Poor people are more likely to see their homes and belongings seized by the state for dubious reasons.
If the conservative justice’s draft opinion is adopted by the Court, key advances of the past hundred years could be rolled back.
What kind of lawyers now defend indigents who are accused of crime, and how good a job do they do? For a constructive analysis of the situation in our criminal courts, we turn to J. EDWARD LUMBARD, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit.
The city deftly connected China and the world for decades. That historic balancing act won’t be revived.
The challenge from religious non-profits to Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate got sent back down to the lower courts, creating a lot of uncertainty.
By finding legislators intentionally discriminated, the ruling could put state elections laws back under control of the Department of Justice.