A federal US appeals court on Friday held that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) violated US immigration law. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a district court’s decision to block the DACA program, finding it to be unlawfully created. The court emphasized that since Congress had deliberately excluded DACA recipients from […]

What one should learn from this article? One should learn that a call from jail is NOT private and confidential even if to one’s attorney. Not only can police overhear what one is saying, but police can record the entire call and use it for any admissions made or plans to escape or smuggle in […]

Kristopher Coody, a former Georgia sheriff, resigned and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery for inappropriately touching Judge Glenda Hatchett in January 2022. According to the Associated Press, Coody was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $500 fine and complete 400 hours of community service. Shortly after receiving his sentence on […]

What is the FOIA?Enacted in 1966, The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal law that establishes the public’s right to obtain information from federal government agencies. The FOIA is codified at 5 U.S.C. Section 552. “Any person” can file a FOIA request, including U.S. citizens, foreign nationals, organizations, associations, and universities. In 1974, […]

It has been a tough year for U.S. News college rankings. In September, Columbia University dropped from #2 to #18 in the country after misreporting data, allowing Cornell to rise to the number one school in New York. Not complaining about this one, but how this blunder could have happened in the first place called into question […]

JABBAR COLLINS LANGUISHED in jail for over 16 years for a murder he apparently never committed. He was only freed a few years ago when it was revealed at a post-conviction hearing that the main witness at his trial had told the prosecutor that he was pressured by police to lie about Collins’ involvement in the […]

By Sterling Hospedales 130 federal judges broke the law and violated ethics by hearing cases involving companies they had a financial interest in over 11 years An investigation found that more than 130 judges violated US law by overseeing cases involving companies in which they or their family held direct stock The report found that […]