In early 2026, both Florida’s and Texas’s Supreme Courts opted to drop their requirement that the states’ lawyers graduate from American Bar Association (ABA)–accredited law schools. This opened the door to alternative accreditors, who often ...
In Rhode Island, 6,328 households were thrown into the eviction process over the past year. An eviction filing begins what is typically an arduous process for tenants: making early-morning court appearances, spending time away from work, navigating c...
“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” These are the 26 words that serve as the foundation for many policy and jud...
Republicans have long accused Democrats of being the party of big federal government, but blue states are finding themselves in new territory as they advocate for states’ rights. Historically, Republicans have invoked the argument of states’ righ...
Republicans have long accused Democrats of being the party of big federal government, but blue states are finding themselves in new territory as they advocate for states’ rights. Historically, Republicans have invoked the argument of states’ righ...
When American founding father Elbridge Gerry said, “the evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy,” he probably didn’t have judicial elections in mind. But the uniquely American and singularly deleterious practice of determining jud...
When American founding father Elbridge Gerry said, “the evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy,” he probably didn’t have judicial elections in mind. But the uniquely American and singularly deleterious practice of determining jud...
In 2006, Officer Eddie Boyd of the St. Louis Missouri Police Department had to resign after pistol-whipping a child and falsifying the police report. He was acquitted for the crime, which was terribly frustrating for the child’s family. However, eq...
In 2006, Officer Eddie Boyd of the St. Louis Missouri Police Department had to resign after pistol-whipping a child and falsifying the police report. He was acquitted for the crime, which was terribly frustrating for the child’s family. However, eq...
Nowhere are the failures of public education and the American criminal justice system more apparent than in the daily lives of incarcerated minors in the United States. Every day, about 60,000 youth wake up behind bars. The majority have been suspend...
Nowhere are the failures of public education and the American criminal justice system more apparent than in the daily lives of incarcerated minors in the United States. Every day, about 60,000 youth wake up behind bars. The majority have been suspend...
Today, over two million people sit trapped in US prisons. The War on Drugs—which increased mandatory minimum sentences, stiffened penalties for low-level nonviolent drug crimes, and encouraged police involvement in urban areas, predominately home t...
Today, over two million people sit trapped in US prisons. The War on Drugs—which increased mandatory minimum sentences, stiffened penalties for low-level nonviolent drug crimes, and encouraged police involvement in urban areas, predominately home t...
One hundred feet underground, temperatures normally hover around 58 degrees Fahrenheit. In this man-made cave, however, it’s a cool 36. An elaborate system of pumps runs a steady stream of coolants from aboveground to protect the buried inventory. ...
One hundred feet underground, temperatures normally hover around 58 degrees Fahrenheit. In this man-made cave, however, it’s a cool 36. An elaborate system of pumps runs a steady stream of coolants from aboveground to protect the buried inventory. ...
As “smart” data-driven approaches have become increasingly common and successful in police departments across the country, a movement to import similar methods into courtrooms has gained traction. Risk assessment scores use data obtained t...
As “smart” data-driven approaches have become increasingly common and successful in police departments across the country, a movement to import similar methods into courtrooms has gained traction. Risk assessment scores use data obtained t...
Over one month after the horrific school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the debate about the proper policy response is still raging on. If that seems unusual, that’s because it is—the staying power of even ...
Over one month after the horrific school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the debate about the proper policy response is still raging on. If that seems unusual, that’s because it is—the staying power of even ...
As the recent sex abuse trial of former United States Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar unfolded, it became apparent that there existed for years a widespread web of enablers, cover-ups, and institutional failures that allowed Nassar to continue abus...
As the recent sex abuse trial of former United States Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar unfolded, it became apparent that there existed for years a widespread web of enablers, cover-ups, and institutional failures that allowed Nassar to continue abus...
It looks like any other government website: Just visually unappealing enough to give the impression of fluorescent lights in a waiting room, the icons just a little off center. The image in the center of the page is of a female doctor wearing a lab c...
It looks like any other government website: Just visually unappealing enough to give the impression of fluorescent lights in a waiting room, the icons just a little off center. The image in the center of the page is of a female doctor wearing a lab c...
The exact origins of the concept of American exceptionalism are difficult to pinpoint. Perhaps it is rooted in John Winthrop’s “City upon a hill” biblical reference in 1630, which exhorted colonists to become an example for the rest of the worl...
The exact origins of the concept of American exceptionalism are difficult to pinpoint. Perhaps it is rooted in John Winthrop’s “City upon a hill” biblical reference in 1630, which exhorted colonists to become an example for the rest of the worl...
Federal judges’ conduct is governed by precise ethical codes that ensure their recusal from cases in which they may have financial, familial, or other relationships with relevant parties. Similar codes also apply to the vast majority of government ...
Federal judges’ conduct is governed by precise ethical codes that ensure their recusal from cases in which they may have financial, familial, or other relationships with relevant parties. Similar codes also apply to the vast majority of government ...