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Four years ago, Congress passed the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal-justice law that aimed to reduce overly severe sentences. Last year, the Supreme Court trimmed the scope of that law, unanimously ruling that one of its reforms does not apply to certain low-level crack-cocaine offenders. On Wednesday, the justices confront another case that will determine how the lower courts should ha...

300-unit apartment complex under construction on Union Street in Wooster Square. Under new law, buildings like these would have to set aside affordable apts. Legislation Committee Chair and East Rock Alder Charles Decker with City Plan Director Aicha Woods after Tuesday's vote. Developers looking to partake in New Haven’s market-rate apartment boom will now be required to set aside a certain ...

Old Ways Wont Open New Doors sign getty Big Law has demonstrated remarkable resilience. It has weathered financial crises, economic downturns, the Big Four, automation, social change, corporate digital transformation, and the Pandemic,. Big Law channels Mark Twain— the reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Large corporate law firms enjoyed a rich economic harvest in 2021. The...

Proposed law would ensure negative urine tests don't preclude drug treatment  Sunbury Daily Item

AUSTIN, Texas—Texas counties say confusion stemming from a new state election law is leading them to reject an unusually high proportion of applications for mail-in ballots. Texas Senate Bill 1, passed in August after walkouts by Democrats stymied its progress for months, broadly tightened voting procedures across the state. It is now being tested as the state prepares for its March 1 primary...

Bianca's Law passes state Assembly  WKTV

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The Supreme Court, with six conservative justices, has shown a different attitude toward precedent and the Constitution. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images/TNS) At the start of this new semester, we face a sobering reality. As law and political science professors, we’re in new territory: instructing our students about the foundations of constitutional law when neither they nor we have faith that the ...

People protest in front of the Bank of China Building in support of Save12, the campaign to save twelve Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who on Aug. 23 were caught by mainland Chinese authorities trying to flee Hong Kong to Taiwan by boat, in Taipei on Oct. 25. SAN FRANCISCO — Analysts increasingly fear that Beijing’s national security law, initially aimed at quelling dissent in Hong Kong, m...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. - A Jacksonville Jaguars football player was arrested, accused of leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase in Lake County. Lerentee McCray, a defensive end for the Jags, was arrested and charged with attempting to elude a law enforcement officer, according to his arrest affidavit. The report said the incident happened early Sunday morning when a Fruitland Park police of...