay fees to the… Read More
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On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. Rebecca Friedrichs and nine other teachers are calling… Read More
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Conservatives pushing for easing mandatory minimum prison sentences are using an unlikely selling point to their instinctively tough-on-crime colleagues: the story of Oregon ranchers whose… Read More
