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Photo by Zo Razafindramamba on Unsplash After decades of growth,1 human rights movements have lately found themselves on the defensive. Autocrats have exploited weaknesses with surprising creativity, and their most effective measures have been rapidly adopted around the world. A new innovation emerging in El Salvador in late 2021 may portend a new fight to keep human rights advocacy alive. It...

Klein Hall at Temple University’s James E. Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Bar Association and Temple University’s James E. Beasley School of Law have launched a new partnership, making the law school an institutional member of the PBA. Last year, the PBA began a similar partnership with the Drexel University Kline School of Law offering the school’s stud...

Law enforcement's 'Drive Sober' campaign nets 4,000 traffic stops  Manistee News Advocate

Nearly 60 Missouri police chiefs in January came out in support of the lawsuit, saying there's confusion about exactly what police can and cannot do. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Supreme Court judges on Monday heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking to strike down a new state law barring local police from enforcing federal gun laws. Note: The video above first aired in June 2021 when the law...

Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White are David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professors of Law at UVA. Photo by Julia Davis A new book from Professors Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White of the University of Virginia School of Law reveals how judges and social change played a central role in the evolution and expansion of tort law over the past 175 years. “Tort Law and the Construction...

MacQueen & Gottlieb adds 2 to staff Just like the sports world has 2 big events this coming weekend, MacQueen & Gottlieb, PLC (M&G), Arizona’s top-ranked real estate law firm, today announced the hiring of two new M&G’ers, attorney Joshua Zimmerman and law clerk Mark Sandison. Joshua Zimmerman Zimmerman celebrates his quindecinnial in law and brings extensive commercial litiga...

Law-enforcement officers deserve the public’s support, encouragement and appreciation during the best of times. They especially deserve our support in the worst of times. Each day, police officers face dangers. They get criminals off the streets. Still, they have an often thankless job. On Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 9, a local organization offers thanks to area law-enforcement officers. At the...

COURTESY PHOTOPresident Joe Biden By CASEY HARPER THE CENTER SQUARE (The Center Square) – Amid rising violent crime levels around the country, President Joe Biden sent a message to defund the police supporters late last week during his visit to New York. “The answer is not to defund the police,” Pres. Biden said in New York City where two law enforcement officers recently were killed in a Ha...

Tennessee House Republicans decided to brand Jan. 22, the 50th anniversary of legalized abortion, as the "Day of Tears." And in Florida, a key Republican lawmaker had tried to copy Texas' anti-abortion law, but the plans have now been dropped. Tennessee House Republicans on Monday advanced an anti-abortion resolution commemorating the day the medical procedure became legal nearly 50 years a...

* Scaredy cats in Cali decide to not use the mountain lion excuse for not wanting poor people living next to them. [Fox] * Legislators! Mount up: Pennsylvania is figuring out how to regulate legal weed. [WFMZ] * All Dogs Go to Hospital: Massachusetts law now lets K-9s in need of medical aid ride in an ambulance. [Boston] * Kansas City is cracking down on human trafficking. Good on them. [Fox ...