President Trump’s pardon of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is significant because it thwarts the power to the courts to enforce orders. Criminal contempt is
Month: August 2017
Initiative to Speed Executions Upheld
The California voter-approved measure intended to speed up executions survived a state Supreme Court challenge Thursday but the court rejected the mandatory five-year deadline for
Texas Voter ID Law Blocked
A federal judge blocked a controversial Texas voter ID law holding it violated the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitutional because it knowingly imposed
Expanded Insider Trading Crackdown Boosted
Federal prosecution for insider trading got a big boost Wednesday with the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruling allowing charges against those who get a
Architects of CIA Torture Settle With Victims
Two Spokane psychologists hired by the CIA to develop what amounted to a torture program for terror suspects have settled a lawsuit by two detainees
Ferguson Arrestee’s Police Brutality Case Reinstated
Ferguson, Missouri protester, following the police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, have won reinstatement of his police brutality suit Tuesday asserting that officers “took
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