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When Lois Lerner, the former IRS chief of the Exempt Organization unit and figure at the center of the targeting scandal, transferred 1.25 million IRS documents to the Justice Department in October of 2010, she almost certainly broke the law, according to new documents unearthed by the group Cause of Action in a FOIA suit. The documents contained tax returns and other private tax information from non-profit groups.
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Maine can prohibit domestic abusers from owning firearms, even for offenses that do not rise to felonies. The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Maine can prohibit domestic abusers from owning firearms, even for offenses that do not rise to felonies.
The family of a North Dakota college student who was a confidential informant for a drug task force filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday accusing a sheriff's department, a deputy and the county of failing to ensure the 20-year-old's safety. The body of Andrew Sadek was found exactly two years ago in the Red River, which separates North Dakota from Minnesota , not far from where he attended college in Wahpeton.
A year after the U.S. Supreme Court found a provision of the federal Armed Career Criminal Act, which authorizes severe prison sentences for defendants with lengthy criminal histories unconstitutional, the ruling has led to a review of 800 sentences in western Pennsylvania and the possible release of many of those inmates. Within the past two weeks, eight federal inmates have filed petitions with U.S. District Court in Johnstown asking that their cases be reviewed in light of the June 26, 2015, decision in Samuel Johnson v.
Just days before the primary election, state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt is fighting back against a political advocacy group he believes to be responsible for mailing attack ads against him to Republican voters in his district. Klingenschmitt, who faces Bob Gardner in the state Senate District 12 race Tuesday, submitted a letter to 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office Thursday calling for a criminal investigation into former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez, founder of nonprofit Colorado Pioneer Action.
Contrary to a recent Kansas Supreme Court opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that a Minnesota man did not have a right to refuse a breath test for alcohol and his constitutional rights were not infringed upon when he was criminally punished for his refusal. "The Fourth Amendment did not require officers to obtain a warrant prior to demanding the test, and Bernard had no right to refuse it," wrote Justice Samuel Alito.
A judge acquitted a police van driver of all charges including "depraved-heart" murder on Thursday in the death of 25-year-old arrestee Freddie Gray, whose broken neck on the way to the station set off Baltimore's worst riots in decades. Six officers were charged in Gray's death, but only Officer Caesar Goodson was accused of murder.
EFF and privacy activists oppose Rule 41 changes, while the Department of Justice claims that the changes do not alter 'traditional protections' under Fourth Amendment. The fight over changes to Rule 41 kicked into high gear this week as privacy rights activists and tech firms joined forces to protest the changes in an open letter to Congressional leaders, urging them to block the changes before they become permanent at the end of the year.
"The reports of my demise are overblown," he told the audience June 1 at the Mackinac Policy Conference, before calling "negative" members of the press a bunch of "Eeyores." He's partly right.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave voice to what hundreds of thousands of people of color have experienced when being stopped and harassed by police. Earlier today, the Supreme Court made a terrible decision to allow evidence obtained by police who've made an unlawful stop be considered in an arrest resulting from that stop.
I never thought one word could be so damaging. Something that's been so useful to society has single handedly brought a possible enigma to face her consequences.
A gun manufacturer should be held accountable for selling the public semi-automatic rifles that were designed as military killing machines, a lawyer for families of some victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre told a judge Monday. The argument came during a court hearing on Remington Arms' request to dismiss a lawsuit by relatives of nine children and adults killed at the Newtown school on Dec. 14, 2012, and a teacher who survived the shooting.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that evidence of a crime may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it. The ruling comes in a case in which a police detective illegally stopped defendant Joseph Edward Strieff on the streets of South Salt Lake City, Utah.
A little more than a week after the shooting rampage at Pulse, an Orlando nightclub, key details remain unknown about what exactly happened during the violent episode and the hostage standoff that followed. Even as investigators try to determine what may have motivated the attack that left 49 people dead and dozens more injured, they are still working to piece together exactly what happened during the three hours between the first gunshots and the moment police fatally shot the attacker.
Republicans and Democrats only agree on a single issue following the terrorist attack in Orlando, according to two major pollsters. "An overwhelming majority of Americans would support a law that prevents people on the federal government's terrorism watch list from buying guns," says a new YouGov.com survey.
Ryan Ruzic has just about reached the point in his public defender career where he's supposed to stop being a public defender. With nearly five years' experience he's one of the veteran lawyers in his office, but he's now supposed to be at a breaking point.
A former financial advisor and securities advisor who lives in Milford has admitted to stealing more than $1.2 million from a client, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, said Friday that Robert N. Tricarico, 60, of Milford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of wire fraud related to his misappropriation of more than $1.2 million from an elderly client.
New information uncovered by KHQ is raising questions about the potential misallocation of funds by the Spokane Police Department, under former Police Chief Frank Straub. According to documents returned as part of a public records request, a civilian specialist formerly in charge of the Spokane Police Department's business dealings told a city official she had first-hand knowledge of how Straub "intended to accomplish his goals regardless of whether he had to break the rules."
People on the United States' terrorist watch list passed background checks and have been allowed to purchase firearms 91% of the time in 2015, updated federal data shows. An updated report by the Government Accountability Office, released Tuesday by Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office, shows individuals on the terrorist watch list were involved in background checks to purchase firearms 244 times - with 223 of those transactions, or 91%, allowed to proceed.
Libertarian vice presidential candidate Bill Weld, right, chats with Joe Hunter, communications director for the Gary Johnson campaign, at the National Libertarian Party Convention on May 27 in Orlando. Bill Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts now running as the Libertarian Party's candidate for vice president, called today for a 1,000-agent task force to combat Islamic State adherents in the United States, and for a tip line where Muslims could inform on radicalism.