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How Civil Rights Groups Are Unraveling Illegal Bail Schemes That Fill Jails With Poor People
Advocates are working to stop the illegal practice of jailing people simply because they can't afford to post bail.
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Will California Court Let Voters Repudiate US Supreme Court on Citizens United?
It's an unusual case that asks a state judicial branch whether voters have the right to smack the federal judiciary in the face.
Certiorari Denied: Remembering the Roberts Court’s Abandonment of Torture Victims
The Court in recent years has sent an appalling message of indifference and impunity.
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Pope Francis Faces a Moral Challenge
Will the Pope remind the Catholic majority of the US Supreme Court justices that execution is against Church teaching?
Protests Grow over Clerk’s Denial of Same-Sex Marriages
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis stopped issuing all marriage licenses.
Washington Supreme Court Rules All SeaTac Workers Be Paid $15 Minimum Wage
SeaTac became the nation's first city to enact the minimum wage.
Could Scott Walker’s Legal Victory Expand PAC Superpowers?
A Wisconsin ruling about the governor's recall campaign could carry seeds of another “Citizens United.”
Welcome Back to Smoke-Filled, Back-Room Politics
People, not party insiders or billionaire plutocrats, should pick our presidents.
Michigan Supreme Court Upholds Right-to-Work Law, Takes Workers Back to the Gilded Age
On Thursday, the Michigan Supreme Court turned back the hands of time and thwarted workers' union protections.
A Supreme Threat to US Democracy
We're one judge away from government of the corporations, by the corporations, and for the corporations.