Tag: Law

The Prison Reform and Redemption Act aims to alleviate this problem and give offenders better opportunities to reenter society. Congress should pass this bill so we can have more stories like Tracey's and fewer people trapped in a cycle of incarceration. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Congress should learn from states on criminal justice reform

Regan Hines · August 9, 2017 4:00 pm

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a federal court, not a state court, must hear a case about a murder on Indian land. (iStock by Getty Images)

Appeals court overturns conviction, death sentence because wrong court tried murder case

Ryan Lovelace · August 9, 2017 3:46 pm

New Hampshire on Tuesday became the latest state to launch a lawsuit against a prescription painkiller manufacturer, Perdue Pharma, for deceptively marketing OxyContin. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

New Hampshire sues opioid makers for deceptive marketing

Kimberly Leonard · August 9, 2017 3:39 pm

Lawmakers react to President Trump's tweets announcing a ban on transgender people serving in the military. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Trump sued over his transgender military ban policy

Travis J. Tritten · August 9, 2017 3:04 pm

The ACLU of Maine filed a complaint Tuesday in a federal court on behalf of two residents who claim they were blocked. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine Gov. Paul LePage sued for blocking people on Facebook

Naomi Lim · August 9, 2017 12:04 am

Review of the policy is part of a broader "fresh look" at its attempt to crackdown on the leaking of classified information. (AP Andrew Harnik)

Preliminary discussions begin Wednesday at Justice Department to review media guidelines

Kelly Cohen · August 8, 2017 11:01 pm

The government charged Marlow Humbert with committing sexual assault and placed him in pretrial solitary confinement, where he spent nearly 15 months.

Court reinstates $2.3 million award to homeless man who spent year in solitary confinement before charges dropped

Ryan Lovelace · August 8, 2017 10:13 pm

During the Trump presidency, roughly 50,000 illegal immigrants have been ordered by an immigration judge to be deported from the United States by the Department of Homeland Security. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Justice Department: Increased removal of illegal immigrants shows ‘return to rule of law’

Kelly Cohen · August 8, 2017 7:07 pm

The D.C. Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision said EPA does not have the authority to enact a 2015 rulemaking ending the use of hydrofluorocarbons commonly found in spray cans, automobile air conditioners, and refrigerators.

Energy and Environment

Federal court strikes down EPA rule key to Obama’s climate agenda

John Siciliano · August 8, 2017 6:28 pm

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in New York arrested 32 immigrant sex offenders during a sting operation in Long Island that concluded Aug. 3, according to a statement issued Tuesday. (Bryan Cox/ICE via AP)

Immigration officers arrest 32 immigrant sex offenders on Long Island

Anna Giaritelli · August 8, 2017 4:47 pm

Google just didn't want the bad publicity of having someone with such ideas on their payroll. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Google is more afraid of liberal outrage than federal law

Philip Wegmann · August 8, 2017 4:31 pm

The cancellations come after a neo-nazi group boasted it had booked seven houses for 80 to 90 people from various alt-right groups. (Flickr)

White nationalists threaten to sue Airbnb for canceling bookings at Virginia rally

Sean Langille · August 8, 2017 3:51 pm