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As the great Yogi Berra would say, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Georgia’s ban on nearly all abortions, called the LIFE Act, has been a lightning rod for legal challenges since it was passed in 2019. A Georgia Superior Court judge has now ruled, for the second time,…
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College sports are perhaps more popular than ever. Earlier this year, enthusiasm over superstar players like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese propelled the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament to record-breaking TV ratings. The men’s March Madness tournament prompted millions of fans to…
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South Carolina had an execution problem. Although the state’s laws allow the death penalty for capital crimes, the government has not been able to actually execute any prisoners because, like many other states, it could not obtain the drugs used for lethal injections. With a majority of Americans opposed…
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A 9-1-1 caller in Ohio reported the unsafe vehicle in the early hours of the morning. Its movement was erratic, swerving all over the road, crossing the center line into the opposite traffic lane. It posed a real danger to anyone traveling the road in either direction and immediate…
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Since 2022, the Second Amendment has taken on a new life in the wake of New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Supreme Court case that struck down a New York gun control law because it was not consistent with the "historical tradition"…
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With increasing frequency, federal courts are ruling in favor of plaintiffs who challenge state-law restrictions on the availability or coverage for medications and treatments sought by transgender patients. Two major appellate decisions have favored trans employees whose state employers sought to exclude their care from their health plans for…
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With the constant political and legal battles surrounding the issue of abortion, it sometimes seems like people lose sight of the fact that an abortion is a medical procedure. Like any medical procedure, there can be complications, side effects, and recommended steps for recovery. Common side effects associated with…
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A Ukrainian man, who uses the pseudonym “Mr. M” to protect his identity, has filed a complaint against the Russians who allegedly tortured him and another person who facilitated the international war crime. Although Ukrainian authorities have opened investigations and prosecutions of Russian war criminals since the 2022 invasion,…
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A Texas appeal court has reversed the voting fraud conviction of Crystal Mason, a Black woman whose case grabbed headlines in 2018. Mason was convicted for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while she was ineligible under state law. For her part, Mason always maintained that she…
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On November 30, 2021, fifteen-year-old high school student Ethan Crumbley, armed with a 9mm semiautomatic pistol, murdered four classmates and injured seven others. His legal consequences were resolved anticlimactically, with guilty pleas and a life sentence in prison, but the story of his murderous rampage occupied courts for years…
