In an attempt to prevent defense attorneys from scoping out information about prospective jurors on the Internet, one California court adopted the general procedure of withholding their names in felony cases. An appeals court ruled that such a general practice could violate a defendant’s constitutional rights and should only be... Read More »
The First Amendment protects free speech. However, the line becomes tricky when it comes to social media. Can social media platforms regulate what you say or is what you say on the platform protected by the First Amendment? Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, etc. will take down any content... Read More »
The US Supreme Court has rejected a challenge by Republican state governors that would have invalidated the individual mandate included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as Obamacare. The court ruled that the parties challenging the law lacked a legally required basis to sue, known as standing. This... Read More »
On June 21, 1989, the Supreme Court voted to uphold a protestor’s right to burn the American flag for the sake of protesting. In the Texas v. Johnson case, the court voted 5-4 in favor of Gregory Lee Johnson, who burned the American flag during a protest at the Republican... Read More »
The idiom “timing is everything” maintains that success is directly related to when something happens. In the case of ex-President Trump’s defense in a defamation suit filed by one woman who is accusing him of rape, his timing may well lead to his success. Because Trump’s allegedly defamatory remarks were... Read More »
In yet another decision that displays the justices’ commitment to protecting religious freedoms, the US Supreme Court ruled that the City of Philadelphia could not refuse to work with a Catholic agency that refused to place children with same-sex foster parents. The case, titled Fulton v. Catholic Social Services, was... Read More »
Grammy award-winning Superstar Jay-Z is suing popular hip hop photographer Jonathan Mannion for selling iconic images and prints of the rapper. According to the lawsuit, Mannion is profiting off the image and likeness of the rapper without Jay-Z’s consent. Mannion first worked with Jay-Z after he photographed the cover of... Read More »
In his opening remarks to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the President’s 2022 Budget Proposal, the nation’s new Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, said that he has already received recommendations from an independent commission to address the horrific problems related to the sexual abuse of both women and... Read More »
The Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to reexamine the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in an effort to reinstate the death sentence for him. On April 15, 2013, Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev attacked the Boston community at the finish line of the annual Boston Marathon.... Read More »
The New York State Assembly has approved a critical bill titled the Gender Recognition Act. If approved by the governor, under this act, New York state residents who apply for a driver's license or renewal will now be able to select their “sex designation of M, F, or X as... Read More »
A Houston judge handed down a rather critical ruling in the case of hospital employees who filed suit after their hospital system mandated vaccinations for all its staff members. Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, brought forth a mandate that stipulated all staff members would need to get the COVID-19... Read More »
Some gun restrictions that are commonly in place around the country include background checks, restrictions on gun ownership for felons, and gun licensing. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a phone system that a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) calls to do a background check on people who... Read More »
Arkansas state police are facing a lawsuit after one of their own caused the vehicle of a pregnant woman to flip over during a traffic stop. On July 9, 2020, Nicole Harper, 38, was driving 84 miles per hour in a 70 mph zone along U.S. Highway 167 in Pulaski... Read More »
A Department of Defense employee, Randolph Stanley, 42, has been charged with student aid fraud after he applied for millions of dollars in federal aid using the personal information of non-existent students. Stanley was an employee at the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and had previously worked closely with students... Read More »
A Vallejo couple has reached a $2.5 million settlement with the Vallejo Police Department and the city after officials discounted the couple’s story of a late-night home invasion turned kidnapping. In March of 2015, Denise Huskins and her then-boyfriend Aaron Quinn alleged that at least two individuals in wetsuits broke... Read More »
