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Lawmakers Pass Mandatory Interlock

In 2016 Maryland lawmakers passed a law requiring anyone convicted of DUI or DWI to enroll in the engine interlock program.  The engine interlock program requires drivers to install a “blow and go”...

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When Is an Ignition Interlock Device Mandatory After a New Jersey DWI?

New Jersey law imposes numerous penalties for driving while intoxicated (DWI) and related offenses. Penalties like fines, jail time, and driver’s license suspension are fairly well known. Since late...

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THE J MANEUVER

UPDATE: THE JUDGE WITHDREW HIS CHALLENGE  as such we removed his name and replaced it with an initial because he does not deserve publicity good or bad. The aforementioned judge at the top of this...

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Swan on The Police No-Duty Rule

Sarah Lynnda Swan (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers Law School) has posted Public Duties for the New City (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 122, No. 2, 2023) on SSRN. Here is the...

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University of Texas Arrests: Protests in Texas and Limitations on Free Speech

Yesterday, nearly 60 protesters at the University of Texas at Austin. Most were charged with criminal trespass, a Class B misdemeanor in Texas. The arrests occurred during a pro-Palestinian...

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Kim Kardashian shows her criminal justice reform advocacy is bipartisan

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"Do progressive prosecutors increase crime? A quasi-experimental...

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Man Sexually Assaulted Child After Luring her in Car with Dog

A man at a beach celebration was accused of kidnapping and sexual offenses after driving away with a young girl who was talking to him about his dog when she allegedly got into his car. On April 15,...

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News Roundup

A lawsuit has been filed against the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and its secretary, asserting that the state’s lack of assessment and treatment services has resulted in...

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Twisted Trust

Emilie Connolly, Fiduciary Colonialism: Annuities and Native Dispossession in the Early United States, 127 Am. His. Rev. 223 (2022). Bethany Berger During Elouise Cobell’s campaign against federal...

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Weinstein Reversed, But Barely

In a 4-3 split, the New York conviction of Harvey Weinstein was reversed based on the trial court’s allowance of promiscuous propensity evidence against him under the guise of Molineux exceptions. Much...

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Seaton: Sheriff Roy and The Mostly Peaceful Protesters

Mostly peaceful protests had come to Driftwood County. At least that’s what the six o’ clock news called them. Sheriff Roy Templeton, the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the county, wasn’t...

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The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal a Desire to Avoid Both Cliffs on...

Below is my column in the New York Post on yesterday’s oral arguments on presidential immunity. As expected, with the exception of the three liberal justices, the Court appears to be struggling to find...

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Problem Solved? USC Cancels Graduation to Avoid Pro-Palestinian Protesters

The University of Southern California (USC) is under fire this week after announcing that it had a solution to the possible pro-Palestinian protests at the graduation: it cancelled the graduation. It...

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Mauleon on Legal Endearment and Transforming Policing

Emmanuel Mauleón (UCLA School of Law - UCLA School of Law) has posted Legal Endearment: An Unmarked Barrier to Transforming Policing, Public Safety, and Security (California Law Review, Forthcoming) on...

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Challenging A DUI Sobriety Test In Colorado

The post Challenging A DUI Sobriety Test In Colorado appeared first on Colorado Springs Criminal Defense Attorney | Jeremy Loew.

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Undercover Operations: Challenging Prostitution Sting Arrests

Law enforcement in the Houston area regularly run prostitution stings to bring charges against prostitutes and the buyers of sex. Large police agencies like the Houston Police Department have special...

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What happens if you get caught shoplifting at Home Depot in Houston?

Home Depot is one of the Houston area’s largest retailers and they are known to take the prevention and enforcement of shoplifting offenses seriously. Due to the high value of many items that are sold...

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After arguments in quite a SCOTUS Term, another call for papers FSR issue on...

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