The new FX documentary "AKA Jane Roe," out May 22, contains a shocking revelation: Roe (of "Roe v. Wade" fame) played the part of an anti-abortion crusader in exchange for money.
Thanks, Mitch McConnell.
There's a difference between crimes that are morally wrong and crimes that are only crimes because there's a law against them.
The town of Stringtown, Oklahoma generated $483,646 in traffic fines during fiscal year 2013 — making up 76 percent of all Stringtown revenue. What's the deal?
It embeds into official U.S. policy a shockingly extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people.
Someone on the Supreme Court livestreamed a bathroom session. The evidence suggests a particular culprit.
The US high court's continual refinement of an obscure legal doctrine has made it harder to hold police accountable when accused of using excessive force.
"Citizen's arrest" has been part of the Georgia penal code for decades — although most people know it as a comic feature of the Andy Griffith Show.
"Citizen's arrest" has been part of the Georgia penal code for decades — although most people know it as a comic feature of the Andy Griffith Show.
Meeting via conference call for the first time ever this week, the Supreme Court considers a case about our phones.
Elon Musk welcomes you to Meltdown May. He is its mascot.
The Christian right is likely to score big wins from a majority-Republican Supreme Court.
A buyout firm is trying to back out of its deal for Victoria's Secret, citing the coronavirus. The contract's wording will make that tricky.
Who owns the rain? In some states, where water is hard to come by, it can be a contentious legal question.
A national movement stalled by backlash politics gets some new wind at its back.
The House of Representatives will vote on Thursday in the latest attempt by lawmakers to blunt the devastating impact of the pandemic.
Vanity license plates can be fun, but be aware the Department of Motor Vehicles does not take kindly to requests for BIGFART and DAPOOP.
Virginia is the 27th state to decriminalize or legalize marijuana.
Devin Stone explains how Katy Perry prevailed over Flame thanks to a pivotal copyright decision for "Stairway To Heaven."
Health-care providers in five states, including Texas and Ohio, have filed lawsuits over recent directives that claim abortion services are "nonessential" amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A professor from Turkey on how Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's privatization of the medical system affected coronavirus preparation, and the dangers of an outbreak in Turkey's prisons.
Some states have deemed abortion essential. Others are turning the language of the pro-choice movement against women to argue that it's elective.
Even as company pharmacists protested, Walmart kept filling suspicious prescriptions, stoking the country's opioid epidemic. Trump's people condoned it.
In a famous 1970 teach-in demonstration, prosecutors hammered away at the nation's most powerful defendant.
Desperate times call for creative drink measures.
Ghislaine Maxwell "receives regular threats to her life and safety, which have required her to hire personal security services and find safe accommodation," states the complaint.
The system systematically favors prosecutors. Creating a position of defender general would be a step toward righting things.
"I took a deep dive into this because I was curious and terrified."
Crime-free-housing programs are quietly giving police widespread influence over landlords and their tenants.
New York midwife Elizabeth Catlin faces 95 individual felony counts at her upcoming trial. For what? For doing her job: working as a midwife.
The restrictions on abortion have flung me back to a terrifying time in my own life half a century ago, one I never expected women today would have to face.
America's sheriffs have a ton of power — and barely any system to keep them accountable.
Katy Perry's publisher Warner is now claiming ad income on Adam Neely's Dark Horse commentary over a segment of music that it's arguing wasn't protected by copyright.
Sixty-six years before the infamous spilled McDonald's coffee, May Donoghue drank a ginger beer with a dead mollusk in it and changed personal-injury law forever.
The state has prohibited public expletives since 1792, with offenders facing a $250 fine.
"There were different opinions. We were not unanimous anywhere on the first day."
Sen. Ed Markey slammed Clearview for its "unacceptable" responses to a prior letter and asked how its facial recognition technology might lead foreign governments to "suppress their citizens."
A new study reveals that from 2015 to 2019, the NSA's call-metadata program cost taxpayers $100 million and provided practically no useful information.
As it turns out, it's easier to impact public health than you'd think.
The Justice Department promises it won't abuse a law criminalizing immigration advocacy.
While it's now widely accepted that some forensic methods, like microscopic hair comparison, are junk science, evidence from similarly subjective areas still gets into courtrooms.
For decades, many of the biggest names in tech have leaned on a little-known law to avoid being held responsible for some of the most controversial content on their platforms.
A small, litigious group has spent decades trying to stop the government from telling doctors what to do. What happens if it succeeds?
At the 2004 Republican National Convention, he presided over dubious arrests.
Millions of Americans who have driver's licenses still need to upgrade to a Real ID by October 1, according to DHS.
Harvey Weinstein's Manhattan rape and sexual assault trial has featured unexpected twists and turns, from a supermodel's surprise appearance to his own friend admitting that the disgraced producer has a sex addiction.
Harvey Weinstein may be headed to prison, but few women will ever see their perpetrators brought to justice.
The 14th Amendment says states that infringe the vote must lose representation in Congress. It's time to make this happen.
Phones hold gigabytes of potential evidence, but the government's ability to access them depends on a patchwork of court decisions and laws that predate the technology.
Writing had always helped me understand myself and my emotions better. Now, it was helping me explore my clients' feelings.
The Brackeens, a white Evangelical couple, are suing to adopt a Native child. The federal court case could have wider implications for the Indian Child Welfare Act and tribal sovereignty.
In short, it would up the chances of a contested convention.
Law says ISPs need opt-in consent before using or sharing Web-browsing history.
A nonprofit group encouraged states to use mathematical formulas to try to eliminate racial inequities. Now, it says the tools have no place in criminal justice.
My family's refugee story shows that we can have an immigration policy that is both sane and humane.
In 2018, the owner of Two-Bit History wrote a successful article about mathematician Ada Lovelace. But if you search Google for that article today, you won't find it.
A United States District Judge has ordered the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to pay $150,000 in attorney fees to a man who was denied a license plate that said, "IM GOD."
The officials argue Barr is setting a dangerous precedent in allowing the Department of Justice to become politicized.
Democrats' lack of precaution meant that people from the NRCC were able to walk up and snap photos through a window, which is in clever, but not clever like a fox, unless the fox is a stupid fox that got lucky.
Louis C.K. is not listening to paying audience members who feel that because he is not billed, but appearing unannounced, that this feels eerily like a nonconsensual contract.
