A federal judge ruled Monday that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections must institute a series of changes to ‘drastically reduce’ inmate abuse at juvenile detention facilities across the state. Coverage by The New York Times indicates that U.S. District Judge James Peterson delivered his verdict with the intention of reducing and eliminating constitutional violations at
Bullying is one of those things that should never be tolerated. Unfortunately, it occurs all too often today, especially in our nation’s schools. Even more unfortunate is how often bullying incidents tend to get swept under the rug. However, every so often, bullying cases are given the attention they deserve, resulting in some form of justice. For the families of two young students at Greenspun Junior High, justice was served when a judge “ruled against the Clark County School District (CCSD) in a potentially precedent-setting bullying case.”
A trial date has been set for an unprecedented climate change lawsuit being brought against the federal government. Begun when President Barack Obama was still in office, the suit was ordered to trial by U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin. Coffin set the date for arguments to begin as February 5th, 2018. The lawsuit garnered significant
Democratic attorneys general from nearly twenty states have joined in a lawsuit targeting the Department of Education and its controversial head, Betsy DeVos, over a proposed freeze on protections for student loan borrowers. The attorneys general of 18 states, as well as Washington, D.C., are up in arms over DeVos’ decision to hold off on
Six state prosecutors are joining litigation to ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos from being used on American-grown fruits and vegetables. The attorney generals for the states of New York, Maryland, Vermont, Washington, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., all Democrats, filed a motion to intervene in a case first filed by environmental and social justice advocacy groups
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Last month, Kera Teel was killed at Sienna Apartments after being gunned down June 6. She was seven months pregnant at the time, and though her baby “was delivered after the shooting,” it did not survive. As a result of the tragedy, Teel’s family “has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the apartment complex, citing its faulty security systems and unwillingness to repair them until after Teel’s death.”