Courts & Law
Watchdog to review nonlethal tactics against protesters, including ‘heat ray’ request
The investigation is part of a broader review of the tactics and use of nonlethal weapons that have been leveled against social justice protesters this summer.
4 years ago
Fired, pro-Black Lives Matter Philly officer sues to get job back
Bryan Turner, who is Black, sued the city and the Philadelphia Police Department this week in federal court, claiming systematic discrimination against him.
4 years ago
Mental health and police violence: How crisis intervention teams are failing
Efforts are growing to remove or reduce the role of police in responding to people in a mental health crisis. Critics and proponents say a widely used police program failed.
4 years ago
AP exclusive: More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery
The women's lack of consent or knowledge raises severe legal and ethical issues, lawyers and medical experts said.
4 years ago
‘Living by example’: Ruth Bader Ginsburg honored with the Liberty Award, online
Stars in the opera world offered their gratitude to the supreme court justice and lover of the musical genre.
4 years ago
Listen 1:43U.S. judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail
The judge noted after a hearing that Trump had repeatedly attacked voting by mail by making unfounded claims that it is rife with fraud.
4 years ago
Why the ruling against Wolf’s COVID-19 restrictions faces long odds on appeal, explained
The decision handed Republican lawmakers a long-sought — though possibly temporary — political victory over Wolf after a string of defeats.
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Pa. Supreme Court extends mail-in ballot deadline to 3 days after Election Day
It also authorized the use of satellite election offices and drop boxes — which the state plans to use to help relieve the pressure from an avalanche of mailed-in ballots.
4 years ago
ICE almost deported immigrant woman who says she got unwanted surgery while detained
As allegations were coming to light about immigrant women who say they've been subjected to unwanted hysterectomies and other procedures, one detainee was nearly deported.
4 years ago
300 and counting: Push by feds to arrest in US protests
Barr pushed his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they could, keeping a grip on cases even if a defendant could be tried instead in state court.
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Pennsylvania asks judge to retain limits on crowd size
The office of Attorney General Josh Shapiro asked the judge to delay enforcement of his ruling that many of Gov. Wolf's pandemic shutdown orders were unconstitutional.
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Barr blasts his own prosecutors: ‘All power is vested in the Attorney General’
Barr didn't mention particular prosecutions, but he's faced steady criticism over his decisions to intervene in cases to help people close to President Trump.
4 years ago
Military police leaders weighed deploying ‘heat ray’ against D.C. protesters
Hours before police cleared protesters near the White House on June 1, a whistleblower got an email asking to find a device that would make protesters' skin feel hot.
4 years ago
Three flavored cigar companies sue Philly over law restricting sales to kids
The companies are suing Philadelphia over a law passed last year limiting sales of flavored cigars and cigarillos to adult-only stores.
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This week, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will receive the 2020 Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center.
Air Date: September 16, 2020
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