Trump’s imminent arraignment has spawned a wide and reckless array of legal hot takes.

The departure of a controversial Republican sheriff gave hope to reformers in Western New York. But very little has changed.

Jimmie Duncan is on death row in Louisiana based on fraudulent science—but that might not matter if the state’s governorship flips this fall.

Thirty-one Democrats (and two independents who caucus with the Democrats) joined Republicans in subverting the will of the District’s voters.

The Washington, D.C., delegate to Congress has had enough.

The Democratic Party has done it again.

Does Washington, D.C. deserve rights or not?

Technology has made it easier than ever to menace other people. Can police and prosecutors keep pace while preserving our First Amendment rights?

A Republican House and Democratic Senate could complicate negotiations, but some still hope for a revival of talks two years after the last failed effort.

The Supreme Court might end an infuriatingly unjust practice in criminal sentencing.

Preston Hemphill is the sixth officer implicated in Nichols’s death. The five others, all Black men, were charged with second-degree murder.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle spent the midterms telling us that more police and prisons will make us safer. Voters didn’t bite—and perhaps they know better.

The rental car agency is getting away with subjecting its customers to false arrests and imprisonment. How bad do things have to get before there are real consequences for bad behavior?

A series of Democratic wins and passed ballot initiatives show that people will show up to vote on abortion, LGBTQ rights, and criminal justice.

They’re often just cops by another name.

Politicians and lawmakers are equating large-scale fentanyl seizures with progress in combating the drug’s epidemic, forgetting the lessons from the age of crack.

Judge Aileen Cannon, whom Trump tapped for the federal bench in 2020, threw out the rules to boost his flimsy legal defense.

After the Mar-a-Lago search, Trump’s allies were swift to jump into the breach on behalf of the former president. Beginner’s mistake!

The right’s spent the better part of the week trying to paint the attorney general as a despot. Those charges won’t stick.

Last month, there was a deluge of hot takes about how Biden needed to bow out of the 2024 race for a range of reasons. Perhaps that standard should be more consistently applied.