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The Trump Administration Seriously Considered Unilaterally Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus

Due Process The Trump Administration Seriously Considered Unilaterally Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus The proposal was nixed...

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Trump's Lawyers Insist There Is 'No Evidence' of 'Collusion or Fraud' in His 'Settlement With Myself'

Corruption Trump's Lawyers Insist There Is 'No Evidence' of 'Collusion or Fraud' in His 'Settlement With Myself' The sweet deal...

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A Grand Jury Rejects Trump's Attempt To Prosecute 6 Legislators for Saying Something He Did Not Like

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The Heavy Pot Taxes Favored by The New York Times Would Undermine Legalization

11.02.2026 10

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In 2024, Trump Rejected Numbers Showing a Homicide Drop As a 'Lie.' Now He Is Bragging About Them.

11.02.2026 30

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An Immigration Judge Finds No Legal Basis To Deport a Student Arrested for an Op-Ed

11.02.2026 20

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A First Amendment Lawsuit Challenges FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson's Vendetta Against NewsGuard

10.02.2026 20

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Don Lemon May Be a Hack, but That Does Not Make Him a Felon

06.02.2026 30

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Drug Dogs Should Not Be Unleashed To Authorize Apartment Searches, a SCOTUS Brief Argues

05.02.2026 20

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Don Lemon's Arrest Looks Like an Assault on Freedom of the Press

04.02.2026 20

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If 'You Bring a Gun' to D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro Warns, 'You're Going to Jail'

04.02.2026 40

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The NRA and NORML Unite To Oppose the Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users

03.02.2026 30

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Trump Administration Insists Blowing Up Boats Is Not 'Hostilities'

02.02.2026 20

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The Minneapolis Shootings Underline the Advantages of Body Cameras, Which DHS Has Been Slow To Adopt

31.01.2026 60

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DHS Retreats From the Claim That the Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti Faced a 'Violent Riot'

30.01.2026 20

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Disarming Millions of Americans Simply Because They Use Marijuana Is Unconstitutional, a SCOTUS Brief Says

29.01.2026 40

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Alex Pretti's Death Widens a Split Between Trump and Gun Rights Groups

28.01.2026 20

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Border Patrol Agents Started the Scuffle That Led to Alex Pretti's Death

28.01.2026 60

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Trump Backpedals From Portraying Alex Pretti As a 'Domestic Terrorist' and 'Would-Be Assassin'

27.01.2026 30

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DHS Again Promises a Thorough Investigation of a Fatal Shooting After Prejudging the Outcome

26.01.2026 30

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Cop-Assisted Extortion of DWI Arrestees in New Mexico Included Getting Them Drunk

24.01.2026 20

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Uvalde Cop's Acquittal Shows Why It's Hard To Criminalize Failing To Stop a Mass Shooting

23.01.2026 70

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A Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Orders Lindsey Halligan To Stop 'Masquerading' As a U.S. Attorney

22.01.2026 30

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The Insurrection Act, Which Trump Keeps Threatening To Invoke, Is Alarmingly Vague and Broad

21.01.2026 20

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SCOTUS Seems Inclined To Reject Hawaii's Default Rule Against Guns on Private Property Open to the Public

21.01.2026 30

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Eric Trump Congratulates His Father for a Drop in Fentanyl Deaths That Happened Before He Took Office

20.01.2026 10

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'We Are Not Investigating' the Shooting of Renee Good, the Deputy Attorney General Says

20.01.2026 50

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How the FCC Became the Speech Police

18.01.2026 30

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ICE Agents Flouted DHS Policies That Could Have Prevented Renee Good's Death

17.01.2026 10

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The FBI Thinks Renee Good's Anti-ICE Activism Is Relevant in Deciding Whether Killing Her Was Justified

15.01.2026 50

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19 States That Legalized Marijuana Use Nevertheless Say It Should Disqualify People From Owning Guns

14.01.2026 20

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The ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good Disregarded Traffic Stop Guidelines

13.01.2026 60

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Video of the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Does Not Resolve the Issue of Whether It Was Legally Justified

10.01.2026 70

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Why the DOJ Has Stopped Describing Maduro as the Head of a Literal Drug Cartel

08.01.2026 10

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The 'Law Enforcement' Rationale for Invading Venezuela Is an Open-Ended License for War

07.01.2026 60

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A School District Cop Allegedly Did Nothing To Stop the Uvalde Mass Shooting. Was That Failure a Crime?

07.01.2026 30

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California's Ban on Openly Carrying Guns Is Unconstitutional, 9th Circuit Says

06.01.2026 10

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The DOJ Thinks Cocaine Couriers Are Not Worth Prosecuting. Trump Thinks They Deserve To Die.

03.01.2026 20

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3 Areas Where the Courts Pushed Back Against Trump's Attempts To Avoid Judicial Review in 2025

02.01.2026 20

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If You Give a Bear a Badge, Will It Respect Your Rights?

01.01.2026 40

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How Politicians and Cops Tried To Dodge Responsibility in 2025

31.12.2025 30

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Trump makes the right call on cannabis — after a 40-year wait

The federal government has been exaggerating marijuana's hazards and ignoring its potential benefits for more than half a century.

26.12.2025 10

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The DOJ Assails D.C.'s 'Assault Weapon' Ban As an Arbitrary, Historically Ungrounded Gun Law

25.12.2025 10

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Refusing To Let Trump Deploy the National Guard in Chicago, SCOTUS Adds a New Wrinkle To the Debate

24.12.2025 10

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Trump's Marijuana Order Vindicates Longstanding Criticism of the Plant's Legal Classification

24.12.2025 20

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Another New Mexico Cop Lauded for Nabbing Drunk Drivers Admits Taking Bribes To Let Them Off the Hook

24.12.2025 30

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The 9th Circuit Upholds a University of Washington Professor's Right to Mock 'Land Acknowledgments'

23.12.2025 20

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Trump's Designation of Fentanyl As a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' Is a Drug-Fueled Delusion

20.12.2025 20

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This Tennessee Man Spent 37 Days in Jail for Sharing an Anti-Trump Meme. He Says the Cops Should Pay for That.

19.12.2025 30

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Trump Orders the 'Expeditious' Reclassification of Marijuana

19.12.2025 10

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