Hudson v. Michigan, ‘Crash-and-Grab,’ and the ‘Two Americas’ Problem

When people say that there are really "two Americas" -- one for the affluent and one for the poor -- cases like Hudson v. Michigan are an illustration of what they mean. Hudson, decided yesterday by the Supreme Court, struck down the.

A gamer known online as “Famed God” — who made up a murder to get police to go to an unsuspecting west suburban resident’s home last year — is behind bars in Nevada awaiting extradition. Brandon Willson, 19, was arrested Thursday after.

Drug policy is a complicated issue. Is there anything anybody can say in 100 words that would make you change your mind about the way we deal with drugs? Here's my stab at it. What's yours? I believe that America needs to change.

This week the Pew Center on the States released a report titled One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections (pdf). It's a report that seems intended both to illustrate the extraordinary scale of American corrections and to point toward the cost.

For a small suburb of Las Vegas, it appears that Henderson has more massage parlors than convenience stores. Massage parlors have been popping up on almost every street and now the Henderson city council is finally paying attention. The members are expected.

The Washington Post recently reported on one especially troubling tale of civil forfeiture.  The Department of Justice has a civil forfeiture system in place that is making it possible for police to seize billions of dollars in property and money, often from.

The case of the Wecht jury deliberations gets curiouser and curiouser. Remember now, since deliberations began on March 18, 2008, the jury has deliberated on only 8 of the intervening 22 days, and they have had two consecutive four day weekends. The.

A California prison inmate who was the intended recipient of a postcard containing a small  amount of heroin did not actually "possess" a controlled substance when the postcard was intercepted before he ever received it, the Fourth District Court of Appeal held.

The IRS has nearly unlimited power over commercial tax return businesses and preparers.  It shouldn’t. Suppose you own a business that prepares and files tax returns for others.  In today’s internet world, you would be filing those returns electronically.  In fact, you.

Three weeks after receiving a Federal Grand Jury subpoena, and as part of its new campaign for openness, Penn State officials posted on the school website Friday, a brief blurb acknowledging receipt of the subpoena, a copy of the subpoena and the cover.