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Maine supreme court upholds order calling for trial over indigent defense crisis
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMay 13—Maine's highest court has denied the state's attempt to halt an upcoming trial that will focus on Maine's inability to find enough attorneys to represent hundreds of low-income criminal ...
South MS school district is violating transgender student’s civil rights, complaint says
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCounty schools. The school district is violating Title IX, a federal civil rights law that prohibits...
An American gangster at 100: J. Edgar Hoover’s authoritarian legacy
Reason.com· 7 days agoOn May 10, 1924, one of the worst events in history for American civil liberties happened:...
U.S., civil rights groups sue Iowa to stop enforcement of controversial immigration law
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe law would also require Iowa courts to oder their removal to the country from which they entered...
Despite filing appeal, Miami says it could still settle racial gerrymandering lawsuit
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe city of Miami still thinks it could reach a settlement with voting rights activists represented...
Moore signs controversial juvenile law reform bills into law
WBAL-TV Baltimore· 6 hours agoMaryland Gov. Wes Moore signed the controversial juvenile law reform package into law, marking his...
An American Gangster at 100: J. Edgar Hoover's Authoritarian Legacy
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAnd therein lies the danger of men like...serve as a reminder that the FBI—and the national security...
ACLU backs efforts to sink bill stripping any nonprofit that 'bankrolls terrorists' of tax-exempt...
Fox News· 1 day agoThe bill, introduced by Reps. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., and Brad Schneider, D-Ill., passed the House...
Louisville Metro Police to expand drone program. Here's how it will work
Gannett via AOL· 8 hours agoHowever, the rapidly expanding use of drones by law enforcement in recent years has drawn concern...
Earned sentence credit expansions, new parole board operations to take effect this year
Virginia Mercury via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoEligible incarcerated people in Virginia will be able to further reduce their sentences through an...