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Does Happy the Elephant Deserve the Same Rights as a Human?

By Melissa Chan

Arkansas Transgender Health Care Ban Temporarily Halted

By Madeleine Carlisle

Sandy Hook Family Lawyers Accuse Gunmaker of Delay Tactics

By Melissa Chan

What Bill Cosby’s Release Says About Overturned Convictions

By Janell Ross
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How Britney Spears' Case Could Change the Future of Conservatorship

When Britney Spears told a judge on Wednesday about her experience with her conservatorship—the legal arrangement that gave her father control over her finances and personal life—her words horrified the public. “This conservatorship is doing...

By Abigail Abrams

Inside Joe Biden's Plan to Confirm Diverse Federal Judges

Few politicians understand the federal judiciary like President Joe Biden does. As a young Senator, he served in top roles on the Judiciary Committee for over 15 years, overseeing the confirmation of hundreds of district...

By Madeleine Carlisle

Supreme Court Rules On Crack Cocaine Sentencing Case

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that people imprisoned for possessing small amounts of crack cocaine before 2010 are not eligible for reduced sentences under the 2018 First Step Act. The case, Terry...

By Madeleine Carlisle

Supreme Court Nonprofit Case Could Impact Campaign Finance

Upon first glance, the U.S. Supreme Court case Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rodriquez might not seem like it could impact elections.The case, which will be argued before the Supreme Court Monday, examines the constitutionality...

By Madeleine Carlisle

How Marc Elias Will Fight Voting Laws in Georgia and Beyond

The pandemic relegated Democratic power lawyer Marc Elias to fighting election lawsuits on an iPad from his home in Northern Virginia. He traded his suit and tie for a sweatshirt, and he argued cases with...

By Alana Abramson

Virginia Just Abolished The Death Penalty: Why It Matters

'The Virginia legislature is finally catching up with public opinion'

By Madeleine Carlisle

What To Know About Lisa Montgomery, The First Woman Executed By The Federal Government in Nearly 70 Years

'Lisa Montgomery’s execution was far from justice'

By Madeleine Carlisle

More Than 92,000 People Claim They Were Abused as Boy Scouts. Where Does the Organization Go From Here?

“Sadly there was an unspoken norm that sexual abuse of children would occur in the Boy Scouts"

By Eliana Dockterman

Amy Barrett had COVID-19 in Recent Months

Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, was believed to have COVID-19 earlier this year, according to multiple people close to her.Two friends of Barrett, who were granted anonymity because they did not feel...

By Tessa Berenson Rogers

Activists Grapple With Grand Jury’s Breonna Taylor Verdict

Louisville activists say that people weren't surprised by the grand jury’s decision, but many were still devastated

By Josiah Bates

N.C. Inmate Taken Off Death Row For Racism At Trial

Marcus Robinson, who proved in 2012 that racism affected his sentence, was re-sentenced to life

By Madeleine Carlisle

U.S. Prosecutor Calls on Prince Andrew to Speak With FBI After Ghislaine Maxwell's Arrest

The arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday on charges that she recruited underage girls to be sexually abused by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has brought renewed attention to his relationship with Prince Andrew, the...

By Mahita Gajanan

Inside the Legal Battles to Save Democracy From the Trump Administration

Since the start of the Trump presidency, non-profit Protect Democracy has cast itself in a role its name suggests: defender of America's government against the threat of authoritarianism

By Molly Ball

Assange Accused of Conspiring With Anonymous Hackers

Assange gave the leader of LulzSec a list of targets to hack in 2012, according to a Justice Department statement

By Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg

N.C. Supreme Court Rules on Racial Justice Act Hearings

The ruling comes amid mass protests across the U.S. to demand an end to systemic racism

By Madeleine Carlisle

Federal Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Accusing Trump of Illegally Profiting Off D.C. Hotel

The case sets up a fresh fight over the president’s finances

By Erik Larson / Bloomberg
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