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This morning, by vote of 7 to 2, the Supreme Court held that a district court considering whether to revoke a defendant’s term of supervised release may not consider §3553(a)(2)(A), which covers retribution vis-à-vis the defendant’s underlying criminal offense.…

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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has issued a press release about an internal memorandum to all wardens in the BOP stating, “To be clear, FSA [First Step Act] and SCA [Second Chance Act…

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Authorities in Minnesota said Monday that the man arrested in a Saturday attack that killed one state lawmaker and left another wounded had a "hit list" of 45 elected officials — all Democrats.…

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Due to low compensation rates causing bar advocates to decline court-appointed cases, Massachusetts is facing a surge of…

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Since AEDPA was passed in 1996, it’s become harder and harder for habeas petitioners to win even the most glaring of constitutional violations. See Stephen R. Reinhardt, The Demise of Habeas Corpus and the Rise of Qualified Immunity: The Court's Ever Increasing Limitations on the…

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Today, commonsense won the argument in Parrish v. United States, No. 24-275 (June 12, 2025), holding that a civil litigant who files a notice of appeal after the original appeal deadline but…

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Brad Bondi, the brother of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, has lost his bid to lead Washington's attorney bar association after an unusually closely-watched election that drew record turnout from the U.S. capital's 120,000 lawyers.…

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And in en banc news, the D.C. Circuit will not reconsider its…

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Los Angeles sheriff's deputy Trevor Kirk is convicted of a federal felony for using excessive force by a jury, but the new administration petitions the court to reduce his offense to a misdemeanor. It does, and the officer is sentenced to…

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Perpetrators of cryptocurrency theft and extortion are convicted and ordered to pay $83,000 restitution. Oops! The gov't requested restitution for the victims in amounts equal to the value of the crypto when it was stolen, not its much-higher value at the time of sentencing. District…

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