Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 9 | Friday, March 4, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with the government Thursday and dismissed a case involving a Guantanamo Bay detainee captured after the Sept. 11 attacks and tortured by the CIA abroad who has sought information about his treatment. The United States… Continue reading High court sides with government in Gitmo state secrets case
Prosecutor: First Capitol rioter on trial ‘lit the match’
VOL. 46 | NO. 8 | Friday, February 25, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas militia member who is the first person to be tried for the assault on the U.S. Capitol “lit the match that started the fire” when a mob charged at police officers guarding the building, a prosecutor said Wednesday during the… Continue reading Prosecutor: First Capitol rioter on trial ‘lit the match’
Justices seem to favor docs convicted in pain pill schemes
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 8 | Friday, February 25, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a case stemming from the opioid addiction crisis, the Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to side with two imprisoned doctors who wrote thousands of prescriptions for pain medication in short periods. The justices signaled they would rule… Continue reading Justices seem to favor docs convicted in pain pill schemes
Activism grows nationwide in response to school book bans
VOL. 46 | NO. 8 | Friday, February 25, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — Until a year ago, Stephana Ferrell’s political activism was limited to the occasional letter to elected officials. Then came her local school board meeting in Orange County, Florida and an objection raised to Maia Kobabe’s graphic novel “Gender Queer: A Memoir.”… Continue reading Activism grows nationwide in response to school book bans
Council members voice support for Nashville firefighter who called most of the board white supremacists
Nearly a dozen Metro council members on Monday voiced their support of a Nashville firefighter facing discipline over a social media post about the city’s recently approved license plate readers. “We are writing to state our support for Joshua Lipscomb’s appeal of disciplinary action levied against him,” 11 council members wrote in a one-page letter Monday to… Continue reading Council members voice support for Nashville firefighter who called most of the board white supremacists
Many Capitol riot cases could hinge on 1st trial’s outcome
VOL. 46 | NO. 8 | Friday, February 25, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department launched one of the largest and most complex criminal investigations in its history after a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol over a year ago. Now it’s time for a jury to hear some of the… Continue reading Many Capitol riot cases could hinge on 1st trial’s outcome
Anming Hu rebuilds life, career at the University of Tennessee after beating false charges
Exactly two year ago on Feb. 27, 2020, Anming Hu was sitting in a jail cell, staring at a concrete wall and wondering how he ended up there in the first place. The U.S. Justice Department had accused Hu, an associate professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, of hiding his ties to China and… Continue reading Anming Hu rebuilds life, career at the University of Tennessee after beating false charges
Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experience
VOL. 46 | NO. 8 | Friday, February 25, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge President Joe Biden has chosen to fulfill his historic pledge to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court would also bring rare experience of defending poor people charged with crimes. While Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the elite… Continue reading Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experience
Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court
VOL. 46 | NO. 8 | Friday, February 25, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed American segregation. Introducing Jackson at… Continue reading Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court
Commentary: Everybody has a story, Part 1
My recent column about some things younger folk don’t remember was mostly about cars and the changes they have gone through since the 1930s. A friend of mine called about a development he thought should be included — the dimmer switch. He asked me not to use his name. I’ll just say his initials are… Continue reading Commentary: Everybody has a story, Part 1