For The Economist, Steven Mazie reports that at Wednesday’s oral argument in Carpenter v. United States, which asks whether the government must obtain a warrant for cell-site-location information, “[a]t least six justices seemed keen to widen the Fourth Amendment umbrella for the digital age, but...
A homeless man whose undocumented immigration status intensified a national debate over sanctuary laws was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges Thursday in the shooting of Kate Steinle as she strolled with her father on San Francisco’s Pier 14 in 2015, the San Francisco Chronicle...
A homeless man whose undocumented immigration status intensified a national debate over sanctuary laws was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges Thursday in the shooting of Kate Steinle as she strolled with her father on San Francisco’s Pier 14 in 2015, the San Francisco Chronicle...
The petition of the day is: Henry v. City of Mt. Dora, Florida 17-652 Issues: (1) Whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Heck v. Humphrey bars actions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when the writ of habeas corpus was not available as a federal constitutional collateral attack on...
The end of the line for Tennessee’s Brushy Mountain penitentiary came in 2009, when the state closed the century-old facility. The local landmark sat unused until Pete Waddington came upon it and hatched a plan to turn the 280-acre site into a distillery, with a...
A Virginia juvenile and domestic relations judge has been removed from the bench by the Virginia Supreme Court after he admitted contacting two key witnesses in a pending federal corruption case against his wife, the Washington Post reports. Kurt Pomrenke, 64, was elected to the...