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Paul Singer has had it.
It's time we Americans woke up to the fact that our desire to be "tough on crime" has gone way past the point of fairness and usefulness and is now just ruining lives and consuming precious resources that could be far better used elsewhere.
I have been warning for some time that government was eyeing up pensions.
Supreme Court Allows for Unscrupulous Cops to be Sued for Deliberately Concealing Evidence
As more information emerges about the bulk collection of phone records, the remaining arguments in its favor fall one by one.
Injunction issued against 'good reason' requirement for concealed carry permit
After months of sleepless nights since having more than $107,700 seized by the Internal Revenue Service, L&M Convenience Mart owner Lyndon McLellan learned yesterday the government decided to dismiss the case that lost him his money.
A federal appeals court has ruled that one of the NSA programs he exposed was illegal.
The mother of a West Virginia middle schooler who was suspended for wearing a National Rifle Association t-shirt to school is suing the Logan County Board of Education for allegedly violating her son's constitutional rights.
This week the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the NSA's metadata collection program was not authorized in US law.
Illinois Supreme Court Rules 2013 Pension Reform Law Unconstitutional; Chicago Teachers "Insulted by 7% Pay Cut Offer"
Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper wasn't lying when he wrongly told Congress in 2013 that the government does not "wittingly" collect information about millions of Americans, according to his top lawyer.
A US circuit court has handed privacy advocates a surprising reversal on a landmark pro-privacy decision: Last year, the court ruled against the government in the case of Quartavious Davis, whose cell phone was tracked by cops as he went
The courts seem to still live in the book burning times, when they had some kind of authority over what information was allowed to exist and what information could be effectively silenced. That has not been the case for 20 years.
Legendary music icon Neil Young might be best known for his tracks 'Harvest of Gold' and 'Rockin In The Free World,' but he is soon to gain even more attention from his latest record set for release.
At the expense of sounding preachy, America's greatest threat is GOD. Rightly did Benjamin Franklin say, "God governs in the affairs of men." And, rightly did Thomas Jefferson say, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; th
Former CIA Director David Petraeus just got sentenced to two years of probation for leaking highly sensitive information to his mistress and then lying to the FBI about it.
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced David H. Petraeus, a former C.I.A. director and the highest-profile general from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to two years' probation for providing classified information to a woman with whom he was having
[J]ust in case you haven't noticed--I couldn't give two f*cks about you or what you have to say. F*ck you, old man. You're a joke. Your court's a joke. You take it up the a*s; and you suck nuts. Lol.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for people to sue the federal government by ruling in favor of plaintiffs in two separate cases including one involving a Hong Kong woman who was strip-searched while in immigration detention in Oreg
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for people to sue the federal government by ruling in favor of plaintiffs in two separate cases including one involving a Hong Kong woman who was strip-searched while in immigration detention in Oreg
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that the Constitution forbids police from holding a suspect without probable cause, even for fewer than 10 extra minutes.
It's not every day that a tattoo-loving, magazine-printing criminal syndicate finds itself in the crosshairs of the pin-striped suits at the U.S. Treasury Department.
New York justice decrees two apes are covered by habeas corpus
"[I]t is important and it is also right," Wyoming Governor Matt Mead declared in a letter to the legislature, to keep 4th, 5th and 6th amendment protections outside the boundaries of his bailiwick.
First it was DSK with his 'frequent' sex-parties, rape charges, and pimpin' hookers.
Every juror has the power to say "not guilty" if they disagree with the law. Every juror has the power to judge the facts of the case, the law itself, and whether or not the law is being misapplied. Also referred to as conscientious acquittal or juro
Who Will Pay Nothing And Receive No Punishment
I am currently scheduled to debate legalization of marijuana on 4/29 at 6:30pm at ASU. Stay tuned for more information; I was on 12 News last night discussing the Jerice Hunter Trial.