6+ hour, 38+ min ago  (664+ words) A quiet surge is reshaping American courts in states such as Georgia and Missouri to prevent the encroach of Sharia law. State legislators are advancing "American Laws for American Courts" (ALAC) and related measures. These laws attempt to keep the…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (295+ words) The Bronx judge who sent an ex-NYPD sergeant to prison Thursday for fatally flinging a picnic cooler at a fleeing drug suspect claimed the punishment would serve as a "general deterrent" for other police officers. The judge also rejected Duran's…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (584+ words) A radical Bronx judge's outrageous 3- to 9-year prison sentence for NYPD Sergeant Erik Duran surely qualifies as one of the worst judicial abuses ever to come out of a US courtroom. The result will be fewer cops making fewer arrests,…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago  (373+ words) Democrat officials in California are suddenly interested in prosecuting hospice fraudsters after the Justice Department created a division dedicated to arresting fraudsters. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) on Thursday announced his office charged 21 suspects in a $267 million hospice fraud ring…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago  (248+ words) MONTGOMERY " Members of the House and Senate passed legislation on Thursday creating a pilot program that would install a speed limit camera system in a highway construction zone. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago  (205+ words) I will be a Visiting Professor at the University of VIrginia School of Law during the Fall 2026 semester. Ilya Somin | 4. 9. 2026 11: 47 AM I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I will be a Visiting Professor at University of…...

9+ hour, 26+ min ago  (752+ words) A new Missouri law will soon keep repeat juvenile offenders off the streets and allow police and prosecutors to share criminal history data to better track juvenile criminals. The governor signed Senate Bill 888 Tuesday that also increases penalties for sexual…...

12+ hour, 11+ min ago  (215+ words) (The Center Square) " A former Chicago-area nonprofit executive has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for misappropriating nearly $1. 9 million through a pair of fraud schemes. Prosecutors say Barbara Harris, 55, of the Center for Community Academic Success Partnerships schemed…...

12+ hour, 11+ min ago  (439+ words) Courtly Observations'is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court's decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people's lives. The history of professional speech in the court Chiles v. Salazar…...

14+ hour, 32+ min ago  (890+ words) A new petition filed with the High Court of Justice on Thursday is seeking to strike down the new law allowing rabbinical courts to serve as arbitrators in certain civil disputes." The petition, filed by Israel Hofsheet, argues that the…...