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Missouri man is stopped by police officer for walking on the wrong side of the road, gets into an argument with cop after he refuses to give his name, and is arrested. Cop knowing this is totally wrong then scrambles to find a reason to justify the arrest, telling colleagues that the man "ran…

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit announced today that the Court has selected Rachel Brill to serve as the next Federal Public Defender for the District of Puerto Rico (…

Fifth Circuit: A quarter of all Louisiana inmates are held past their release dates—"for a collective total of 3,000-plus years." Yikes! And it's "[c]lear as day" that the gov't can't keep someone in prison without legal…

A senior federal judge ordered a United States marshal to handcuff a crying 13-year-old girl to the jury box while she attended her father’s revocation hearing. The 72-year-old judge then told the traumatized child…

President Joe Biden’s nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit defended his background as a federal public defender Wednesday amid criticism from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary…

Of the 94 federal district courts, 25 have never had a non-White judge (access full article).

It’s not just an issue in the South: Fifteen states from the Northeast to…

In en banc news, the Fifth Circuit will reconsider its decision that hitching a ride across the border in a car with 283 pounds of marijuana is…

A leader of the Seattle-area, Washington chapter of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys was sentenced to 18 years in prison and three years of supervised release on Friday for his role in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 (…

Two brothers are convicted of Metairie, La. murder—one (Jarrell) is sentenced to death, and one (Zannie) gets life in prison. Their convictions are primarily based on their uncle's testimony, who said that he remained in a car while his two nephews went into a house, Jarrell fired a rifle, and…

New Jersey police arrest a robbery suspect in his hotel room, find car keys, and get permission from the rental car company to search what he says is his rental car. Turns out his girlfriend rented it. Ah hah! They find contraband. Suppress the evidence? District court: No. No, reasonable…