The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that a court’s mistake in calculating a sentence under the advisory US Sentencing Guidelines should result in relief for the defendant, even if the original sentence was within the federal guidelines. This decision reversed and remanded the the lower court’s ruling. In Rosales-Mireles v. United States, one of the [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein criticized the US policy of separating immigrant children from their parents in a statement made on Monday. The commissioner cited the American Association of Pediatrics , which called the policy “government-sanctioned child abuse.” “The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting [...]

A federal judge ruled Monday that Kansas cannot require documentary proof of US citizenship to register to vote, finding such laws violate the constitutional right to vote. The Kansas legislature passed the Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) Act in 2011, which included a new requirement that Kansas citizens must produce documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) [...]

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in five cases Monday, including a major antitrust case against computer giant Apple. In Apple, Inc. v. Pepper the court will decide “hether consumers may sue for antitrust damages anyone who delivers goods to them, even where they seek damages based on prices set by third parties who would [...]

The EU’s General Court on Tuesday confirmed the European Parliament’s decision to recover nearly €300,000 (USD $347,550) in misused funds from former French presidential candidate and far-right politician Marine Le Pen . Le Pen was a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2017. In 2016 the European Parliament investigated Le Pen, deciding that [...]

The US Supreme Court held 8-1 Monday in Lozman v. Riviera Beach that it is possible an arrest could have violated the First Amendment when it was ordered in retaliation for earlier, protected speech, even in the presence of probable cause. Lozman filed a lawsuit alleging that the city of Riviera, Florida, arrested him after [...]

Nullum crimen sine poena,  “No crime without a punishment.” – Nuremberg Tribunal, Final Judgment, 1946 Whether formally codified or merely personal, memory must always lie at the heart of justice. Today, however, almost no one remembers the myriad threats and actual missile attacks once launched at Israel from Iraq. Indeed, virtually no one even remembers [...]

In a 5-3 decision, the US Supreme Court held Monday that a judge’s explanation for a sentence reduction for drug offenses was adequate because the record indicated that the judge had a reasoned basis for his decision. The offender pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and was sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment, [...]

The US Supreme Court released two opinions in gerrymandering cases Monday—remanding a Wisconsin gerrymandering question for lack of standing, and affirming a Maryland district court decision to deny an injunction until the former issue was decided. Gill v. Whitford relates to the voting district map in Wisconsin where, according to the plaintiff, a particularly extreme [...]

In the days leading up to the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a federal judge ordered him on Friday to be detained without bail awaiting trial, citing recent witness tampering charges . Judge Amy Berman Jackson in the US District Court for the District of Columbia said that there are no conditions [...]