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This is just a partial rebuttal to the letter written by Gary Edwards concerning militias in Idaho. While there several statements that are incorrect in the letter, I would like to address his statement concerning mentally ill people owning guns. I will give him the benefit of the doubt here and try an “education first” approach. First of all, any individual that has been adjudicated as menta...

When a SWAT team carried police dog Nero out of a Marston Mills home on April 12,2018, he was choking, bleeding heavily and had a bullet lodged inside him. EMTs, paramedics, and ambulances were all at hand, but due to state law were legally prohibited from providing medical help to the dog. “Police K-9s are officers right up until when they’re injured, then all of a sudden they were dogs,” ...

Voters line up at Gender Road Christian Church in 2020. Photo by Susan Tebben, OCJ. The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland. --> Sorry, we're having is...

"Law & Order" makes a heralded return to NBC Thursday (8 EST/PST), 12 years after the beloved police procedural that spawned a cadre of spin-offs was unceremoniously canceled in 2010 after 20 seasons. However, it's the return of Sam Waterston, the noble face of "Law & Order," that makes this homecoming complete. Stepping right back in as District Attorney Jack McCoy, it seems like the...

When she was growing up, Debra Bogaards ‘81 remembers her family’s Friday night Shabbat dinners included donating to a favorite charity each week. The Jewish idea of Tzedakah, a Hebrew word that is used to refer to charity or philanthropy, stuck with her as she grew up. She said, “It taught me as a young girl we were responsible for others.” Bogaards has carried that value into her adult life...

The Ukraine State Border Guard Service has announced that men ages 18 to 60 were prohibited from leaving the country, according to reports. Thursday's action came after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's declaration of martial law across the country after Russia invaded Ukraine and attacked major cities, including the capital, Kyiv. "In particular, it is forbidden for men aged 18-60, Uk...

As Texas voters head to polls this year, they’ve had to deal with a slew of election law changes, including limited early voting hours and increased mail-in voting requirements. Texas was among the 19 states where, in response to baseless claims of voter fraud and the increased use of mail-in ballots in the 2020 general election, GOP-led legislatures enacted a slew of voting restrictions in 2...

Students in UC Hastings First Gen program celebrate the program’s kickoff in February. UC Hastings kicked off its First Generation Program – which celebrates and supports law students who are the first in their families to go to college and now attend law school. Chancellor and Dean David Faigman said the program supports the college’s values of inclusion and said the law school is dedicated,...

• Amnesty International research verifies violations in international humanitarian law • Russian attacks could constitute war crimes • Russian claims to use precision guided weapons are patently false The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been marked by indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas and strikes on protected objects such as hospitals, Amnesty International said today, after documentin...

Wikimedia Commons In a historic settlement reached last week, families of nine Sandy Hook victims won $73 million following an eight-year legal battle with gun manufacturer Remington Arms. Remington Arms produced the AR-15 style weapon the Sandy Hook perpetrator used to murder 26 kindergarteners, first graders and adult staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Katie Mesner-Hage LAW ’13,...