By John Council | July 7, 2017
An Austin federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a white male lawyer who alleged the State Bar of Texas was following a "quota" system for appointing minority members to its board of directors after finding his case was mooted after the Texas Legislature changed the law.
By Harry Sandick and George LoBiondo | July 7, 2017
Harry Sandick and George LoBiondo write that in June, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case that will test whether the justices are again willing to break new ground in the cell phone privacy context. The court will decide whether the government needs a search warrant to obtain historical records of a suspect's cell phone location, or whether it may do so under the Stored Communication Act, which requires the government to show only that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the records are "relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation."
By Alan E. Sash | July 7, 2017
They teach us in school how the three branches of government in the Constitution check and balance one another. The Bill of Rights, however, has two other checks and balances in place: The First Amendment guarantees us the freedom of the press and the Sixth Amendment guarantees us the assistance of counsel in criminal prosecutions.
By Cogan Schneier | July 7, 2017
A federal judge in Hawaii on Thursday declined a motion to clarify his March injunction against the president's travel ban executive order, deferring to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | July 7, 2017
In a time when police activity is under increased scrutiny, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has joined a growing list of federal courts that say the recording of police officers in public is protected by the First Amendment.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | July 7, 2017
Rose Mary Knick's troubles started when a nearby Lackawanna County family claimed their ancestors were buried under her property.
By Ross Todd | July 6, 2017
A federal judge in Oakland has turned back the Justice Department's request to end Twitter's lawsuit seeking to publish information about the number of requests it receives as part of national security investigations.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 7, 2017
The court deferred decision on defendant's constitutional challenges to the retroactive application of the lifetime registration requirement in the State Offender Registration and Notification Act given the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's recent grant of appeal in three cases challenging the same statute. The court denied defendant's motion for relief nunc pro tunc without prejudice.
By Dara Kam | July 5, 2017
Signaling a potential end to an 18-month hiatus for the state's embattled death penalty, Gov. Rick Scott rescheduled the execution date of convicted killer Mark James Asay for Aug. 27.
By Cogan Schneier | July 5, 2017
A federal judge may decide by Friday whether to block President Donald Trump's newly created voting commission from asking states to hand over voters' personal data.
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