That five justices on the Supreme Court appear very open to upend two centuries of established law, to help an historically unpopular and authoritarian president cling to power is itself ample reason for Democrats to reform the court itself.
The groups seek an injunction to prohibit federal agents from “interfering in or otherwise policing lawful and peaceful assemblies and protests” in Chicago or arresting people without probable cause.
Calling on city and landlords to provide relief amid coronavirus pandemic: ‘The hammer is going to drop’
Courts have grown more dependent on fees and fines for revenue. But enforcing them is expensive — and we don’t even know the true costs.
UCLA Labor Center study finds county relies on laborers – largely people of color – threatened with debts and jail to do work that would otherwise be paid.
The lawsuit claims Purdue paid members of the Sackler family more than $4 billion between 2008 and 2016.
What happens when the adults in the room are scarier than the crying baby? Who’s responsible for the last 17 years of American wars that have convulsed the planet? Babies? Teenagers? Grown men acting like babies? Let’s face it: perfectly sober adults
Currently around 30 percent of black men in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi are not eligible to vote because of felony disenfranchisement laws. Meanwhile, these felony disenfranchisement laws create a new class of criminals: people who vote while ineligible.
"The South is the most rapidly changing region in the nation and deserves courts that reflect the diversity of its present and future — not its past."
Access to the courts is now barred for more than 60 million American workers
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