Justice
It’s the 50th anniversary of Gregg v. Georgia, so perhaps it is fitting that we celebrate by giving full livestreamed expression to the barbarity that has long lurked in that “reasonable” decision.
Courts
While a Supreme Court decision allowing a controversial federal database to be used to determine the eligibility of voters should have a minimal impact on the midterms, it could be used in the future to disenfranchise countless eligible voters or make it more difficult for them to cast their ballots.
Criminal Justice
Todd Blanche, who conspired with Donald Trump to richly reward the January 6 insurrectionists found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police officers, somehow managed to keep a straight face on Friday when he said that he would prosecute anybody who “touches a federal law enforcement officer in any way inappropriate.”
Epstein
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Rights & Liberties
The experience of being charged with a felony by the Trump Administration for protesting ICE left Michael Rabbitt, a member of the “Broadview Six,” shaken but not ready to give up.
