Wow, this is a MUST-READ decision by Judge Carlton W. Reeves from the Southern District of Mississippi on the doctrine of qualified immunity:

'Green is now on the precipice of being wronged a third time. Not by a rogue officer or jailer, but by the law itself. Because the

Five years ago, Chicago police agreed to reporting gun-pointing incidents. Now it's revealed that Chicago police hasn't been reporting this data. governing.com/management-and…

Happening now. Watch live 👇🏽

More crackdowns on independent media in Israel, as Israeli officials seize AP equipment, shutter live Gaza broadcast, citing Al Jazeera ban. Until its closure, Al Jazeera was one of few international news outlets that had remained in Gaza during the war haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Big election today in Portland, OR (Multnomah County), where a reform-oriented district attorney who took office in 2020 is being challenged by a candidate vowing to be so-called 'tough on crime,' highlighting backlash being faced by the reform movement apnews.com/article/portla…

Good explainer of what happens next after ICC arrest warrant bid for Israel and Hamas leaders. Next immediate step is for Prosecutor Karim Khan's request to go to a pre-trial chamber composed of three magistrates from Romania, Mexico and Benin reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Israel is upset over ICC prosecutor's decision to seeks arrest warrants. One way it can respond is by showing that its courts are vigorously adjudicating claims of war crimes. ICC is a court of last resort & steps in when a state is unwilling to do so reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Americans are paying very close attention to the presidential race. 84% of Democrats & 78% of Republicans say they have given the presidential election a lot of thought. The current reading is the highest for Democrats while Republicans’ matches 2020 high news.gallup.com/poll/645101/th…

Marijuana, like all drugs, must be strictly regulated even when it's legalized. But it's also true that a lot of the fearmongering on the impact of legalization have not come to fruition. Case in point? The gateway drug theory, especially among youth.

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Now in Tel Aviv. Anti-war vigil during the big anti-government protest. Enough. Enough.

First day-after plan from a war cabinet member this whole time: Benny Gantz calls for an American, European, Palestinian & Arab administration for Gaza. He said it extremely fast, like he was hoping people wouldn't really hear it.

I adamantly disagree with the messages of these student groups. But it's also no doubt that these messages are First Amendment protected speech. I agree with FIRE that these messages should not lead to the suspension of these student groups, as offensive as I find their messages

Last month, US Secretary of State Blinken told Qatari Prime Minister Al-Thani that Doha should consider expelling Hamas’s leaders if they continue rejecting hostage deal proposals. Qatar is prepared to take such a step, a source told The Times of Israel timesofisrael.com/qatar-briefly-…

Qatar quietly asked Hamas leaders to leave Doha last month amid frustration with the terror group’s handling of the hostage negotiations, two government officials told The Times of Israel this week. (1/15)
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SPIA’s Udi Ofer, the John L. Weinberg visiting professor and lecturer of public and international affairs, was unanimously named a lifetime member of the Council on Criminal Justice. spia.princeton.edu/news/spiaccola…

After the Arab League met in Bahrain, its 22 members issued a joint statement calling for a United Nations peacekeeping force to be deployed in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank until a two-state solution can be negotiated. nytimes.com/2024/05/16/wor…

NEWLY PUBLISHED OLC OPINION

04/11/2024

Questions Related to the Potential Rescheduling of Marijuana

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While the rest of the world moves away from the death penalty, states in the US expand it, including in ways that the Supreme Court has said is unconstitutional. Tennessee just passed a law that authorizes the state to pursue capital punishment when an adult is convicted of

The politics of 'defunding the police' continue to expose how messaging is exploited for political gain. A reporter questioned Speaker Johnson about Republicans’ proposed cuts to funds for law enforcement. “Is that not proposing to defund the police?” yahoo.com/news/not-propo…

As someone who has been a policymaker and an advisor who believes in evidence, what appears like a healthy back and forth between academicians - which is important to generate good science - can sow confusion. When a principal asks, “will this work?,” clarity is expected. 1/5