legal-matters
How Democrats revived the Equal Rights Amendment from a long legal limbo | Opinion
The landmark measure still faces an uphill battle before it's enshrined into law.
Appellate court ruling on Philly cops’ social media posts sends a dangerous message | Michael Coard
We need far more than just mere reform to fix a broken system.
Trump can still run while indicted. But it will make his reelection bid much harder | Opinion
By Stefanie Lindquist A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump. The specific state felony charges, reports The New York Times, “remain a mystery” but will be related to the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation of Trump for making hush money payments to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election. […]
When it comes to prosecuting Trump, Merrick Garland needs to decide already | Bruce Ledewitz
Donald Trump needs to be removed from public life. It's time for the AG to fish or cut bait.
How to police the police? The U.S. Supreme Court did it once. It can do it again | Opinion
The high court improved policing a generation ago with the exclusionary rule. It has the opportunity to do that again by striking down qualified immunity.
Allegheny County DA’s Office says judge erred when he threw out ex-Carnegie-Mellon student’s sexual assault conviction
In a court filing, prosecutors say Judge Alex Bicket incorrectly substituted his judgment for that of the jury's when he dissmissed charges.
This is the Notre Dame speech that Bill Barr should have given — and didn’t | Bruce Ledewitz
Barr was partly to blame for the partisan reception of his speech. He couched his message in partisan terms, as an attack on secularists.