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The Sanctuary Cities Debacle: How Defying Federal Law Is Crushing Taxpayers and Public Safety
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1434+ words) townhall. com The Sanctuary Cities Debacle: How Defying Federal Law Is Crushing Taxpayers and Public Safety Sanctuary jurisdictions " cities and states that deliberately obstruct federal immigration enforcement " are not the compassionate havens their advocates advertise. They are a deliberate policy…...
Supreme Court summarily closes the courthouse doors. .. again
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (136+ words) Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. Zorn v. Linton, decided last month, seems to confirm that pattern, albeit in a different context. What makes Zorn notable…...
Supreme Court Denounces New ABS System That Says Whether They Decided A Case Wrong
1+ week, 1+ day ago (268+ words) WASHINGTON, D. C. " Similar to the reaction of umpires to Major League Baseball's adoption of its new "Automated Ball-Strike System" to challenge calls, the United States Supreme Court has denounced the new "Automated Bench Scrutiny" system implemented to determine whether they decided…...
Deputy Warns, Mayor Doesn't Listen, Ends Up in Handcuffs in Oklahoma [WATCH]
1+ week, 1+ day ago (355+ words) By Life Zette News Staff April 3, 2026 Vian Mayor Dennis Fletcher has been charged with misdemeanor obstruction following an incident at a high school baseball tournament in Payne County, Oklahoma, where a deputy said Fletcher refused to comply with repeated orders…...
Supreme Court refuses to hear case of Louisiana man sentenced to life imprisonment, "Tiger King" appeal
1+ week, 5+ day ago (247+ words) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh in on a procedural question arising from a pregnancy discrimination case " specifically, whether a defendant can raise an affirmative defense (that is, a legal excuse or justification) later in the proceedings when…...
DHS Partial Shutdown Impacting Local Law Enforcement
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (626+ words) By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor (Worthy News) " Congress" failure to reach an agreement to continue funding the Department of Homeland is not only impacting TSA workers, it"s also impacting local law enforcement agencies that rely on federal…...
Justices to hear argument on whether a crime's "contemplated effects" can expand venue beyond where offense was committed
2+ week, 3+ day ago (210+ words) The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Monday in Abouammo v. United States, in which it will consider whether federal prosecutors can try a defendant not only in the district where the offense actually occurred, but also in the district…...
The bottom line
2+ week, 5+ day ago (464+ words) Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works. Supreme Court watchers are accustomed to poring over the words and phrases written by the justices in their many…...
What criminal justice reform will require
3+ week, 4+ day ago (166+ words) Debbie Hines draws on her legal career in Baltimore to show what redemption looks like in practice. Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform According to a 2018 projection by the Sentencing Project, a criminal justice reform…...