Minnesota Bills Would Ban No-Knock Warrants
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (Mar. 6, 2023) – A pair of bills introduced in the Minnesota legislature would ban “no-knock” warrants and raids, and take a step toward nullifying several Supreme …
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Manhattan D.A. Said This Woman Acted in Self-Defense. He Prosecuted Her For Almost a Year Anyway.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has spent the better part of the last year prosecuting a woman for murder. There’s a catch: He publicly expressed, multiple times, that he didn’t …
Can Magistrate Judges Constitutionally Issue Search Warrants Against Trump (Or Anyone Else)?
The Mar-A-Lago warrant illustrates the long-standing constitutional anomaly of letting magistrate judges sign search warrants. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American conservative online magazine and podcast that covers politics, policy, …
Brickbat: Cave Man
A British court has ordered Gloucestershire resident Graham Wildin jailed for six weeks for contempt of court for refusing an order to tear down a “man cave” he built without …
Walgreens ‘Helped Fuel’ Opioid Crisis in San Francisco, Says Judge
Is Walgreens an illicit drug dealer? That’s essentially what a federal court has ruled, suggesting the pharmacy should have stopped “suspicious orders” for opioids from being filled. In failing to …
He Was Arrested for Promoting Jury Nullification. A Federal Court Says That Was Illegal.
A man was wrongfully arrested for standing outside a Bronx courthouse handing out flyers about jury nullification, the practice where juries render “not guilty” verdicts despite overwhelming evidence of guilt, …
Delaware’s Plan To Allow Widespread Unsupervised Voting Violates Its Constitution, Lawsuit Says
A Pennsylvania case outcome shows how far activist justices will go to reach a desired result, even in conflict with the constitution. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American conservative online …
Federal Courts Greenlight State Abortion Bans While State Courts Halt Enforcement
Courts are delivering mixed results when asked to weigh whether state abortion bans can take effect. Since the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization—overturning …
More Than 100 Trump-Affiliated Lawyers Targeted By Dark Money Group
The 65 Project will spend millions this year trying to expose and disbar more than 100 lawyers who worked on Trump’s election lawsuits. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American conservative …
Post-Dobbs, The Abortion Battle Hits Activist State Courts
Abortion extremists have been working for years to ensure that if Roe and Casey were overturned, abortion-on-demand would remain the law of the land. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American …