On February 15 at 2 p.m., the American Constitution Society and the Center for Democracy and Technology will host a panel discussion on United States v. Microsoft, which asks whether the government can gain access from email providers to data that is stored overseas. Panelists...
The petition of the day is:
Garza v. Idaho
17-1026
Issue: Whether the “presumption of prejudice” recognized in Roe v. Flores-Ortega applies where a criminal defendant instructs his trial counsel to file a notice of appeal but trial counsel decides not to do so because the defendant’s plea...
Stephen Paddock was overweight, had anti-anxiety medication in his urine, and suffered from the usual wear and tear that comes with aging. The autopsy released Friday failed to help answer why Paddock chose to perch himself in the window of his 32nd-floor hotel room and...
Immigration agents have been enforcing the Trump administration’s orders to deport noncitizens at full speed with one roadblock: the federal courts, the New York Times reports. Immigration activist Ravi Ragbir was scheduled to be deported to Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, but that was put...
More than half—57 percent—of law firms offered telecommuting options for their attorneys in 2016, up nearly 4 percent from the previous year, according to results of a survey of firms that represented more than 18,000 lawyers. This growing trend is perhaps not surprising considering that...
After last summer’s white power rally in Charlottesville, Va., erupted into violence, the planners of the protest claimed that they had a First Amendment right to self-expression, and that none of the bloodshed was their fault. That narrative of blamelessness is now being tested in...