Nothing now means everything

Acting as Probe's correspondent, Jim Douglass covered every session of these proceedings in Memphis; he was the only journalist to do so. This is his report. (Apr. 15, 2000)

Forget the next great statesman, we need to make the Constitution the battleground of our politics. By Bruce Fein.

Mentally ill prisoners are spending weeks at Tasmania's Risdon Prison because the state's mental health facility is full, critics say — but the Government says it is not aware of any capacity issues at the centre.

A judge sided with the nonprofit that brought the case against coffee companies because of a carcinogen, acrylamide, that is produced when coffee beans are roasted. Don't drink coffee in California, it causes cancer.

That is, they "stole" things like "academic journals, theses, dissertations, and electronic books" -- you know, the stuff that professors routinely publish as part of their work.

Washington has become the tenth state to pass a ban on conversion therapy on minors. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the legislation banning the debunked and dangerous practice on Wednesday. The law takes effect in June, and will deem any therapy attempting to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of any person under the age of 18.

In 2014 the court is saying, this is a factual issue that a jury needs to decide. In 2018, after its upset with what the jury decided, suddenly it's a matter of law that CAFC can miraculously decide and overturn the jury.

Chris Cox is one of the closest executives to Zuckerberg.

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for a repeal of the Second Amendment, decrying the right to bear arms as outdated and misunderstood.

A French waiter fired for being "aggressive, rude and disrespectful" says his behavior wasn't out of line -- he's simply, well, French. The restaurant, operated by Cara Operations, accused Rey of violating its code of conduct and said he persisted in his behavior.

In the wake of the ongoing Cambridge Analytica debacle, Facebook has now been sued in federal court in San Francisco and San Jose. These new cases claim violations of federal securities laws, unfair competition, and negligence, among other allegations.

The old truism is in play again with the FBI's renewed CryptoWar: if X is outlawed, only criminals will have X. In this case, it's secure encryption. The FBI may not be trying to get encryption banned, but it does want it weakened. No...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave a boost to Democratic hopes of seizing control of the U.S. House of Representatives, rejecting a challenge to Pennsylvania's new court-drawn state electoral map that Republicans had challenged as favoring Democrats.

David Luban reviews "Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable" by Erwin Chemerinsky.

In at least four investigations last year, Raleigh police used search warrants to demand Google device data near the scene of the crime.

The two discuss sexual harassment in the workplace, how to change corporate culture in meaningful and sustained ways, and whether Miss America can be relevant in the #MeToo era.

Using legislative history to interpret laws once risked tiptoeing over the hot coals of his scorn. No longer. Now justices use it without apology.

Constantin Reliu returned to Romania from Turkey to find he had been dead for 15 years — officially, at least. And he still is, now that a court has denied his bid to overturn his death certificate.

It’s not every day you find yourself thinking that, well, Jeremy Corbyn has a point, but that’s just how I felt when he wrote in yesterday’s Guardian.