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ICE withdraws big fines for immigrants taking sanctuary in churches 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1112
Idaho Falls settles wrongful conviction lawsuit for $11.7M 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 670
Idiot Talk Show Host Michael Berry running a 1 exboyfil Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2335
If a cop crashes and dies when chasing someone, should the person being chased be held responsible for the cop's death? 6 Towlie Feb 4 Feb 8 2 907
If you allow the government to break the law during an emergency, ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 2588
If you have a cell phone, "they" know where you are. 6 rogerashton Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1752
Illinois man sues police over flag burning arrest 4 Eugene Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2290
Illinois Supreme Court strikes down eavesdropping law as too broad 0 Eugene Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1386
Immigrant to be deported, lived her 22 years. 2 musical_soul May 2012 May 2012 3 2195
Immigrants appeal Texas judge’s order to turn over personal information 0 Eugene Jun 2016 Jun 2016 7 1177
Immigrants arrested in U.S. raids say were misled on right to counsel 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1225
Immigration Crackdown Also Snares Americans 4 groovedaddy Dec 2011 Feb 2012 3 2012
Important new video from the Renew Democracy Initiative 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 1 992
In First, Judge Blocks Kansas Law Aimed at Boycotts of Israel 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1139
In first, U.S. judge throws out cell phone 'stingray' evidence 9 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 33 2915
In Light of American Surveillance, European Union Legal Decision to Protect Europeans' 2 JDPriestly Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1435
In Maryland, many juvenile offenders languish in prison without parole - PBS NewsHour 0 question everything Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1162
In my head, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan are the same person 0 Bucky May 2018 May 2018 0 1450
In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims 1 groovedaddy Jan 2012 Jan 2013 0 1791
In rebuff to Bloomberg, New York City Council curbs police power 9 Eugene Jun 2013 Aug 2013 3 2759
In some states, your 6-year-old child can be arrested. Advocates want that changed 1 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 1875
In the case of the praying football coach, both sides invoke religious freedom 22 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 1569
Inalienable Rights Means Citizenship Not Required 9 ymetca Feb 2017 Jul 2018 6 2315
Incredible Story of Wacky Judge in Chicago 0 LegalScholar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1363
Indian police still using truth serum 0 alp227 Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 1847
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita folds over press access lawsuit 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 793
Indiana bill would allow police to shut down protests 'by any means necessary' 1 Eugene Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1996
Inmates at N.J. Women's Prison Endured Years of Sex Abuse, Justice Dept. Finds 2 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1293
Inmate’s Gassing Death Latest In Complaints Against Florida Prisons 2 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1718
Innocence Project co-founder calls for audit of all Nifong cases 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 1694

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Inquest recommends charges in Wisconsin inmate's dehydration death: paper 1 Eugene May 2017 May 2017 2 4393
Institute of Justice says 'doughnut' ordinance has holes 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 1326
Intellectual Property Reform. 11 gredinger Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 3890
Interview: Nadine Strossen, President Emeritus of the ACLU 0 no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 794
Iowa High Court to Consider State's Ban on Voting by Felons 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1219
iPhone spyware highlights Israel's advanced surveillance prowess 0 forest444 Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1365
IRS took cash, asked questions later, report says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1328
Is America embracing book banning? 1 Panich52 Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 1296
Is cash bail unconstitutional? Activists sue over system 'favoring the wealthy' 11 Eugene Dec 2015 Feb 2016 8 2322
Is Facebook’s “Faceprint Database” Illegal? 0 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 1372
Is it time yet 0 lsewpershad Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1237
Is It Torture Now? ISIS Apparently A Fan Of CIA’s Waterboarding Techniques 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2014 Aug 2014 7 1559
Is the Government Tracking Your Abortion? 0 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1316
Is the legal standard for libel outdated? Sarah Palin could help answer. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1289
Is There Any Governmental Entity 2 speaktruthtopower Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1769
Is this an example of child abuse or... 10 shockedcanadian Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 2580
It All Started Innocently Enough 7 DallasNE Mar 2013 Apr 2013 3 6019
IT IS TIME for mandatory BODY CAMS for POLICE -- Another police shooting no body cams 0 TigressDem Dec 2020 Dec 2020 7 1416
Jail Doesn't Help Addicts. Let's Stop Sending Them There. 10 NYC_SKP Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 3971
Jailed 96 Days on Bogus Charge: It Is No One's Fault? 1 Eugene Oct 2016 Oct 2016 4 1435
January 30 was Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 1001
Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption - 0 me b zola Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1545
Jeff Sessions could weaken police reforms on excessive force and racial bias 2 Eugene Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2187
Jeff Sessions Takes a Stand for Debtors' Prisons 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 Dec 2017 11 1650
Joe Tom Easley, prominent gay rights activist, dies at 81 He was involved in the repeal of DADT. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 936
John Grishams books are censored at Guantanamo Bay. 2 MarkLaw Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1606
Journalists sue St Louis County police over treatment during Ferguson protests 1 Eugene Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1476
Judge Allows Case Against Neo-Nazi Publisher to Proceed 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 1268
Judge approves settlement allowing return of some Mexicans expelled from California 1 Eugene Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1354
Judge cites Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone with contempt as backlog of complaint probes grows 0 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 1470

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Judge dismisses case over FBI raid of 1,400 private safe-deposit boxes and seizure of millions in je 2 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 11 2043
Judge Faults U.S. for Holding Immigrant Defendants Freed on Bail 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1180
Judge frees men imprisoned for 24 years, saying prosecutors withheld evidence 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 Mar 2021 14 2509
Judge halts immigration arrests at Massachusetts courts 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1211
Judge names monitor to oversee Arizona sheriff in profiling case 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 1626
Judge Orders Border Patrol to Improve Detention Conditions 0 Eugene Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 963
Judge orders Fairfax County, Virginia, police to stop collecting data from license plate readers 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1363
Judge orders L.A. Times to alter story about Glendale cop, sparking protest from newspaper 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 Jul 2018 9 2139
Judge orders probe into California whistleblower's claims 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1276
Judge overturns murder conviction of man who said he was framed by disgraced former detective 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1139
Judge rejects state secrets defense in wiretapping lawsuit 1 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 1806
Judge rules for professors in University of Florida academic freedom case 1 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 992
Judge rules Kansas Highway Patrol 'waged war on motorists,' violated constitutional rights 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 1266
Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights 0 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2019 Sep 2019 6 1304
Judge says Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone will face contempt hearing 0 Eugene Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 1373
Judge shoots down Miami-Dade detention policy adopted to follow Trump deportation order 0 Eugene Mar 2017 Mar 2017 4 1603
Judge throws out 2000 murder conviction, frees Kansas man after 15 years in prison 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 1321
Judge tosses $3.25M award against San Jose (but upheld ruling against police for seizing kids) 0 alp227 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 1862
Judge who handcuffed public defender to teach a ‘lesson’ gets own chastising 1 Eugene Jun 2016 Jun 2016 4 1410
Judge: Baton Rouge Violated the First Amendment by Trying To Imprison a Professor for Sharing ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 Jan 2022 17 1480
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