Here’s What Baltimore’s Lawsuit Against Energy Companies Could Mean for Future Climate Cases
The Baytown Exxon gas refinery in Baytown, TX.Benjamin Lowy/Getty A court case between the city of Baltimore and a group of energy companies will be permitted to continue after the Supreme Court earlier this week rejected the latter’s attempt to freeze the case. The litigation, which the city initiated in 2018, alleges that the energy…
A 9-Year-Old Is Facing Murder Charges in Illinois. The Judge Had to Teach Him What “Arson” and “Alleged” Mean.
A trailer home that was destroyed by fire northeast of Goodfield, Illinois. Matt Dayhoff/Journal Star via AP On Monday, a nine-year-old boy in a checkered shirt sat in a juvenile court in Woodford County, Illinois, accused of murdering several of his relatives by setting fire to a mobile home. As he slid forward in his…
One of Trump’s Judicial Picks Released a “Whackadoodle” Opinion to Protect Him
President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 10, 2019.Brian Cahn/ZUMA President Donald Trump lost a major case before a federal appeals court in DC on Friday that, if it stands pending a possible appeal, will allow congressional Democrats to finally obtain years of his tax returns. But this defeat came…
The Beltway Sniper Is Now the Center of a Debate About Juvenile Lifers
Lee Boyd Malvo leaves a pretrial hearing in Fairfax in December 2002 Luke Frazza/AFP/Getty Images Lee Boyd Malvo was only 17 when he stepped into a blue Chevy with his 41-year-old mentor, John Allen Muhammad, and launched a shooting spree that terrorized the greater Washington, DC, area for three weeks in 2002. Over multiple attacks,…
A New Memoir Details How the Criminal Justice System Puts Sexual Assault Survivors Through Hell
Mariah Tiffany After Chanel Miller was sexually assaulted by Brock Turner on the Stanford University campus in January 2015, she tried to keep the attack secret from most of her family and friends. As details of the crime were reported—two grad students on bikes had spotted Turner on top of the unconscious Miller behind a…
Emoluments Lawsuit Against Trump Can Go Forward, Court Rules
Yuri Gripas/Pool via CNP/ZUMA One of three major cases accusing President Donald Trump of violating the Constitution’s emoluments clause has been brought back from the dead. A panel of federal appellate judges ruled Friday that a group of restaurants in New York City can move forward with their claim that Trump is unfairly using his…