One of the nation’s leading conservatives called on federal lawmakers Thursday to pass the newest version of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, and he urged President Donald Trump to sign it. Mark Holden. Photo by John Ramsey/TCR Mark Holden, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of...
President Trump tweeted that Florida neighbors and classmates should have reported 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz to authorities after he first exhibited disturbing behavior. Many had done that — over and over and over again, Politico reports. Cruz, who has confessed to mowing down 17 people at...
In The 15:17 to Paris, Eastwood undermines a potentially excellent reflection on heroism with unorthodox casting....
The petition of the day is: Colorado v. Fuentes-Espinoza 17-1084 Issue: Whether, under principles of implied pre-emption, the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101, et seq., forbids states from enacting legislation to prohibit human smuggling. The post Petition of the day appeared first on SCOTUSblog....
Flagler County, Fl., Sheriff Rick Staly has regularly referred to the county jail as the “Green Roof Inn” and now has posted three “motel” signs at the corrections complex in Bunnell, the Daytona Beach, Fl., News-Journal reports. The most eye-catching sign features a retro-neon blinking...
There are two primary biographies of Justice Abe Fortas — Bruce Allen Murphy’s 1988 “Fortas: The Rise and Ruin of a Supreme Court Justice” and Laura Kalman’s 1992 “Abe Fortas: A Biography.” Neither of these works devotes much attention to Fortas’ life in his hometown...
A New York state commission that oversees New York City’s jail system may move to close the troubled complex at Rikers Island ahead of the city’s 10-year timeline to do so, citing the city’s inability to correct longstanding problems there, the New York Times reports....
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed that Houston’s Harris County unconstitutionally imposes cash bail on poor misdemeanor defendants, but vacated an injunction requiring the county to release them from custody within 24 hours, Courthouse News reports. U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal...
The controversial Los Angeles County youth probation program known by critics as “probation lite” is scheduled to be shut down partially by April 1, with the rest of the program likely to be shuttered by the end of the school year in June, reports WitnessLA.com....
Denver’s immigration ordinance has had a chilling effect on police operations, especially when investigating immigrants who are dealing heroin, the Denver police union’s president told a congressional committee on Thursday, reports the Denver Post. Nick Rogers, president of the Denver Police Protective Association, told a...