Criminal Justice
The ACLU joins the NRA in urging SCOTUS to uphold pot users’ gun rights
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), despite its name, historically has not been keen on defending the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. After the Supreme Court affirmed that right in the landmark 2008 case…
Iowa officials arrested this guy for criticizing them—twice. A federal judge says they are liable.
As Noah Petersen saw it, he was exercising his freedom of speech when he criticized the Newton, Iowa, police department during the public comment period at a city council meeting. But according to Mayor Michael Hansen and…
Don Lemon may be a hack, but that does not make him a felon
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor who was arrested on federal civil rights charges last week, portrays his conduct during the January 18 protest that disrupted services at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, as purely…
Trump’s border czar Tom Homan demands Minnesota jails work with ICE
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, announced that 700 federal officers would be immediately withdrawn from Minneapolis following "unprecedented collaboration" between Immigration and…
Drug dogs should not be unleashed to authorize apartment searches, a SCOTUS brief argues
In the 2013 case Florida v. Jardines, the Supreme Court held that police violated the Fourth Amendment when they deployed a drug-detecting dog on the front porch of a house without a warrant. But last year in United States v.…
Don Lemon’s arrest looks like an assault on freedom of the press
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, two journalists who covered a protest that disrupted services at a St. Paul church on January 18, were arrested last week on federal charges punishable by up to a decade in prison. While the…
Embarrassed by leaks, feds raid ‘Washington Post’ journalist’s home
On January 14, FBI agents, apparently seeking a shortcut in their investigation of a government contractor accused of illegally possessing classified materials, raided the home of a Washington Post reporter. Agents seized…
The Trump administration is lying about Alex Pretti and gun rights
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents shot and killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, outside a restaurant on Saturday. The victim, 37-year-old Alex Pretti, was licensed to carry a firearm, and he had one with…
Don Lemon’s bad day, looksmaxxing, and King Charles II
The episode opens with Christian Britschgi joking about hiding out in a church from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the government in general, and Don Lemon, before turning into a broader roast of Lemon's…
Cop-assisted extortion of DWI arrestees in New Mexico included getting them drunk
For three decades, Albuquerque defense attorney Thomas Clear bribed police officers to make drunk driving cases against his clients disappear. The cops typically did that by deliberately failing to show up at administrative…
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