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• September 17, 2025

  Probationer's Speech Not A 'True Threat,' NC Panel Finds

  Statements a probationer made to a friend while stressed out and fearful over going to jail did not constitute a "true threat," so a trial court erred when it found him in violation of his probation, a North Carolina state appeals court panel ruled Wednesday.

• September 17, 2025

  ICE Ordered To Improve Conditions At Manhattan Facility

  A New York federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to improve conditions for migrants detained at a Manhattan immigration holding facility, saying detainees at the federal building needed protection from alleged "unconstitutional and inhumane treatment."

• September 16, 2025

  Ex-Homicide Suspect Alleges ​​​​​​​Police Excluded Key Evidence

  Two police detectives in Hartford, Connecticut, have been hit with a civil rights lawsuit claiming they deliberately excluded evidence from an arrest warrant application and misled witnesses to try to pin a cold homicide case on the wrong man.

• September 12, 2025

  4th Circ. Rules NC Felons' Voting Ban Is Unconstitutional

  The Fourth Circuit affirmed Friday that a 19th-century North Carolina law making it a crime for convicted felons to vote — even if they believed they were eligible — unconstitutionally targets Black voters and was not mooted by a 2024 amendment to the law.

• September 09, 2025

  2nd Circ. Allows NY AG To Curb Nonprofit's Debtor Coaching

  The Second Circuit vacated a lower court order that prevented New York Attorney General Letitia James from stopping a bankruptcy education nonprofit from advising low-income debtors Tuesday, saying that while the state's unauthorized practice of law statutes regulate speech, they are content neutral and should be reviewed under intermediate scrutiny.

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