Today at 11 a.m. (available by live stream), the Heritage Foundation will review yesterday’s oral argument in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Speakers will include one of the oral advocates, Kristen Waggoner, and two authors of amicus briefs in the case, Ilya...
Rare bipartisan consensus around legislation to improve the national background check system for gun purchases is in jeopardy after House Republicans linked the measure to a bill allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines, the Washington Post reports. The House is expected...
Philadelphia will pay $250,000 to two people who claimed that police officers violated their First Amendment rights by blocking them from taking photos of police activity, Philly.com reports. The settlements ended years of legal wrangling over civil suits by activist Amanda Geraci and former Temple...
Medical and law enforcement experts gathered before the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) on Thursday to testify on the nation’s growing fentanyl epidemic, in what was the third hearing on synthetic drugs held by the Commission this year. Over the course of the morning, a group...
An Oklahoma City police officer “crossed the line” when he shot an unarmed suicidal man last month, says Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater, The Oklahoman reports. Sgt. Keith Patrick Sweeney, 32, is charged with second-degree murder. Prosecutors allege the shooting was unreasonable and unjustified....
On August 14, 2014, 19-year-old Roshad McIntosh was shot and killed by Chicago cops who were investigating reports of gang activity. A subsequent official inquiry concluded the shooting was justified under the Chicago police “use of force” policy because McIntosh refused to drop a gun...