If there was ever a police shooting that would bring criminal charges against a law enforcement officer in Los Angeles, the killing of Brendon Glenn looked like it could be the one. The shooting was captured on video. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck issued...
President Trump is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller, White House attorney Ty Cobb said Sunday evening—even after the president directly lashed out at Mueller’s probe during the weekend, reports CNBC news. The lawyer’s assurance wasn’t likely to assuage concerns that the president would...
Edward Minguela, 32, is standing on the sidewalk, his hands in the air. Three Camden County, N.J., police officers approach with their weapons drawn. They’d received an anonymous tip about a man with a gun. Minguela, who fit the description, is unarmed. The first officer...
The U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a direct challenge to the constitutionality of the death penalty on Monday. It refused to hear an Arizona contract killer’s argument that it amounts to impermissible cruel and unusual punishment and that American society has reached a consensus on the...
The Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari on the substantive constitutional issue in United States v. Sanchez-Gomez — the validity of a district-wide policy permitting United States marshals to place full restraints on defendants during most non-jury proceedings, even without a determination of cause to...
From a distance, California’s legalization of recreational marijuana can appear like a giant collective embrace of the drug by a state that is by far its largest producer and consumer. The diverging paths of Oakland and Compton, two cities with histories of illicit drugs and...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, a little more than 24 hours before McCabe was set to retire, reports the Washington Post. McCabe alleged that the action was an attempt to slander him and undermine the ongoing special counsel investigation...
Leah Litman returns to the co-host chair to join Ian for a look ahead at the March sitting. We preview National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, a case at the intersection of abortion and the First Amendment. We’ll also talk about Sveen...
Congress sent states hundreds of millions of dollars to fight an opioid crisis claiming more than 100 lives a day, but much of the money is unspent after a year, reports Politico. Mixed signals from the Trump administration on how to use the money and...
To the rest of the world and even to many US citizens, gun ownership in America seems to be out of hand. About one-third of Americans own a gun, with another 10 percent reporting they live in a home with guns. It’s believed that there...