August 2016

Michael Wines of the New York Times reported this morning that Virginia’s governor, Terry McAuliffe, restored the rights of nearly 13,000 ex-felons, “accomplishing on a case-by-case basis what the state’s Supreme Court last month had barred him from doing with a single executive order.”  Nearly 1 in 5 African Americans in Virginia are unable to […]

Back on June  20, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Utah v. Strieff.  The case centered around and arrest for drug possession in Utah.  Narcotics detective Douglas Fackrell conducted surveillance on a South Salt Lake City residence based on an anonymous tip about drug activity. The number of people he observed making brief visits to the house […]