Law Analysis
Podcast: How to Curb Sex Trafficking in the US
Around 2 p.m. every day, some men will use their corporate computers to make an appointment to have sex with a minor—and many of those… Read More
LawCommentary
How Liberals Have Given Blacks Little for Their Loyalty
In 1976, Gerald Ford won 15 percent of the black vote. That’s the most of any recent Republican presidential candidate. In most elections, blacks give… Read More
LawCommentary
Cohen’s History of Falsehoods Makes His Upcoming Congressional Testimony Worthless
Update: Michael Cohen’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee is now scheduled for Feb. 27. Before he begins a three-year prison sentence for lying to… Read More
LawNews
Conservative Groups Targeted in Lois Lerner’s IRS Scandal Receive Settlement Checks
MADISON, Wis.—Dozens of conservative organizations are receiving late Christmas presents years after the IRS handed them a lump of coal. The federal government in recent… Read More
LawCommentary
Trump and Congress Earn a Conservative Victory With First Step Act
President Donald Trump and conservatives in Congress earned a historic victory this week by enacting the First Step Act. The landmark bill provides modest yet… Read More
LawCommentary
Criminal Justice Reform Bill to Change a System More Criminal Than Just
Republicans and conservatives dating back at least to Richard Nixon have used the slogan “tough on crime” and its corollary “lock ’em up and throw… Read More
LawNews
Senate Passes Trump-Backed Criminal Justice Reform Bill
The U.S. Senate passed a criminal justice reform bill backed by President Donald Trump on the Senate floor Tuesday night. The bill, titled the “First Step Act,”… Read More
LawCommentary
Senate’s Conservative Prison Reform Advances Trump’s Public Safety and Economic Growth Agendas
Today, senators are debating amended criminal justice legislation that the House passed in May, by a vote of 360-59, with support from President Donald Trump… Read More
LawNews
Prison Reform Should Be a Conservative Priority, Mike Lee Argues
One of the Senate’s conservative stalwarts, Mike Lee of Utah, says lawmakers should pass a criminal justice reform bill before the end of the year… Read More
LawNews
Justice Department Investigators Unable to Find Peter Strzok’s Text Messages During Mueller Probe, Report Says
Department of Justice investigators were unable to recover text messages Peter Strzok and Lisa Page sent during their short tenure on the special counsel’s investigation,… Read More
LawNews
Senate Will Take Up Trump-Endorsed ‘First Step Act,’ McConnell Says
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the U.S. Senate will take up a criminal justice reform bill backed by President Donald Trump, on Tuesday morning…. Read More
LawCommentary
Not All in Prison Are Hardened Criminals. We Need to Offer Rehabilitation Possibilities.
What parent hopes their child will grow up to be a career criminal? What child dreams of one day living behind the bars of one… Read More
LawNews
How 1 State Fared After Enacting the Criminal Justice Reforms Trump Wants to Implement Nationally
Mississippi implemented its second round of criminal justice reforms this year after touting the successes of a previous package in 2014. The first installment focused… Read More
LawCommentary
Cohen, Manafort Developments Don’t Reveal Any Illegal Conduct or Collusion by Trump, His Campaign
Amid the media hysteria over Michael Cohen’s guilty plea and discussions between the lawyers representing Paul Manafort and President Donald Trump, it’s important to understand… Read More
LawCommentary
Its Critics Are Wrong. There’s No ‘Loophole’ in the ‘First Step’ Criminal Justice Reform Bill.
Fred Barnes has expressed concerns over the proposed First Step Act and a supposed “loophole” in it that would give “shortened sentences” to dangerous criminals…. Read More
LawCommentary
When Federalism and a Law Against Female Genital Mutilation Collide
A federal district court recently invoked constitutional principles of federalism to invalidate a federal criminal statute in a case that involves a grisly crime—female genital… Read More
LawNews
No End in Sight: Cohen, Manafort Developments Seen as Keeping Mueller Probe Going Into 2019
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation isn’t likely to wrap up anytime soon, as once expected, based on events this week, former federal prosecutors say. President… Read More
LawCommentary
Here’s What Opponents of Criminal Justice Reform Get Wrong
Some arguments against the modest prison and sentencing reforms in the Senate’s First Step Act echo an influential claim from the 1970s attributed to the… Read More
Law Commentary
Right Side of History: Revisiting Scandals of the Clinton Era With Ken Starr
“The Right Side of History” is a podcast dedicated to exploring current events through a historical lens and busting left-wing myths about figures and events… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How DC’s Mental Health Community Court Is Giving the Mentally Ill a More Hopeful Future
Mental illness is a very real problem that affects many aspects of our society. In the United States, as of 2016, an estimated 10.4 million… Read More
LawNews
Protesters March After Alabama Police Admit to Killing Wrong Man in Mall Shooting
Protesters marched in Alabama to demand answers after police confessed that they shot and killed the wrong man after a mall shooting near Birmingham on… Read More
LawCommentary
States Show ‘First Step Act’ Is Pro-Cop, Pro-Borders, and Pro-Criminal Justice Reform
The package of criminal justice reform proposals endorsed by President Donald Trump is not “soft” on crime. It’s tough on injustice. And it’s about time…. Read More
LawNews
Ivanka Trump’s Personal Email Use Could Be a Gift to Democrats Looking to Investigate White House
Ivanka Trump used a private email account in 2017 to conduct official government business, according to a White House review. The news gives incoming House… Read More
LawCommentary
How This Criminal Justice Reform Bill Could Make Our Neighborhoods Safer
Do you want the federal inmates released in your neighborhood to be better people, or the same, or possibly worse, than when they entered prison?… Read More
LawNews
White House Predicts NFL Players’ Support for Prison Reform Bill
The Trump administration anticipates finding some common ground with players in the National Football League in pushing a bipartisan prison reform bill through Congress before… Read More
LawCommentary
Trump Is Leading the Way on Conservative Criminal Justice Reform. Here’s the Proposal.
This past May, the Trump administration’s leadership on meaningful, conservative criminal justice reform helped the House to pass the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely… Read More
LawNews
‘Multiple Men’ Were ‘Ready to Take a Bullet for Any Single One of Us,’ Says Woman Who Survived California Shooting
Multiple men reportedly put their bodies on the line to protect patrons at the club in California where a gunman entered Wednesday night, killing 12… Read More
LawNews
13 Reported Dead After Shooting in California Bar
At least 13 people, including a police officer and the suspected gunman, were shot and killed in a Southern California bar Wednesday night, according to… Read More
LawCommentary
If We Don’t Enforce the Law, We Get Anarchy
What makes citizens obey the law is not always their sterling character. Instead, fear of punishment—the shame of arrest, fines, or imprisonment—more often makes us… Read More
LawCommentary
How the Justice Department Is Getting Smarter on Corporate Crime
The Department of Justice recently issued a revamped policy for using and selecting corporate monitors to resolve criminal matters with corporations and businesses. Corporate monitors… Read More
