Wisconsin Republicans Sowed Distrust Over Elections. Now They May Push Out the State’s Top Election Official.
The fate of #Wisconsin election administrator Meagan Wolfe is a stark reminder that even though #courts and voters across the country have rejected #election denialism, it remains a factor in this key battleground state.
Rifles, Tasers and jails: how cities and states spent billions of #COVID19 relief
The American Rescue Plan Act gave local governments $350 billion to recover from COVID-19. They spent more than 90% of it on #police, #prison and the #courts
Texas Public Records Transparency Bill That Got Lost Amid GOP Infighting Finally Headed to Governor’s Desk
#Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he always intended to sign the measure but pulled it aside in response to the House playing “games” at the end of the legislative session.
This Cop Got Out of 44 Tickets by Saying Over and Over That His Girlfriend Stole His Car
#Chicago police officer Jeffrey Kriv used the same alibi to contest dozens of traffic tickets over the years. A deeper look at his career sheds light on Chicago’s troubled history of police #accountability.
Colorado Becomes the First State to Limit Court Use of Family Reunification Camps
A new bill restricts the use of reunification programs and requires domestic violence training for experts in custody cases. Lawmakers credit ProPublica’s reporting for exposing the need for reforms in the family court system.
An order issued by the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday will restrict remote access to old documents, in hopes of preventing the accidental release of Social Security numbers. 👩⚖️ 💻
The rule change comes after I discovered that thousands of civil judgments filed by the Division of Employment Security included SS numbers, and were available on online via Casenet.
A Court Ordered Siblings to a Reunification Camp With Their Estranged Father. The Children Say It Was Abusive.
Family courts are increasingly using programs like Turning Points for Families to treat the disputed psychological theory of parental alienation. But little is publicly known about the programs’ controversial methods.
Maybe #HarlanCrow thinks that, by dint of purchasing himself a #SCOTUS justice, he’s effectively President under the Mazars precedent.
Jay Willis:
Harlan Crow's lawyers fired off a pound-sand letter to the Judiciary Committee explaining why investigating Crow's patronge of Clarence Thomas "raises substantial separation of powers concerns," and all due respect to "Michael D. Bopp" but I don't think this is your call dude.
"...now, we have never considered a dispute over a congressional #subpoena for the President's records. And, according to the parties, the #appellate#courts have addressed such a subpoena only once, when a #SenateCommittee subpoenaed President #Nixon during the #Watergate scandal. See infra , at 2032 – 2033..."
This Pharmacist Said Prisoners Wouldn’t Feel Pain During Lethal Injection. Then Some Shook and Gasped for Air.
A Florida pharmacist serves as an expert witness on behalf of states defending lethal injection protocols, often speaking about a drug that he has no authority to prescribe. His testimony has helped pave the way for executions across the country.
"#BigOil companies have been desperate to avoid trials in state #courts, where they will be forced to defend their #climate lies in front of juries, and today the #SupremeCourt declined to bail them out," said Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, an #environmental group...
The Biden administration urged the court not to hear the case...the lawsuit should be heard in state courts."