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5th Circuit Appeals Court Applauds Itself For Properly Handling An Obvious Denial Of Immunity

1 year 2 months ago
The Fifth Circuit Appeals Court has a particularly antagonistic relationship with long-held constitutional rights. It is, without argument, the most cop-friendly circuit in the nation — one that has managed to surpass even the generous immunity-or-else guidelines set down by the Supreme Court often enough that the nation’s top court has had to roll back […]
Tim Cushing

Missouri crime to be featured on 'Snapped' 20th anniversary special, Sunday

1 year 2 months ago
The TV show Snapped is airing a special 20th-anniversary premiere Sunday, starting season 33. The two-hour special will focus on a crime involving Jerry Cassaday, a Missouri native who was manipulated by his internet girlfriend, Sharee Paulette Kitley Miller, into traveling to Michigan to murder her husband, Bruce Miller.
Liz Dowell

U.S. House GOP targets noncitizen voting, even though it’s rare

1 year 2 months ago

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday unveiled a bill that would require states to verify proof of citizenship to prevent noncitizens from voting in federal elections, something already barred under the law. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican who played a key role through legal challenges in defending the former president’s efforts to overturn the […]

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Ariana Figueroa

Lunchtime Photo

1 year 2 months ago
This is a golden breasted starling at the LA Zoo. They have a whole cage full of these things, half of them hanging upside down like bats showing off their bright yellow chests.
Kevin Drum

Can ChatGPT Violate Your Privacy Rights If It Doesn’t Store Your Data?

1 year 2 months ago
If you were to ask someone to state the birthday of someone else, and the person asked just made up a date, which was not the actual birthday, would you argue that the individual’s privacy had been violated? Would you argue that there should be a legal right to demand that the person explain how […]
Mike Masnick