/justice/index.rss Read about criminal justice; justice reform; drug policy; gun violence; gun control; the new Jim Crow; death penalty; social justice; #blacklivesmatter; terrorism; institutional racism; reparations; truth and reconciliation; prison reform; incarceration; legal affairs; Supreme Court; #SCOTUS; mass incarceration; cash bail; civil forfeiture; abuse of power; domestic terrorism; white supremacy; white power; en-us Copyright 2025 | casino world | All Rights Reserved Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Colleen Scerpella Measures introduced in 13 states this year would impose criminal penalties on people who obtain an abortion. /justice/2025-05-05-abolitionists-push-legislation-criminalize-all-abortion/ /justice/2025-05-05-abolitionists-push-legislation-criminalize-all-abortion/ Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Center for Media and Democracy 050525.jpg X/@AbolitionistFAA David Dayen And within hours of a Wednesday court ruling, innovation on smartphones is exploding, showing private regulation can be more burdensome to markets than democratic rules CEOs like to condemn. /justice/2025-05-02-apples-monopoly-finally-held-accountable/ /justice/2025-05-02-apples-monopoly-finally-held-accountable/ Fri, 02 May 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Dayen-Apple monopoly 050225.jpg Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via AP Will Royce Andrea Beaty The consequences of gutting FOIA offices are both obvious and unknowable. /justice/2025-05-01-public-records-wreckers/ /justice/2025-05-01-public-records-wreckers/ Thu, 01 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 RDP 050125.jpg Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via AP David Dayen Declarations in a case reveal a haphazard hobbling of the consumer protection agency. /justice/2025-04-29-hatchet-job-cfpb-musk-doge/ /justice/2025-04-29-hatchet-job-cfpb-musk-doge/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Dayen-CFPB 042925.jpg Melissa Bender/NurPhoto via AP David Dayen Several attorneys will be moved to defending the federal government from lawsuits. /justice/2025-04-24-justice-department-shuts-branch-that-prosecutes-consumer-fraud-cases/ /justice/2025-04-24-justice-department-shuts-branch-that-prosecutes-consumer-fraud-cases/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:20:00 -0000 AP25106500099469rs.jpg Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Maureen Tkacik How a Colorado slumlord’s psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela /justice/2025-04-24-runaway-tren-de-aragua-colorado-housing-gangs/ /justice/2025-04-24-runaway-tren-de-aragua-colorado-housing-gangs/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Tkacik-Runaway Tren 042425 home.jpg Xaver Clarke Attacks on judges from Republican members of Congress represent the subjugation of two branches of government under the president. /justice/2025-04-23-gop-destroying-justice-embolden-trumps-lawlessnes/ /justice/2025-04-23-gop-destroying-justice-embolden-trumps-lawlessnes/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000 RDP 042325.jpg Melissa Bender/NurPhoto via AP David Dayen The ‘click-to-cancel’ rule prohibits making it hard to end a subscription. Republicans voted against that rule, then sued Uber for exactly that conduct. /justice/2025-04-22-ftc-republicans-sue-uber-for-actions-in-rule-they-rejected/ /justice/2025-04-22-ftc-republicans-sue-uber-for-actions-in-rule-they-rejected/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:00:00 -0000 Dayen-FTC click to cancel.jpg Aaron M. Sprecher via AP Robert Kuttner Sooner or later, dictators shut down the free press. In America, that might not be so easy, but it pays to be prepared. /justice/2025-04-22-press-freedom-censorship-trump/ /justice/2025-04-22-press-freedom-censorship-trump/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:30:00 -0000 white-house-press 20240421.jpg Alex Brandon/AP Photo David Dayen DOGE was apparently part of the effort to hobble the agency, along with Clarence Thomas pal Mark Paoletta. For the moment, the firing of 1,483 workers is on hold. /justice/2025-04-18-federal-judge-halts-cfpb-purge-again/ /justice/2025-04-18-federal-judge-halts-cfpb-purge-again/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:30:00 -0000 Dayen-CFPB 2 041825.jpg Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo David Dayen The agency fired 1,500 workers on Thursday, which violates a court order and threatens a meltdown of mortgage markets and more. /justice/2025-04-18-cfpb-slashed-threatening-financial-markets-workers-fired-defying-judges/ /justice/2025-04-18-cfpb-slashed-threatening-financial-markets-workers-fired-defying-judges/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0000 AP25076772985735.jpg Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via AP Images Robert Kuttner In ruling after ruling, the Supreme Court pretends to uphold lower-court constraints on Trump but provides a road map for Trump to defy the judges’ orders. /justice/2025-04-16-john-roberts-dangerous-game-supreme-court-abrego-garcia/ /justice/2025-04-16-john-roberts-dangerous-game-supreme-court-abrego-garcia/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:00:00 -0000 Kuttner on Tap 041625.jpg Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Harold Meyerson The case of the man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison now urgently poses that question. /justice/2025-04-14-will-trump-obey-supreme-court/ /justice/2025-04-14-will-trump-obey-supreme-court/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Meyerson-Trump SCOTUS 041425.jpg Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Kate Morrissey The operation included dozens of officers, some with guns in hand, as they moved through a paint business. /justice/2025-04-09-soccer-loving-father-of-four-el-cajon-immigration-raid/ /justice/2025-04-09-soccer-loving-father-of-four-el-cajon-immigration-raid/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Cap and Main 040925.jpg Maureen Tkacik First the gutted CFPB pronounced ‘Whites Only’ marketing legal again. Now Boeing wants to renege on the sweetheart deal of the century. /justice/2025-03-28-trump-scrambles-pardon-corporate-criminals-townstone-boeing-cfpb/ /justice/2025-03-28-trump-scrambles-pardon-corporate-criminals-townstone-boeing-cfpb/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:00:00 -0000 Tkacik-Corporate pardons 032825.jpg Ted S. Warren/AP Photo David Dayen Citing a century of precedent, Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter kick off a process destined for the Supreme Court. /justice/2025-03-27-ftc-commissioners-file-suit-trumps-alleged-firing/ /justice/2025-03-27-ftc-commissioners-file-suit-trumps-alleged-firing/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:45:00 -0000 Dayen-FTC firings 032725.png AP Photo Daniel Boguslaw The document from a state fusion center cites high health care costs as a key source of instability in the country. /justice/2025-03-27-intelligence-dossier-compares-luigi-mangione-robin-hood/ /justice/2025-03-27-intelligence-dossier-compares-luigi-mangione-robin-hood/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Boguslaw-Health care shooting 032725.jpg Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP Henry Burke Fascists respond to capitulation with more aggression. Elon Musk has already started targeting firms himself. /justice/2025-03-25-paul-weiss-appeased-trump-more-attacks-on-biglaw-will-follow/ /justice/2025-03-25-paul-weiss-appeased-trump-more-attacks-on-biglaw-will-follow/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:00:00 -0000 RDP 032525.jpg Melissa Bender/NurPhoto via AP Emma Janssen Liberals and conservatives face off in the most political apolitical race in the country. /justice/2025-03-21-wisconsin-court-election-drawing-elon-musks-money/ /justice/2025-03-21-wisconsin-court-election-drawing-elon-musks-money/ Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:00:00 -0000 Janssen-WI supreme court 032125.jpg Andy Manis/AP Photo David Dayen The logical, absurd end point of Donald Trump’s government smash-and-grab /justice/2025-03-21-case-without-a-judge-ftc/ /justice/2025-03-21-case-without-a-judge-ftc/ Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:30:00 -0000 Dayen-FTC 032125.jpg Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Daniel Boguslaw Dan Abrams’s documentary on the UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying takes the police perspective. That’s common for the longtime journalist and legal analyst. /justice/2025-02-27-producer-luigi-mangione-documentary-dan-abrams-show-canceled/ /justice/2025-02-27-producer-luigi-mangione-documentary-dan-abrams-show-canceled/ Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Boguslaw-Dan Abrams 022725.jpg Ron Adar/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images Ryan Cooper There are more important things than the state’s corporate franchise fees. /justice/2025-02-21-why-delaware-democrats-trying-to-give-elon-musk-55-billion/ /justice/2025-02-21-why-delaware-democrats-trying-to-give-elon-musk-55-billion/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:00 -0000 Cooper-DE Musk 022125.jpg Matt Rourke/AP Photo Gabrielle Gurley With New York’s shield laws under attack in Texas and Louisiana, a new assault on abortion rights is imminent. /justice/2025-02-20-dobbs-solved-nothing-abortion-new-york/ /justice/2025-02-20-dobbs-solved-nothing-abortion-new-york/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:00:00 -0000 Gurley-NY abortion 022025.jpg Lev Radin/Sipa USA via AP Images Steven Monacelli The Observer has identified the operator of ‘GlomarResponder,’ an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden. /justice/2025-02-20-ice-prosecutor-in-dallas-runs-white-supremacist-x-account/ /justice/2025-02-20-ice-prosecutor-in-dallas-runs-white-supremacist-x-account/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000 TX Observer 022025.jpg Eric Gay/AP Photo Robert Kuttner The trench warfare in sanctuary cities and states to protect innocent families from Trump’s ICE raids /justice/2025-02-17-trumps-huddled-masses/ /justice/2025-02-17-trumps-huddled-masses/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:15:00 -0000 Kuttner-Trump immigration 021725.jpg Julio Cortez/AP Photo Ryan Cooper David Dayen The president’s handpicked prosecutors balked at an openly corrupt legal bailout for New York City Mayor Eric Adams. /justice/2025-02-14-trump-eric-adams-corruption-sassoon/ /justice/2025-02-14-trump-eric-adams-corruption-sassoon/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:00:00 -0000 emil-bove 20250214.jpg Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via AP David Dayen As long as nobody will stop him, why wouldn’t he? /justice/2025-02-11-will-trump-continue-to-defy-court-orders/ /justice/2025-02-11-will-trump-continue-to-defy-court-orders/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:30:00 -0000 Dayen-Trump courts 021125.jpg Victor M. Matos/TheNews2/Cover Images via AP Images Maureen Tkacik The Alex Jones bankruptcy case revealed where the real hoaxes exist in this country: in our most elite courtrooms. /justice/2025-02-06-crisis-actors-alex-jones-bankruptcy/ /justice/2025-02-06-crisis-actors-alex-jones-bankruptcy/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:30:00 -0000 Tkacik-Alex Jones 020425 home.jpg David Dayen With the rightful concern about collapsing the U.S. payment system, we’ve lost sight of the illegality happening in real time: presidential impoundment of funds for disfavored causes. /justice/2025-02-04-illegal-executive-spending-decisions-happening-now/ /justice/2025-02-04-illegal-executive-spending-decisions-happening-now/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:30:00 -0000 Dayen-DOGE 020425.jpg Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA via AP Images David Dayen Giving DOGE access to the Treasury Department’s payment system violates the Privacy Act of 1974 and IRS statutes, three plaintiffs allege. /justice/2025-02-03-lawsuit-takes-on-musk-payment-system-takeover-on-privacy-grounds/ /justice/2025-02-03-lawsuit-takes-on-musk-payment-system-takeover-on-privacy-grounds/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:20:00 -0000 AP20122781004904.jpg Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA via AP Images