If you thought the monkey selfie lawsuit couldn't get any weirder, well, you underestimated the monkey selfie case. If you don't remember, the details of this case go back a few years to when a photographer named David Slater got some press...

Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of a Massachusetts woman accused of sending her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to kill himself.  Michelle Carter is charged with manslaughter in the 2014 death of Conrad Roy III. The 18-year-old was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his pickup truck in Fairhaven. 

Score one for the little guys. In a precedent-setting decision handed down this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a company’s patent rights are forfeited once they sell an item to a consumer under the “first sale” doctrine. This idea was central to Impression Products, Inc. v Lexmark Int’l, Inc. and is a major blow to companies that sell their printers for (relatively) low prices and then recoup any losses on the sale of expensive ink and toner cartridges.

The aged gangster welcomed me at the door....This was Ralph DeMasi, once a feared member of the New England underworld...

She just lost her New Years Eve gig.

In the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013, a grudging acceptance was made by the Obama administration that something had to be done about a roguish surveillance complex unhinged from its foundations. The National Security Agency had overstretched its powers… By Binoy Kampmark.

You basically had to sell a castle to the enemy. By Sarah Laskow.

A lawsuit alleges the state has violated the terms of its readmission to the Union in 1870.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a high-profile challenge to the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance of internet communications as they enter or exit the United States. By Charlie Savage.

As Utah political leaders continue predicting President Donald Trump will shrink or even erase the new Bears Ears National Monument, a soon-to-be published legal analysis concludes that presidents have no authority to mess with monuments… By Brian Maffly.

The ruling is the latest in a series of decisions against the excessive use of race in redistricting. The court has said Republican lawmakers have gone too far in packing black voters into some districts. By Richard Wolf.

The case of Colombian scientist Diego Gomez — on trial for copyright violation for sharing a research paper — is likely to reach a head later this month.

It's a major win for drone hobbyists, who say the FAA doesn’t have the power to make them register their model aircraft.

Sweden is dropping its investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on rape allegations, according to a prosecution statement released Friday.

Recently, Holy Joe went on another sociopathic rampage, this time asserting "partisan gridlock" (defined by Holy Joe as Democrats not doing what Holy Joe + Republicans want done)

This was specific to the DOJ.

The history and logistics of trying and removing the president from office. By Andrew Prokop.

The mainstream media hasn’t covered a class action lawsuit charging the DNC with election fraud. By Chris Riotta.

All of these leaks against Trump suggest one thing: There may be a coup attempt brewing in Washington to oust him, says Jake Novak.