Courts & Law

Courts & Law

What Earl Warren Was Thinking

Bill Blum / Truthdig Feb 3, 2023 An interview with the jurist whose court presided over the major decisions now being undone by a conservative court. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Supreme Court 101: What is Judicial Review?

Bill Blum / Truthdig Feb 3, 2023 It's where the high court gets its power—and it's not even mentioned in the Constitution. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Americas

U.S. Corruption Trial of Mexico’s Former Security Minister Promises to Pull Curtain Back on Narco Links to Politics

Tim Golden / ProPublica Jan 23, 2023 Genaro García Luna was tasked was taking the fight to Mexico's drug traffickers. He allegedly started working with them instead. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Killing the Messenger: Joe Biden’s Disturbing Hypocrisy on Julian Assange

Ben Cohen / Salon Jan 20, 2023 Ben & Jerry's co-founder: Joe Biden stood up for press freedom as a candidate — but backtracked in the White House. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Abortion Bans Could Be Used To Prosecute Pregnant People

Shefali Luthra / The 19th News Jan 18, 2023 Legislation in Oklahoma and remarks from the Alabama attorney general could foreshadow new efforts to punish people who induce their own abortions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Prison Reform

Why Did a Man Starve to Death in an Arkansas Jail?

Tana Ganeva / Truthdig Jan 16, 2023 Because of multiple broken systems. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Dig Scape

The Crime of Prison

bart plantenga / Truthdig Jan 16, 2023 DIG•SCAPE is an audio alternative-phenomenological-impressionistic, mulitcultural soundscape mashup of loud issues. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Why Special Counsels Aren’t Entirely Independent

Joshua Holzer / The Conversation Jan 13, 2023 Special counsels, like those examining Trump’s handling of classified documents, are intended to be independent—but they aren’t entirely. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Biden’s Lower Court Appointments Are a Rare Dose of Good News

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 11, 2023 Many federal courts are more politically diverse and less ideologically doctrinaire than the present SCOTUS. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Activism

The Worldwide Campaign to Free Julian Assange Is Heating Up

Stephen Rohde / Truthdig Jan 10, 2023 As we enter a new year, Julian Assange remains in a London prison, facing extradition to the United States and 175 years in prison. However, momentum demanding the United States drop the charges against Assange is building. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Chief Justice Roberts’ Annual Report on the Federal Judiciary Is a Study in Hypocrisy

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 6, 2023 A Supreme Court ritual ignores a crisis of legitimacy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

Brett Murphy / ProPublica Dec 29, 2022 Tracing the fallacy of 911 call analysis through the justice system, from Quantico to the courtroom. Dig deeper ( 34 Min. Read )