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Students at fake Michigan university set up by ICE can sue, court rules
Students who paid to attend a fake university created by Homeland Security agents can sue the government, a court ruled last week. The decision was made last week by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit gives hundreds of students who attended the University of Farmington, a fake university operated by U.S. […]
Judge temporarily blocks Georgia law that limits people or groups to posting 3 bonds a year
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that restricts organizations from helping people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert blocked part of Senate Bill 63 from taking effect on Monday after a hearing in Atlanta. The judge […]
South Carolina implements one of US’s most restrictive public school book bans
South Carolina has implemented one of the most restrictive book ban laws in the US, enabling mass censorship in school classrooms and libraries across the state. Drafted by Ellen Weaver, the superintendent of education and close ally of the far-right group Moms for Liberty, the law requires all reading material to be “age or developmentally […]
US Marshals Service settles discrimination case with Black workers
The U.S. Marshals Service agreed to pay $15 million settlement and will amend its hiring and promotion processes to settle a lawsuit initially filed 30 years ago that alleged discrtimination against Black employees. The class action alleged that the service discriminated against hundreds of African American deputy marshals and corrections officers in hirings, headquarters assignments […]
The Supreme Court just made it much harder to go after financial fraud
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a ruling Thursday, sharply limiting the way it pursues financial fraud cases. Until Thursday, the SEC had two ways of pursuing fraud cases. It could sue in federal district court. Or it could bring an “administrative proceeding” in its own in-house […]
The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat
On a 6-3 party-line vote, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that state officials may accept “gratuities” from people who wish to reward them for their official actions, despite a federal anti-corruption statute that appears to ban such rewards. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion in Snyder v. United States for the Court’s Republican-appointed majority. Justice Ketanji […]
Criminal Judges Sealing Files, Leaving No Public Record in Davidson County Courts
In February, Judge Kadija Babb presided over one of her highest-profile trials since being elected to the bench in 2022. The accused in the case, Demontrey Logsdon, would be found guilty of killing two victims outside Cobra Bar in 2018. During the trial, Babb filed a sealing order, ordering any “lists, records or documents of […]
Scientist wants to implant prisoners with ‘memories’ of their crimes that show the victim’s perspective
A scientist has unveiled a concept for a prison of the future that he has claimed would fast-track a criminal’s release to minutes, instead of years or decades. Called Cognify, the design would implant synthetic memories of a person’s crime into their brain, but showing their victim’s perspective. The system could feature a VR-like device that displays […]
First Circuit likely to uphold gun ban for nonviolent felons
The First Circuit during oral arguments Monday seemed inclined to uphold a federal law prohibiting nonviolent felons from possessing guns, despite the Supreme Court’s landmark Bruen case two years ago that greatly expanded gun rights under the Second Amendment. But the issue is likely to come up again. Since the defendant in this case didn’t challenge the […]