Oct 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday voted to confirm a Wisconsin prosecutor nominated by President Donald Trump to a federal appeals court, despite earlier opposition from conservative ...

Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the ...

After nearly two-and-a-half increasingly wearisome hours, After the Hunt refuses to state a case — any case.

Creating fear and panic seemed more the goal of Tuesday’s federal raid on Canal St. than any type of legitimate enforcement action. And in that it succeeded. For the last few months, New Yorkers have ...

The government doesn’t track how many citizens are held by immigration agents. ProPublica found more than 170 cases this year where citizens were detained at raids and protests. More than 20 citizens ...

A federal judge just gave a slap-on-the-wrist sentence to a man — excuse me, a “transgender woman” — who traveled across the country with weapons, ammunition, zip ties, and a plan to assassinate a ...

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And ...

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When the Supreme Court weighed in on Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo last month, the Republican-appointed justices cleared the way for federal immigration officials to use racial profiling. A concurring ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett ...

(CNN) — After an impassioned set of arguments Wednesday over the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the question is whether Justice Brett Kavanaugh is willing to completely dismantle a law intended to ensure ...

After an impassioned set of arguments Wednesday over the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the question is whether Justice Brett Kavanaugh is willing to completely dismantle a law intended to ensure equal ...