Walmart’s Zero Tolerance Drug Policy Clashes with Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Law
Starting in the 1980s, the government's war on drugs found its civilian counterpart in corporate policies that required all employees to be drug-free. ...
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How Should You Respond to a Red Light Camera Ticket?
Red light cameras are a convenient way for municipalities to make money, but they also cause penalties to be imposed upon innocent vehicle owners....
Satanic Temple Settles “Sabrina” Lawsuit
The Satanic Temple has settled its copyright infringement lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Netflix involving the Temple’s goat-headed statue of Baphomet....
Supreme Court to Consider Whether Exclusion of Jurors Based on Race Violated Curtis Flowers’ Right to a Fair Trial
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an important case involving a Mississippi prosecutor’s persistent efforts to prevent black residents of Mississippi from sitting on juries when a black defen...
Supreme Court Ducks Freedom of Religion vs LGBT Discrimination Question in Colorado Baker Case
A Colorado baker who refused to deliver a wedding cake to a gay couple won a victory in the Supreme Court....
What Does the Constitution Say About Gun Control? Part 2
A large majority of Americans support some form of gun control, but as we saw in Part 1, political and constitutional roadblocks to regulation have made gun control legislation difficult to enact....
What Does the Constitution Say About Gun Control? Part 1
In the wake of the recent gun massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the most vocal proponents of gun control have been students. ...
Jeff Sessions Expands Controversial Civil Asset Forfeiture Program
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced plans for the Department of Justice to reignite its support for the controversial, and widely criticized, practice of civil asset forfeiture....
Supreme Court Rules First Amendment Covers Social Media Access
The US Supreme Court has struck down a North Carolina law that made it a felony for registered sex offenders to use social networks and other websites....
Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Florida’s latest version of its “Stand Your Ground” law has been ruled unconstitutional by a Miami judge. ...
Jury Awards $20M For Employment Discrimination By American Family
A jury in Missouri awarded more than $20 million to Debbie Miller as compensation for age and gender discrimination and retaliation by her employer....
California Won’t Enforce Employee Contracts With Out-of-State Law
This is good news for California employees, who won't be forced to bear the additional expense and inconvenience of resolving employment disputes in another state....
California Makes Withholding Evidence of Innocence a Felony
Some prosecutors place winning ahead of justice. When prosecutors withhold evidence that could help innocent defendants avoid a conviction, nobody wins....
Understanding the Stop-and-Frisk Debate: What You Need to Know
To understand stop-and-frisk in the larger context of race relations and crime control, it is important to understand what stop-and-frisk means and what courts have said about it....
Do Bail Schedules Discriminate Against the Poor?
The United States Constitution prohibits the government from setting excessive bail when individuals are charged with a crime. Bail gives meaning to the presumption of innocence by assuring that peopl...
How to Seal Criminal Records in Colorado
Sealing records is not the same thing as expunging records. Expungement means your records are destroyed. If your case gets sealed, law enforcement, the court and criminal justice agencies can still a...
Court Upholds Ban on Federal Interference with Medical Marijuana Laws
A conflict between state and federal law has long bedeviled patients who rely on medical marijuana and the clinics that supply them with their drug....
Is South Carolina's “Disturbing Schools” Law Unconstitutional?
South Carolina makes it unlawful for anyone "to disturb in any way or in any place the students or teachers of any school" or "to act in an obnoxious manner" on school property. It is difficult to ima...
Can Alternative Sentencing Combat Prison Overcrowding?
Alternative sentencing may help alleviate prison overcrowding while still delivering a fair punishment for minor crimes such as DUI and drug offenses.rn...
Government Cannot Use Warrant to Seize Overseas Emails from Microsoft
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently decided that government officials cannot compel Microsoft to produce a customer's emails relating to alleged criminal activity. ...
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