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CBS News: A war of words on college campuses 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1521
@CustomsBorder got on a Greyhound bus yesterday and asked every passenger for their papers 42 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 44 7486
Most U.S. Attorneys in States With Legal Pot Don't Seem to Be Planning a Crackdown 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1091
U.S. Border Patrol Checks on Buses Increasing Across Maine 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1319
In First, Judge Blocks Kansas Law Aimed at Boycotts of Israel 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1137
Public School Board Member Threatens Boss Of Woman Who Spoke Out Against School Book Banning 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 Feb 2018 20 1698
California law firm goes after property owners for code violations, bills them thousands of dollars 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1863
Smart Meter Company Landis+Gyr Now Using Copyright To Try To Hide Public Records 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1096
The Persistence of Tyranny 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 Apr 2020 5 1914
Unanimous Va. Supreme Court exonerates Chesapeake man in rape of girl 41 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1298
Artificial intelligence could identify gang crimes -- and ignite an ethical firestorm 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1492
Rhode Island bill: pay a one-time $20 fee to access porn sites or other "offensive material" online. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1542
Mississippi Sheriff's Department Gets Sued, ACLU Finds a Long 'White Pride' Email 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 4 1435
"If the right of privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 3 1612
The Criminalization of Private Debt 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 14 1698
A child is more likely to end up on the sex offender registry than to be molested by someone on it. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 Apr 2018 5 1252
Lawsplainer: Can A State University Fire a Professor For Being An Ass On Twitter? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 1747
VICTORY: Student detained for passing out political flyers settles lawsuit with Illinois college 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 Apr 2018 10 1443
"Police brutality often looks like this. Read this thread from start to finish." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 May 2018 2 1561
Florida International University demands reporters delete and stop showing pictures of bridge cracks 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 3 1429
Opinion analysis: Court rules for death-row inmate whose lawyer conceded guilt 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 7 1232
EFF Sues Texas A&M For Violating PETA's Free Speech Rights By Blocking Group From Its Facebook Page 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 0 1187
Border Patrol agent detains two US citizens at a gas station in MT after hearing them speak Spanish 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 5 1212
Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 1 1164
The Slants get their trademark. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 2 1216
Make No Law, Episode One: Fighting Words 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 0 1231
Police set dog on a driver who politely refuses to answer questions 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 9 2438
Happy 53rd anniversary, Griswold v. Connecticut 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 1641
Please read all 4 of these screenshots from Tiana Smalls. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 1912
Tarrant County Judge uses shock belt to deliver electric shock to sex offender. Conviction reversed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 1394

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Happy 51st anniversary, Loving v. Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 8 1224
Happy 75th anniversary, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 2117
Leaked Internal Memo Reveals the ACLU Is Wavering on Free Speech 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jul 2018 0 1803
Today is the Anniversary Of Obergefell, Windsor, And Lawrence Rulings For LGBT Civil Rights 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 1593
Eugene Volokh concisely summarizes today's travel ban decision. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 1291
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 1221
The "Unmasking Antifa Act of 2018" would ... make it a federal crime to protest while wearing a mask 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 1485
Cops Want To Be Able To Shut Off Self-Driving Cars 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 Jul 2018 0 1725
Judge orders L.A. Times to alter story about Glendale cop, sparking protest from newspaper 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 Jul 2018 9 2139
As Alabama AG, Jeff Sessions tried to ban public university students from discussing LGBTQ issues 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 Aug 2018 1 1274
Amazon's Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 Sep 2018 3 1373
Lou Dobbs: Are you in favor of mandatory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 Aug 2018 6 1531
They're Falsely Accused of Shoplifting, but Retailers Demand Penalties 13 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 Aug 2018 50 4246
On Tuesday, a woman who couldn't afford her $1,500 bail killed herself in a Texas county jail. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1584
Prosecutor in Inaug. Protest Trial Sanctioned for Due Process Violations Made Head of Her Department 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 Aug 2018 4 1184
Your civil asset forfeiture story of the day: West Virginia state trooper seizes $10K in cash.... 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 Aug 2018 9 1734
When Kavanaugh joins the court, there will be a solid 4 votes to overturn Times v. Sullivan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 1528
Last fall, I started writing a series on "prosecution fees," a legal trick used in California cities 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 10 1280
I teach my 1Ls on Day 2 of law school that "I want my lawyer" is the most important phrase in law. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1263
Blood-Spatter Expert in Joe Bryan Case Says "My Conclusions Were Wrong" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1103
Prisoner freed after Golf Digest investigation uncovers flaws in trial 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 5 1240
Paxton takes a stand for Cy-Fair ISD in case of student who sat for Pledge of Allegiance 8 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1223
"Not in this America, you pharisaical theocratic half-wit." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1901
USC students rallied today demanding prof be fired for championing due process 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1618
Warden orders life-support withdrawn. Inmate dies. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1397
The 2018 Jefferson Muzzles 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1045
Pregnant bystander mauled by police dog denied by judge in federal lawsuit 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1450
Texas Agriculture Commissioner gets police to remove political sign from woman's yard 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 17 1660
The people upset by demonstrations on Capitol Hill are incensed by a kneeling athlete. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1333
"... some idiot law firm thought it could threaten Something Awful into a settlement...." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1917

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Student asked by school principal to remove jersey during patriotic-themed football game 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1494
Our government decides that a 5-year-old child can give informed consent to waive her rights. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 1369
World Record for life ruined? Wilbert Jones, 19 when arrested, released after 45 years 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 32 2781
(October 2) World Innocence Day: "One wrongful conviction is too many,..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 896
Sen. Judiciary Comm. questions Trump's 4th Circuit nominee, 36 years old, less than 30 minutes 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1693
Patch Publishes Completely Unnecessary Sex Offender Maps to Keep Kids Safe on Halloween 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 993
You can't protest here. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1212
Deep In The Desert, A Case Pits Immigration Crackdown Against Religious Freedom 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1200
For first time ever, Innocence Project to appear in court on behalf of a prosecutor 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 993
SCOTUS grants cert in first major religion clause case in the Kavanaugh era. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Jan 2019 1 1599
How a police beating in Elkhart, Indiana, unfolded 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Nov 2018 8 1463
Judge Allows Case Against Neo-Nazi Publisher to Proceed 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 1268
Gorsuch, joined by Sotomayor(!), writes that SCOTUS should've taken a Confrontation Clause case 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 1822
The Atlantic: The ACLU Declines to Defend Civil Rights 38 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 3648
Justices to consider whether Eighth Amendment ban on "excessive fines" applies to the states 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1168
"I hate to be a grinch, but: this is not a legitimate use of the power to pull people over." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Mar 2019 2 2373
Argument preview: Justices to reconsider potentially far reaching double-jeopardy exception 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Dec 2018 0 1273
HS Newspaper Suspended For Publishing Investigation Into Football Players' Transfers 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 1511
Last vestiges of criminal past erased for wrongly convicted "San Antonio Four" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 962
Texas police made more than $50 million in 2017 from seizing people's property 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1150
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