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Jury convicts Marine veteran of threatening to kill the president
Rene Ortiz’s public defenders say he is out of touch with reality and his suggestion that he kill the president-elect was a mere cry for attention.
Scholarship for Black students must be reconsidered
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court found the University of Iowa’s suit seeking to modify the terms of a scholarship gift was improperly dismissed. A Black professor left a scholarship bequest to the university in gratitude for the school educating him during the Jim Crow era, establishing a scholarship for “Black students majoring in the physical sciences, preferably chemistry.” The terms of the scholarship must be dissected upon remand since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions that universities could not use race-based preferences in admissions. The school may not simply repurpose it for first-generation students, however, and “an advocate for the donor’s intent” must be involved in the modification process.
Retaliatory arrest for filming police?
PORTLAND, Maine — A federal court in Maine partially denied two police officers’ motions to dismiss First Amendment claims brought against them by a man who “frequently films police conducting public arrests in and around Brunswick, Maine.” It would be reasonable to find that the man was arrested on one occasion in part because he was filming. An officer told him, “You’re getting a citation today for being on a limited access highway as a pedestrian. You’re out on 295 filming.”
From taxation to representation: Freedom Plane lands in Denver with rare Bill of Rights draft
In celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, the National Archives is touring rarely seen documents around the country.
Democrats offer up legal protections for people filming ICE operations
Arguing that federal agents have violated protesters' First Amendment rights, lawmakers are proposing consequences for officers who prevent people from recording them.
Cutie cat AR-15 parody products spur lawsuit
A “Q T Cat” product line meant to parody the founder of Q LLC, a firearms manufacturer, triggered a cease and desist request from the company.
Ninth Circuit rejects qualified immunity bid for San Francisco cops accused of fabricating evidence
The appeals court said it was “beyond debate” the tactics the defendants used to identify a suspect violated the accused suspect’s rights.
Seventh Circuit keeps journalists barred from Indiana executions
The appellate panel found that freedom of press does not guarantee rights to the press over those allowed to the general public.
Prisoner rights group fights Minnesota's ‘approved vendor’ book restrictions in court
Minnesota claims its policy exists to keep drugs out of state correctional facilities after it saw an increase in the smuggling of synthetic drugs in books.
Judge blocks Trump’s sweeping freeze on immigration benefits for 39 countries
In a scathing ruling, a federal judge accused the administration of using “pretextual concerns” of national security to “mask anti-immigrant sentiments.”
As bulldozers roll, ‘flamingo revolution’ erupts in Albania against Kushner-Trump luxury resort
Albanians are rebelling against a luxury resort Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump want to build along a stretch of coast beloved for its flamingos and beautiful beaches.