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As LA County continues to struggle with the rising number of homeless people, lawyers for the county argue that the courts cannot supersede the local government when it comes to response.
As lawyers emerge from a year of pandemic-induced isolation, concerns have grown around the mental competency of the growing number of attorneys over 65 in an industry where colleagues are ill-equipped to distinguish between signs of of normal aging and something more in lawyers who can be relatively high functioning in early stages of dementia and often in denial about the need to step down.
Seeking to avoid future liabilities, the U.S. wireless industry is fighting to change the language of a proposed bill aimed at strengthening protections for domestic abuse survivors.
The bill offers a leg up for people with criminal records who are often kept of the job market due to stigma and inaccurate background checks.
Furthering an end to disenfranchisement, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s newly signed law will prevent any successors from denying voter rights to parolees and erase any potential delays.
America is suffering under the largest backlog of unresolved clemency cases in U.S. history, stemming from the former Trump administration, with 14,000 people waiting to hear their fate. President Joe Biden has set in motion a process to resolve it.
Despite resistance, a federal judge has ordered that documents chronicling the decision to throw out obstruction charges against Trump that were originally concealed by former AG Barr must be released.
Appearing before a House Committee, Garland is also expected to ask for $33m for civil rights probes as part of his efforts to shift the DOJ away from Trump-era policies.
As Republicans and Democrats continue to argue back and forth on details of police reform, a compromise proposed by Republican Sen. Tim Scott could help clear the way to passage.
A bill which would force police to issue tickets and arrest fewer people as a means of lowering the state’s jail population is at the center of a stormy debate in Colorado between reformers and opponents who warn of a danger to public safety.