Court reform advocates and members of Congress want the federal courts to stop charging the public fees for access to court records. Congress may be on its way to making
State legislators across the country already have started filing bills for their 2021 sessions that would target the rights of transgender youth.
Transgender rights activists are preparing to fight what
A study recently released by the Prison Policy Initiative shows very few people released before trial go out and commit another crime while awaiting their court date.
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This article was updated Feb. 5, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden plans to ask all Americans to wear masks for 100 days to slow the spread of COVID-19. This would be
In 1982, Gregory Watson, a sophomore at the University of Texas, Austin, wrote a paper for his Government 310L course on an unratified amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Written
Gerardo Gutierrez, 70, repeatedly and unsuccessfully pleaded with his supervisors to be allowed to wear a mask while working at a Publix Super Market deli in Florida. He died in
If you’ve tried an Impossible Burger at Burger King you know why meat producers might feel threatened by this plant-based burger. It’s not bad. Not bad, at all.
A new study commissioned by the Council on Criminal Justice shows a disproportionate number of young black men jailed on felony charges remain incarcerated as jail populations changed in reaction
Los Angeles-based Venerable Injury Law, which specializes in personal injury, launched the first version of its ClaimTrack app two years ago. The app allows clients to do things like track
Amid concerns that President Trump might order the military to act unlawfully, three experts in military law created a project to provide free legal advice to members of the military
More than 7,000 federal prisoners saw their sentences reduced by the 2018 First Step Act. But hundreds of those people face deportation.
Some call First Step an example of
Editor’s note: With the recent vaccine news, the Legal Examiner is publishing this updated followup version of a previously published article.
UPDATE: As the country gears up for a
