The petition of the day is: SNR Wireless License Co. v. Federal Communications Commission 17-1058 Issue: Whether, and what, notice an agency must provide to regulated parties in order to provide proper administrative fair notice. The post Petition of the day appeared first on SCOTUSblog....
Vanessa Trump, the wife of Donald Trump Jr., was rushed to a New York hospital Monday after opening a package containing a “suspicious” white substance, USA Today reports. The substance was later determined to be “non-hazardous,” said a police spokeswoman. Officers responded to a 911...
A new agreement requiring the New York Police Department to change how it handles property seized during arrests likely will hasten the return of cellphones, cash and other items, the Wall Street Journal reports. A judge approved a settlement on Monday of a federal lawsuit...
A federal court ruling could force Florida to fix a massive backlog of re-enfranchisement cases ahead of the November election. Federal judge Mark Walker ruled this month that 1.5 million Floridians’ right to vote has been affected by a “scheme” to bend the people’s collective...
A group of executives assembled by Humana co-founder David Jones Sr. could help pay for Louisville initiatives aimed at curbing the homicide rate, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. “There has been an interest among many leaders in that room about where the city can improve as...
A new poll from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation found widespread public support for rehabilitation efforts in local criminal justice systems, reports FiveThirtyEight.com. It’s the latest survey to show that Americans are generally in favor of reforms like reducing sentences for nonviolent...