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US Appeals Court Pauses Order Targeting Texas Illegal Immigration Law
The order means that the legislature-passed law known as SB4 may go into effect soon.
Indiana Ban on Transgender Treatments for Minors Can Be Enforced, Court Rules
Hormonal treatments for minors can cause bone damage, stroke, and infertility, Indiana’s Deputy Solicitor General James Barta said.
ACLU Will Represent NRA In Free Speech Case Before Supreme Court
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will represent the National Rifle Association (NRA) in a First Amendment case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Prison-Industrial Complex Takes Another Hit
Officials who built their careers on mass incarceration are now calling for this madness to end.
Promise and Peril of License Plate Readers in the Big Data Era
The police were aided by automatic license plate readers (LPR), cameras distributed at tolls, checkpoints, and intersections that check a vehicle’s plate number against a hot-list of vehicles belonging to criminals.
LA Police Shooting Exposes National Embarrassment of America’s Largest Skid Row
Thousands of homeless, many of them mentally ill, are concentrated in LA’s largest slum zone.
How Much Does It Really Cost to Fine and Jail the Indigent?
Though some cities profit from collecting fines on poor defendants and jailing them when they can’t pay up, the costs to government resources and taxpayers prove hefty.
