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New Poll: Do Americans Think Police Have a Racism Problem?
Do police officers treat everyone the same? Forty percent of Americans think almost none of their local police officers “are prejudiced against blacks,” but 25… Read More
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NYPD Boosts Security Measures, Tells Cadets Not to Wear Uniforms
The New York Police Department is escalating security measures, telling academy trainees not to wear their uniforms or any other NYPD clothing in public. This… Read More
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Exclusive: Taxpayers Fund Legal Group With Role in Rap Video About Killing Police Officers
The Obama administration’s Justice Department funneled at least $1.5 million in grants to a New York legal-aid group featured in a new rap video that… Read More
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13-Year-Old Son of Fallen NYPD Officer Posts Heartbreaking Goodbye to Father on Facebook
The son of fallen NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos, who was shot to death along with his partner in their cruiser Saturday afternoon, has penned a… Read More
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Mississippi Looking to Expand Use of Police Body Cameras
Smile Mississippi, police may have you on camera. Police body cameras could work as an accountability tool for patrol officers and help protect them from… Read More
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After Outcry, City Won’t Seize Man’s Home Over $40 Drug Bust
Philadelphia’s city government has dropped its attempt to seize two homes using civil asset forfeiture laws. The city’s seizure of the homes made national headlines… Read More
LawCommentary
Two Legislators Indicted for Voter ID Bribes in Case Attorney General Refused to Prosecute
A grand jury convened by Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has indicted two Democratic state legislators for accepting bribes in exchange for voting against a… Read More
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Jail Time for Election Fraudster … and a Local Community Embraces the Fraud
Opponents of reforms intended to improve the security and integrity of the election process are constantly peddling the narrative that election fraud is a nonexistent… Read More
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Why Do 80% of College Sexual Assaults Never Get Reported?
According to a recent Justice Department study, 80 percent of sexual assaults against college students are never reported. The report also found slightly higher rates… Read More
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The Reasons a Federal Court Gave for Declaring Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration Unconstitutional
On Tuesday, in United States v. Juarez-Escobar, a federal district court in Pennsylvania held that President Obama’s Nov. 20 executive action on immigration, which affects… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Establishes that Police, But Not the Rest of Us, Can Get the Law Wrong—And Not Face Charges
If a police officer’s erroneous understanding of the law leads to him pulling someone over, does he violate the Fourth Amendment, which established “the right… Read More
County Making Nice Profit Selling E-Cigarettes to Inmates
NASHVILLE — A sheriff’s office in Tennessee has made a hefty profit selling vapor cigarettes to inmates. As most Americans know by now, e-cigarettes are battery-powered devices… Read More
LawCommentary
New Report Reveals More Details about Businesses Being Targeted by Operation Choke Point
A Dec. 2 Report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reveals more on how law-abiding businesses have been unfairly and illegitimately targeted… Read More
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Congressman Wants FDIC Officials to Pay for Seeking to ‘Choke’ Legal Businesses
Senior FDIC officials must be held accountable for banking regulators’ “unethical” and “illegal” actions against legitimate businesses that are out of favor with the Obama administration,… Read More
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Colbert to Obama: ‘Why Did You Burn the Constitution and Become an Emperor?’
Last night, President Barack Obama appeared on the Colbert Report for an interview with Stephen Colbert. They discussed several topics, such as the midterm elections,… Read More
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These 7 Revealing Emails Show Federal Officials Scheming to Target Legal Businesses
Senior officials at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation actively sought to crack down on legal businesses that the Obama administration – or the officials themselves… Read More
LawCommentary
Why the Supreme Court Might Agree to Hear a Same-Sex Marriage Case After All
Last month, the Supreme Court surprised the national news media by refusing to hear any of the seven same-sex marriage cases that had been pending…. Read More
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Virginia Lawmakers Consider Enshrining Privacy Protections in State Constitution
With technology outpacing privacy laws, Virginia lawmakers are trying to plan for the unexpected. Democratic state Sen. Chap Petersen of Fairfax and Republican state Del…. Read More
LawCommentary
What Obama and Holder Should Have Said About Ferguson Grand Jury Verdict
Perhaps the biggest problem with the reaction of President Obama and his attorney general, Eric Holder, to the grand jury verdict in Ferguson is their… Read More
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The Surprisingly Bipartisan Reaction to the Eric Garner Case in 19 Tweets
The death of Eric Garner, the black New York man who died after police held him in an alleged chokehold, has sparked an enormous amount… Read More
One More Year of Tax Extenders: Paving the Way for Reform in 2015
Yesterday, the House passed a one-year extension for the “tax extenders”—a package of approximately 50 tax-reducing policies that expired at the end of 2013. The… Read More
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Why 17 States Have Gone to Court Over Obama’s Action on Illegal Immigration
A third of the states have taken federal immigration enforcement agencies to court, challenging President Obama’s executive actions granting legal status to millions of illegal… Read More
LawAnalysis
Did UPS Discriminate Against Pregnant Employee?
Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Young v. United Parcel Service, a case involving what private businesses must do to accommodate pregnant… Read More
LawCommentary
Could You Go to Prison for Posting Rap Lyrics on Facebook?
When do rap lyrics cross the line and become threatening speech? The Supreme Court specifically addressed that question during oral arguments this week in Elonis… Read More
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Obama Shouldn’t End Military Equipment Going to Police Departments
In the aftermath of Ferguson, President Obama will issue an executive order designed to improve a federal program that allows local police departments to obtain… Read More
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This Police Department Seems to Think Law Enforcement Is a ‘Get Rich’ Scheme
The city of Sunrise is back in the headlines. Last year, city officials caught flack for luring criminals from around the country into the Florida community… Read More
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Lawyers on Both Sides of Ferguson Case Answer the Question You’ve Been Asking
The morning after Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson resigned, lawyers from both sides of the Michael Brown case appeared on “Fox News Sunday” to discuss the… Read More
LawCommentary
Why Legalizing Pot Is a Bad Idea
At first blush, it may appear that the fight to thwart marijuana legalization is a lost cause. Pot pushers want you to believe that legalization… Read More
LawCommentary
Obama Reverses Presidential Trend of Decreasing Abuse of Executive Power
Presidents in recent decades carefully tried not to overstep their executive authority in domestic policy. They may have pushed the envelope on national security and… Read More
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Did Dubious Ads Doom This Democrat’s Re-Election?
It has been more than three weeks since Election Day and Democrats in North Carolina have mulled and analyzed the reasons for their failures—from the drag on… Read More
