Correctional institutions are usually well prepared to address serious emergencies like prison riots, but what happens when they encounter a crisis that staff and authorities never imagined could occur? That was the situation which confronted the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) when authorities learned a software...
Stewart Baker, who often writes as if he never met a bureaucrat or government program he did not trust, is at it again. He notes that a Peter Strzok text has been the object of alarmed concern on the right. The text stated: I want to believe...
In the new thriller by veteran author Nelson DeMille, there’s a part where the protagonist, a sport fisherman out of Key West, reflects on Cubans who try to escape their island prison by sailing the straits of Florida, which are well-patrolled: The Coast Guard and the...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has started a formal inquiry into allegations that former Chief Judge Alex Kozinski sexually harassed former law clerks and externs, Law.com reports. “In the past, when incidents of alleged misconduct have been reported in an accredited...
Briefly: At Bloomberg BNA, Jordan Rubin reports that “[a] group of foreign lawyers wants the U.S. Supreme Court to look to the English roots of the Sixth Amendment and the duties of counsel in other countries today when it considers the case of an American death...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause of the Celebrity Infinity’s allision with a dock last year in Ketchkan, Alaska was the master’s failure to plan, monitor, and execute a safe docking maneuver. You can read the NTSB report here. A photo...
According to news reports, the amount raised through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in 2017 now exceeds $4 billion. This surge of activity has drawn the attention of regulators. The SEC is clearly stepping up its ICO-related enforcement activity. ICOs are also drawing the attention of...
While there are many questions surrounding the regulation of marijuana and related products, the FDA has made it clear where it stands on at least one issue. For the third year in a row, the FDA has issued a rash of warning letters to the...
The petitions of the day are: United States v. Stitt 17-765 Issue: Whether burglary of a nonpermanent or mobile structure that is adapted or used for overnight accommodation can qualify as “burglary” under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii). United States v. Sims 17-766 Issue: Whether...
Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson committed suicide Wednesday evening, two days after the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting published accusations that he sexually assaulted a minor, the investigative reporting center reports. Johnson was a preacher from Bullitt County. He shot himself on a bridge over...