County Making Nice Profit Selling E-Cigarettes to Inmates
NASHVILLE — A sheriff’s office in Tennessee has made a hefty profit selling vapor cigarettes to inmates. As most Americans know by now, e-cigarettes are battery-powered devices… Read More
LawCommentary
New Report Reveals More Details about Businesses Being Targeted by Operation Choke Point
A Dec. 2 Report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reveals more on how law-abiding businesses have been unfairly and illegitimately targeted… Read More
LawNews
Congressman Wants FDIC Officials to Pay for Seeking to ‘Choke’ Legal Businesses
Senior FDIC officials must be held accountable for banking regulators’ “unethical” and “illegal” actions against legitimate businesses that are out of favor with the Obama administration,… Read More
LawNews
Colbert to Obama: ‘Why Did You Burn the Constitution and Become an Emperor?’
Last night, President Barack Obama appeared on the Colbert Report for an interview with Stephen Colbert. They discussed several topics, such as the midterm elections,… Read More
LawNews
These 7 Revealing Emails Show Federal Officials Scheming to Target Legal Businesses
Senior officials at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation actively sought to crack down on legal businesses that the Obama administration – or the officials themselves… Read More
LawCommentary
Why the Supreme Court Might Agree to Hear a Same-Sex Marriage Case After All
Last month, the Supreme Court surprised the national news media by refusing to hear any of the seven same-sex marriage cases that had been pending…. Read More
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Virginia Lawmakers Consider Enshrining Privacy Protections in State Constitution
With technology outpacing privacy laws, Virginia lawmakers are trying to plan for the unexpected. Democratic state Sen. Chap Petersen of Fairfax and Republican state Del…. Read More
LawCommentary
What Obama and Holder Should Have Said About Ferguson Grand Jury Verdict
Perhaps the biggest problem with the reaction of President Obama and his attorney general, Eric Holder, to the grand jury verdict in Ferguson is their… Read More
LawCommentary
The Surprisingly Bipartisan Reaction to the Eric Garner Case in 19 Tweets
The death of Eric Garner, the black New York man who died after police held him in an alleged chokehold, has sparked an enormous amount… Read More
One More Year of Tax Extenders: Paving the Way for Reform in 2015
Yesterday, the House passed a one-year extension for the “tax extenders”—a package of approximately 50 tax-reducing policies that expired at the end of 2013. The… Read More
LawNews
Why 17 States Have Gone to Court Over Obama’s Action on Illegal Immigration
A third of the states have taken federal immigration enforcement agencies to court, challenging President Obama’s executive actions granting legal status to millions of illegal… Read More
LawAnalysis
Did UPS Discriminate Against Pregnant Employee?
Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Young v. United Parcel Service, a case involving what private businesses must do to accommodate pregnant… Read More
LawCommentary
Could You Go to Prison for Posting Rap Lyrics on Facebook?
When do rap lyrics cross the line and become threatening speech? The Supreme Court specifically addressed that question during oral arguments this week in Elonis… Read More
LawCommentary
Obama Shouldn’t End Military Equipment Going to Police Departments
In the aftermath of Ferguson, President Obama will issue an executive order designed to improve a federal program that allows local police departments to obtain… Read More
LawCommentary
This Police Department Seems to Think Law Enforcement Is a ‘Get Rich’ Scheme
The city of Sunrise is back in the headlines. Last year, city officials caught flack for luring criminals from around the country into the Florida community… Read More
LawNews
Lawyers on Both Sides of Ferguson Case Answer the Question You’ve Been Asking
The morning after Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson resigned, lawyers from both sides of the Michael Brown case appeared on “Fox News Sunday” to discuss the… Read More
LawCommentary
Why Legalizing Pot Is a Bad Idea
At first blush, it may appear that the fight to thwart marijuana legalization is a lost cause. Pot pushers want you to believe that legalization… Read More
LawCommentary
Obama Reverses Presidential Trend of Decreasing Abuse of Executive Power
Presidents in recent decades carefully tried not to overstep their executive authority in domestic policy. They may have pushed the envelope on national security and… Read More
LawNews
Did Dubious Ads Doom This Democrat’s Re-Election?
It has been more than three weeks since Election Day and Democrats in North Carolina have mulled and analyzed the reasons for their failures—from the drag on… Read More
LawCommentary
Ferguson Is a Repeat of Past Riots. Can We Make Sure It Doesn’t Happen Again?
We’ve been here before. The riots in Ferguson, Mo., are the latest set off by racial tensions—but they are certainly not the first. Decades may… Read More
LawNews
Obama: ‘No Sympathy’ for Those Resorting to Violence Over Ferguson
President Obama last evening appeared to toughen his stance against rioting and looting in the wake of Monday’s grand jury decision in Ferguson, Mo., saying… Read More
LawNews
57 Raw Images of the Ferguson Protests Across the Nation
From peaceful sit-ins to demolished police cars, people all over the country have taken to the streets to protest a grand jury’s decision not to… Read More
LawNews
Darren Wilson’s First TV Interview: ‘All I Wanted to Do Was Live’
Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday. In an interview… Read More
LawAnalysis
Rand Paul on Ferguson: ‘I Mostly Blame Politicians’
Sen. Rand Paul castigated politicians in an op-ed today about the unrest in Ferguson, Mo. “In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson,… Read More
LawNews
Ferguson Cake Maker: Looters, Rioters Took My Livelihood
Rioters who erupted over a grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson left looted businesses, shattered storefronts and devastated merchants… Read More
LawNews
Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson Breaks His Silence
Shortly after a St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown,… Read More
LawNews
Here’s How America Responded the Morning After #FergusonDecision, in 35 Tweets
From outrage and insensitivity to prayers and peaceful mourning, Americans woke up to a flood of reactions to the announcement that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson… Read More
LawCommentary
This Man Had $75K Legally Stolen From Him By a Sheriff’s Deputy
Ming Ton Liu’s story highlights the problems with civil asset forfeiture. Liu, a Chinese-born American citizen, had $75,195 seized from him by a sheriff’s deputy… Read More
LawNews
The Spread of the Grand Jury’s Ferguson Decision on Twitter, in One Map
News nearly immediately spread on Twitter last night that Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson wouldn’t be indicted for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown,… Read More
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33 Photos of the Chaotic Streets of Ferguson
Burned cars, looted businesses, restaurants on fire—this was the scene of Ferguson, Mo., last night after a grand jury in St. Louis County announced police… Read More
