Can Social Security Administration help me find a missing person? Discussion of process of obtaining information from the SSA, fees, and contact information. → Read More
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 people do not serve sentences before they are convicted.rn → Read More
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 access your records; however they will not be visible to the public. → Read More
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. → Read More
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 imagine any student who, at some point during elementary or secondary school, does not disturb another student or behave in a manner that someone might regard as obnoxious. → Read More
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 → Read More
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. → Read More
TSA Sued for Assault of Disabled Cancer Patient The family of Hannah Cohen, a disabled cancer patient, is suing the Transportation Security Administration, Memphis and Shelby County Airport Authority, and the Memphis International Airport Police Department after TSA agents allegedly assaulted her at the Memphis Airport. → Read More
Uncashed MoneyGram Money Orders Are Stuck in Delaware Twenty-one states have filed a lawsuit against Delaware, seeking to take back more than $150 million in uncashed money orders. rn → Read More
Supreme Court Dismisses Anti-Marijuana Lawsuit Filed Against Colorado Last week the United States Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado over the legal sale and use of marijuana. → Read More
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