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William Brewer, Sarah Rogers & Noah Peters of Brewer Attorneys & Counselors and I filed a petition earlier this month asking the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit decision in NRA v. Vullo; I think many of our readers will find it interesting (my apologies for the delay in…

Poppy seeds come from a species of poppy plant called opium poppy, which is used to develop narcotics such as morphine, codeine, heroin, and oxycodone

New Jersey mothers allege hospitals performed tests without consent and say poppy seeds were reason for false positive results

PHILADELPHIA — Three years ago, then-City Councilmember Cherelle Parker drafted a resolution asking voters to ban illegal use of the policing tactic known as stop-and-frisk, a largely ceremonial gesture she marked by issuing a news release saying there was “no correlation between the elimination of stops and frisks and an…

"This type of activity would fundamentally de-stabilize the FDA regulatory system," a legal expert said.

As part of a yearlong investigation, The Associated Press obtained the data points underpinning several algorithms deployed by child welfare agencies to understand how they predict which children could be at risk of harm

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Los Gatos Town Council’s censure of a planning commissioner for using “divisive” language caught the attention of First Amendment advocates who say the council’s disciplinary process violated the commissioner’s constitutional rights and was “plain and simple, illegal.”

Club in Pennsylvania was initially approved to use facilities, but was rescinded after pushback from community members

BOISE, Idaho — A concerted push to allow Idaho to use a firing squad for inmate executions left out a key collaborator — the agency charged with carrying out the state’s death sentences.

Six pieces removed from show about health issues after school officials were given legal counsel about state’s abortion ‘gag rule’

More than 20 U.S. states have banned state employees from using TikTok on government-issued devices and a number of U.S. universities have barred it from their WiFi networks.