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The Supreme Court will take up yet another dispute involving the oft-litigated Armed Career Criminal Act, this time in relation to frequently changing federal drug laws.

The law at issue in the pair of cases granted Monday imposes a mandatory 15-year minimum for certain firearms offenses…

A San Antonio man, during a traffic stop outside his mother's house, throws his jacket onto a garbage can on her property. Police grab the jacket and find a gun inside. Felon in possession? Suppress the evidence? District court: No suppression Fifth Circuit: Suppression. Tossing an item onto…

The federal judiciary said Thursday that remote access in district courts around the nation will come to a close this fall, noting that the Judicial Conference Executive Committee has found "the COVID-19 emergency is no longer affecting the functioning of the federal courts" (…

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26(a) sets midnight as the deadline for electronic filings, but allows each circuit to change that deadline.

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's…

North Carolina man is involuntarily committed after threatening to kill a U.S. congressman. Years later, he's conditionally discharged, and though he breaks lots of rules at his halfway house, it's not obvious the violations mean he's especially likely to be dangerous to the public. Recommit him…

Darryl Barwick was executed by lethal injection Wednesday nearly 40 years after his 1986 murder conviction. Mr. Barwick apologized "to the victim's family, [and] to my family" in his final statement. He added, "And another thing I would like to say, the state of Florida needs to show…

Bye Bye midnight filing deadlines in the Third Circuit. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has adopted amendments ot its Local Appellate Rules to create a "uniform 5:00 p.m. E.T. deadline for filings (electronic and otherwise) and will become effective on July 1,"  See…

A former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd has been convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter (view full…

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

2023 Mental Health Awareness Month resources can be found at Mental Health Awareness Month.

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The Alabama Constitution of 1901 was enacted with the specific purpose of establishing white supremacy. To accomplish this goal, the 1901 constitution, among other things, contained a provision disenfranchising anyone convicted of a crime of moral turpitude. After the Supreme Court held that…